Commission Regulation (EC) No 2279/2004
of 30 December 2004
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards the Community tariff quotas and reference quantities for certain agricultural products originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
The new Protocol No 1 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip hereinafter ‘the new Protocol No 1’, provides for new tariff concessions and changes to the existing concessions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001, some of which fall within Community tariff quotas and reference quantities.
To implement the tariff concessions provided for in the new Protocol No 1, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.
For the purpose of calculating tariff quotas and reference quantities for the first year of application, it should be provided that, where the period for the quota or reference quantity starts before the date from which the new Agreement applies, the tariff quota volume and reference quantity are to be reduced in proportion to that part of the period which has already elapsed before that date.
In order to facilitate the management of certain existing tariff quotas and reference quantities provided for in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001, the quantities imported within the framework of those quotas and reference quantities should be taken into account for charging on the measures opened in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 747/2001, as amended by this Regulation.
In accordance with the new Protocol No 1, the tariff quota volumes for certain products should be increased twice.
Since the provisions provided for in this Regulation should apply from the date of application of the new Agreement, it is appropriate for this Regulation to enter into force as soon as possible.
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 VIII to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 shall be replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
For the quota and reference quantity periods still open on 1 January 2005, the quantities which pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 have been put into free circulation in the Community within the tariff quota and reference quantities with order numbers 09.1381, 18.0310, 18.0340 and 18.0380 shall be taken into account for charging on the tariff quota and reference quantities laid down in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001, as amended by this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 December 2004.
For the Commission
László Kovács
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
‘ANNEX VIIIWEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP
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 the current 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.
PART A: Tariff quotas
Order No
CN code
Description of goods
Quota period
Quota volume(in tonnes net weight)
Quota duty
09.1383
0409 00 00
Natural honey
From 1.1 to 31.12.2005
500
Exemption
From 1.1 to 31.12.2006
750
From 1.1 to 31.12.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12
1 000
09.1382
0603 10
Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for ornamental purposes
From 1.1 to 31.12.2005
2 000
Exemption
From 1.1 to 31.12.2006
2 250
From 1.1 to 31.12.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12
2 500
09.1384
0712 31 00
0712 32 00
0712 33 00
0712 39 00
Mushrooms, wood ears (Auricularia spp.), jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) and truffles, dried
From 1.1 to 31.12
500
Exemption
09.1385
0806 10 10
Fresh table grapes
From 1.2 to 14.7.2005
1 000
Exemption
From 1.2 to 14.7.2006
1 500
From 1.2 to 14.7.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.2 to 14.7
2 000
09.1381
0810 10 00
Fresh strawberries
From 1.11.2004 to 31.3.2005
1 680
Exemption
From 1.11.2005 to 31.3.2006
2 500
From 1.11.2006 to 31.3.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.11 to 31.3
3 000
09.1386
1509 10
Virgin olive oil
From 1.1 to 31.12.2005
2 000
Exemption
From 1.1 to 31.12.2006
2 500
From 1.1 to 31.12.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12
3 000
PART B: Reference quantities
Order No
CN code
Taric subdivision
Description of goods
Reference quantity period
Reference quantity volume(in tonnes net weight)
Reference quantity duty
18.0310
0702 00 00
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
From 1.12.2004 to 31.3.2005
1 750
From 1.12.2005 to 31.3.2006 and for each period thereafter from 1.12 to 31.3
2 000
18.0320
0709 30 00
Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled
From 15.1 to 30.4
3 000
Exemption
18.0330
ex 0709 60
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled:
From 1.1 to 31.12
1 000
Exemption
0709 60 10
Sweet peppers
0709 60 99
Other
18.0340
0709 90 70
Courgettes, fresh or chilled
From 1.12 to 28/29.2
300
Exemption3
18.0350
0805 10 20
Fresh oranges
From 1.1 to 31.12
25 000
Exemption3
ex 0805 10 80
10
18.0360
ex 0805 20 10
05
Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh
From 1.1 to 31.12
500
Exemption3
ex 0805 20 30
05
ex 0805 20 50
07, 37
ex 0805 20 70
05
ex 0805 20 90
05, 09
18.0370
ex 0805 50 10
10
Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum), fresh
From 1.1 to 31.12
800
Exemption3
18.0380
0807 19 00
Melons (excluding watermelons), fresh
From 1.11 to 31.5
10 000
Exemption’