Document ID: 32003R0384

Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2003
of 26 February 2003
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 to take account of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 of 17 December 1999 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT and certain other Community tariff quotas and establishing detailed rules for adjusting the quotas and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 811/2002(2), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 of 1 August 2002, amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(3), introduces an exemption from duties from 1 January 2003 for rum and tafia. The tariff quotas opened for these products in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 have therefore become redundant and must be closed from 31 December 2002. That Annex must therefore be amended.
(2) For reasons of clarity, Annexes I to IV to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 should be replaced.
(3) This Regulation must apply from the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1823/2002.
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes I to IV to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 2003.

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