CELEX: 32006R1712
Language: en
Date: 2006-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1712/2006 of 20 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Turkey

21.11.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 321/7
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1712/2006
   of 20 November 2006
   amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Turkey
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95 (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               By Decision No 2/2006 of 17 October 2006 (2) the EC-Turkey Association Council has approved the amendment to Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               For certain agricultural products originating in Turkey, the amended Protocol 1 provides for new Community tariff quotas and for changes to the existing Community tariff quotas laid down in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               To implement the new tariff quotas and the changes to the existing tariff quotas, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Since Decision No 2/2006 of the EC-Turkey Association Council is applicable from 1 November 2006, this Regulation should apply from the same date and should enter into force as soon as possible.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   It shall apply from 1 November 2006.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         László KOVÁCS
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2006 (OJ L 4, 7.1.2006, p. 7).
   
      (2)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX IX
            TURKEY
            Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
            Tariff quotas
            
                        Order No
                     
                     
                        CN code
                     
                     
                        Description of goods
                     
                     
                        Quota period
                     
                     
                        Quota volume (in tonnes net weight)
                     
                     
                        Quota duty
                     
                  
                        09.0202
                     
                     
                        0701 90
                     
                     
                        Potatoes, fresh or chilled, other than seed
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        2 500
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0211
                     
                     
                        0703 10 11
                        0703 10 19
                     
                     
                        Onions, fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                        From 16.5 to 14.2
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0213
                     
                     
                        0709 30 00
                     
                     
                        Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                        From 1.5 to 14.1
                     
                     
                        1 000
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0215
                     
                     
                        0709 90 70
                     
                     
                        Courgettes, fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                        From 1.3 to 30.11
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                     
                        Exemption (1)
                        
                     
                  
                        09.0204
                     
                     
                        0806 10 10
                     
                     
                        Fresh table grapes
                     
                     
                        From 1.5 to 17.6 and from 1.8 to 14.11
                     
                     
                        350
                     
                     
                        Exemption (1)
                        
                     
                  
                        09.0217 (2)
                        
                     
                     
                        0807 11 00
                     
                     
                        Watermelons, fresh
                     
                     
                        From 16.6 to 31.3
                     
                     
                        16 500
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0219
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                        Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        100
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        0811 10 11
                     
                     
                        Strawberries
                     
                  
                        0811 20 11
                     
                     
                        Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries
                     
                  
                        0811 90 19
                     
                     
                        Other, except tropical fruit and tropical nuts
                     
                  
                        09.0206
                     
                     
                        1509 10 90
                     
                     
                        Other virgin olive oil
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        100
                     
                     
                        7,5 % ad valorem
                        
                     
                  
                        09.0221
                     
                     
                         
                     
                     
                        Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid:
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        8 900
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        2002 10
                     
                     
                        Whole or in pieces
                     
                  
                        2002 90 11
                        2002 90 19
                     
                     
                        Other, with a dry matter content of less than 12 % by weight
                     
                  
                        09.0207 (2)
                        
                     
                     
                        2002 90 31
                        2002 90 39
                        2002 90 91
                        2002 90 99
                     
                     
                        Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces, with a dry matter content of not less than 12 % by weight
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 30.6
                     
                     
                        15 000, of a dry matter content of 28 to 30 % by weight (3)
                        
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0209 (2)
                        
                     
                     
                        2002 90 31
                        2002 90 39
                        2002 90 91
                        2002 90 99
                     
                     
                        Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces, with a dry matter content of not less than 12 % by weight
                     
                     
                        From 1.7 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        15 000, of a dry matter content of 28 to 30 % by weight (3)
                        
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0208
                     
                     
                        2007 10 10
                        2007 91 10
                        2007 91 30
                        2007 99 20
                        2007 99 31
                        2007 99 33
                        2007 99 35
                        2007 99 39
                        2007 99 55
                        2007 99 57
                     
                     
                        Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        1 750
                     
                     
                        33 % of the specific duty
                     
                  
                        09.0223
                     
                     
                        2007 91 30
                     
                     
                        Jams, jellies, marmalades, puree and pastes, obtained by cooking, other than homogenised preparations, of citrus fruit, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by weight
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        100
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0225
                     
                     
                        2007 99 39
                     
                     
                        Other preparations of fruit and nuts, obtained by cooking, with a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight, other than homogenised preparations
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        100
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.0212
                     
                     
                        2008 30 19
                        2008 50 19
                        2008 50 51
                        2008 50 92
                        2008 50 94
                        2008 60 19
                        2008 70 19
                        2008 70 51
                        2008 80 19
                     
                     
                        Citrus fruit, apricots, cherries, peaches, including nectarines, and strawberries, otherwise prepared or preserved
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        2 100
                     
                     
                        Exemption (1)
                        
                     
                  
                        09.0214
                     
                     
                        2009 11 11
                        2009 11 91
                        2009 19 11
                        2009 19 91
                        2009 29 11
                        2009 29 91
                        2009 39 11
                        2009 39 51
                        2009 39 91
                        2009 61 90
                        2009 69 11
                        2009 69 79
                        2009 69 90
                        2009 80 11
                        2009 80 34
                        2009 80 35
                        2009 80 61
                        2009 80 85
                        2009 80 86
                        2009 90 11
                        2009 90 21
                        2009 90 31
                        2009 90 71
                        2009 90 92
                        2009 90 94
                     
                     
                        Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit
                     
                     
                        From 1.1 to 31.12
                     
                     
                        3 400
                     
                     
                        33 % of the specific duty
                     
                  
      
      
         (1)  The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.
      
         (2)  The application of this tariff quota is suspended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1506/98 (OJ L 200, 16.7.1998, p. 1).
      
         (3)  For the administration of these Community tariff quotas, the following coefficients will be applied to imports of products with a dry matter content other than 28 to 30 % by weight:
      
                  Dry matter content by weight
               
               
                  Coefficients
               
            
                  not less than:
               
               
                  but less than:
               
            
                  12
               
               
                  14
               
               
                  0,44828
               
            
                  14
               
               
                  16
               
               
                  0,51724
               
            
                  16
               
               
                  18
               
               
                  0,58621
               
            
                  18
               
               
                  20
               
               
                  0,65517
               
            
                  20
               
               
                  22
               
               
                  0,72414
               
            
                  22
               
               
                  24
               
               
                  0,7931
               
            
                  24
               
               
                  26
               
               
                  0,86207
               
            
                  26
               
               
                  28
               
               
                  0,93103
               
            
                  28
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  1
               
            
                  30
               
               
                  32
               
               
                  1,06897
               
            
                  32
               
               
                  34
               
               
                  1,13793
               
            
                  34
               
               
                  36
               
               
                  1,20689
               
            
                  36
               
               
                  38
               
               
                  1,27586
               
            
                  38
               
               
                  40
               
               
                  1,34483
               
            
                  40
               
               
                  42
               
               
                  1,41379
               
            
                  42
               
               
                  93
               
               
                  1,44828
               
            
                  93
               
               
                  100
               
               
                  3,32759’