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
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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95, and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 22 December 2004, the Council has concluded an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of the Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority Interim Association Agreement. That new Agreement applies from 1 January 2005.
(2) 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.
(3) To implement the tariff concessions provided for in the new Protocol No 1, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) In accordance with the new Protocol No 1, the tariff quota volumes for certain products should be increased twice.
(7) 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.
(8) 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
ANNEX VIII WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP PART A: Tariff quotas PART B: Reference quantities
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. Order No CN code Description of goods Quota period Quota volume (in tonnes net weight) Quota duty 09.1383 04090000 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 1000 09.1382 060310 Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for ornamental purposes From 1.1 to 31.12.2005 2000 Exemption From 1.1 to 31.12.2006 2250 From 1.1 to 31.12.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12 2500 09.1384 07123100 07123200 07123300 07123900 Mushrooms, wood ears (Auricularia spp.), jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) and truffles, dried From 1.1 to 31.12 500 Exemption 09.1385 08061010 Fresh table grapes From 1.2 to 14.7.2005 1000 Exemption From 1.2 to 14.7.2006 1500 From 1.2 to 14.7.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.2 to 14.7 2000 09.1381 08101000 Fresh strawberries From 1.11.2004 to 31.3.2005 1680 Exemption From 1.11.2005 to 31.3.2006 2500 From 1.11.2006 to 31.3.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.11 to 31.3 3000 09.1386 150910 Virgin olive oil From 1.1 to 31.12.2005 2000 Exemption From 1.1 to 31.12.2006 2500 From 1.1 to 31.12.2007 and for each period thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12 3000 Order No CN code Taric subdivision Description of goods Reference quantity period Reference quantity volume (in tonnes net weight) Reference quantity duty 18.0310 07020000 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled From 1.12.2004 to 31.3.2005 1750 Exemption From 1.12.2005 to 31.3.2006 and for each period thereafter from 1.12 to 31.3 2000 18.0320 07093000 Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled From 15.1 to 30.4 3000 Exemption 18.0330 ex070960 Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled: From 1.1 to 31.12 1000 Exemption 07096010 Sweet peppers 07096099 Other 18.0340 07099070 Courgettes, fresh or chilled From 1.12 to 28/29.2 300 Exemption 18.0350 08051020 Fresh oranges From 1.1 to 31.12 25000 Exemption ex08051080 10 18.0360 ex08052010 05 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh From 1.1 to 31.12 500 Exemption ex08052030 05 ex08052050 07, 37 ex08052070 05 ex08052090 05, 09 18.0370 ex08055010 10 Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum), fresh From 1.1 to 31.12 800 Exemption 18.0380 08071900 Melons (excluding watermelons), fresh From 1.11 to 31.5 10000 Exemption