CELEX: 32006R1839
Language: en
Date: 2006-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 1839/2006 of 28 November 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

15.12.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 355/1
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1839/2006
   of 28 November 2006
   concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               By Decision 2006/930/EC of 28 November 2006 concerning the conclusion of Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic (2), the Council approved the Agreement, on behalf of the Community, with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended and supplemented accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   In Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 Annex I shall be amended with the duties and supplemented with the volumes shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   Annex 7 of Section III of Part Three (WTO quotas to be opened by the Competent Community authorities) shall be amended as follows as regards CN Code 0201 30 00:
   
               (a)
            
            
               the description of the EC tariff rate quota of 11 000 tonnes ‘Boneless “high quality” meat: “Special or good-quality beef cuts obtained from exclusively pasture-grazed animals, aged between 22 and 24 months, having two permanent incisors and presenting a slaughter live weight not exceeding 460 kilograms, referred to as “special boxed beef”, cuts of which may bear the letters “sc” (special cuts)”’ shall be replaced by: ‘Boneless high quality meat of bovine animals fresh or chilled’;
            
         
               (b)
            
            
               under ‘Other terms and conditions’ the text: ‘Supplying country Argentina’ shall be inserted.
            
         Article 3
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 28 November 2006.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         E. HEINÄLUOMA
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2006 (OJ L 301, 31.10.2006, p. 1).
   
      (2)  See page 91 of this Official Journal.
   
      ANNEX
      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 concessions being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of the current Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the concessions are to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
      
                  Part two
                  Schedule of customs duties
               
            
                  CN code
               
               
                  Description
               
               
                  Duty rate
               
            
                  0304 20 94
               
               
                  Frozen fish fillets of other than freshwater fish
               
               
                  A lower applied duty of 11,4 % (1)
                  
               
            
                  0303 79 98
               
               
                  Other frozen saltwater fish, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304, excluding livers and roes
               
               
                  A lower applied duty of 12,4 % (1)
                  
               
            
                  Tariff item numbers
                  0202 20 30
                  0202 30
                  0206 29 91
               
               
                  Meat of bovine animals, frozen; un-separated or separated forequarters; boneless
                  Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen; thick skirt and thin skirt. The meat imported shall be used for processing.
               
               
                  Implemented through Regulation (EC) No 267/2006
               
            
                  Tariff item number
                  0402 10 19
               
               
                  Skimmed milk powder
               
               
                  Add 537 tonnes (erga omnes) in EC tariff rate quota
               
            
                  Tariff item number
                  ex 0808 10 80
               
               
                  Apples
               
               
                  Add 96 tonnes (erga omnes) in EC tariff rate quota
               
            
                  Tariff item numbers
                  1005 10 90
                  1005 90 00
               
               
                  Maize
               
               
                  Implemented through Regulation (EC) No 711/2006
               
            
                  Tariff item numbers
                  2009 11 11
                  2009 11 19
                  2009 19 11
                  2009 19 19
                  2009 29 11
                  2009 29 19
                  2009 39 11
                  2009 39 19
                  2009 49 11
                  2009 49 19
                  2009 79 11
                  2009 79 19
                  2009 80 11
                  2009 80 19
                  2009 80 34
                  2009 80 35
                  2009 80 36
                  2009 80 38
                  2009 90 11
                  2009 90 19
                  2009 90 21
                  2009 90 29
               
               
                  Fruit juices
               
               
                  Implemented through Regulation (EC) No 711/2006
               
            
                  Tariff item numbers
                  2204 29 65
                  2204 29 75
               
               
                  Wine
               
               
                  Open a tariff rate quota 20 000 hl (erga omnes) in quota rate EUR 8/hl
               
            
                  Tariff item numbers
                  2204 21 79
                  2204 21 80
               
               
                  Wine
               
               
                  Open a tariff rate quota 40 000 hl (erga omnes) in quota rate EUR 10/hl
               
            
                  Tariff item number
                  2205 90 10
               
               
                  Vermouth
               
               
                  Open a tariff rate quota 13 810 hl (erga omnes) in quota rate EUR 7/hl
               
            
                  The exact tariff description of the EC-15 shall apply to all tariff lines and quotas above.
               
            
         (1)  The lower applied rate indicated above is to be applied for three years or until the implementation of the results of the Doha Development Agenda Round reaches the tariff level above, whichever comes first.
      The exact tariff description of the EC-15 shall apply to all tariff lines and quotas above.