Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002 of 31 May 2002 opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 851/95

Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002
of 31 May 2002
opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 851/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council and Commission Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Techbological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation(1), and in particular the Agreement on trade in agricultural products(2), hereinafter called "the Agreement", and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is necessary to open and provide the management rules for the tariff quotas provided in Annex 2 of the Agreement.
(2) These tariff quotas should be managed by the Community authorities and the Member States in accordance with the management system for tariff quotas provided for in Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/2002(4).
(3) To be eligible for the benefit of these tariff quotas products must originate in Switzerland in conformity with the rules referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement.
(4) The tariff quota for table cherries of CN code 0809 20 95 replaces the tariff quota for the same product, the subject of order No 09.0901, laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 851/95(5). That Regulation will thereby become redundant and should be repealed from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,