Special provisions for the tariff quotas for tomatoes originating in Morocco
Article 3a
1
For tomatoes of CN code
0702 00 00
placed into free circulation in every period from 1 October to 31 May (hereinafter
‘
marketing year
’
), drawings on the monthly tariff quotas laid down in Annex II under order number 09.1104 from 1 October to 31 December and from 1 January to 31 March respectively, shall be stopped each year on 15 January and on the second working day in the Commission following 1 April. On the following working day in the Commission, the Commission services will determine the unused balance of each of these tariff quotas and will make available that unused balance within the additional tariff quota applicable for that marketing year under the order number 09.1112.
From the dates on which the monthly tariff quotas are stopped, any retroactive drawings from any of the stopped monthly tariff quotas applicable during the months of November, December and January to March, and any returns of unused volumes to any of the stopped monthly tariff quotas shall be made on the additional tariff quota applicable under the order number 09.1112 for that marketing year. Detailed provisions for the management of the tariff quota under order number 09.1112 are included under paragraph 2.
2
The monthly use of the additional tariff quota laid down in Annex II under order number 09.1112 for the period from 1 November to 31 May for tomatoes of CN code
0702 00 00
originating in Morocco placed into free circulation in the European Union shall be limited to 30 % of its initial volume of
28 000
tonnes net weight.
The tariff quota under order number 09.1112 shall be managed as a parent tariff quota with seven monthly sub-tariff quotas applicable under the order number 09.1193.
The benefit from this tariff concession can be granted only by declaring the order number 09.1193.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 812/2012 of 12 September 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Morocco.