25.6.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 156/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1078/2003 of 16 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autono- mous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 26 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (!), Whereas: (1) By virtue of Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 of 20 December 1996, opening and providing for the adminis- tration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (%), Commu- nity tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products were opened. Community demand for the products in question should be met under the most favourable conditions. Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes and increased, extended or termi- nated in the case of certain existing tariff quotas, while avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these products. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended accordingly. (3)  Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu- lation, it is necessary to invoke the grounds of urgency provided for in point 1(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties estab- lishing the European Communities, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 With effect from 1 July 2003, the tariff quotas listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex I to Regula- tion (EC) No 2505/96. (") Proposal of 12 May 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () O] L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2003 (O] L 86, 3.4.2003, p. 20). Atticle 2 For the quota period from 1 January to 30 June 2003, Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as follows: — the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2902 shall be fixed at 20 000 units, — the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2935 shall be fixed at 120 000 tonnes. Atticle 3 For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2003, Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as follows: — the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2904 shall be fixed at 8 500 units, — the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2985 shall be fixed at 400 000 units. Atrticle 4 The quota period of the tariff quota 09.2867, which is given in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be extended until 31 December 2003. Atrticle 5 The quota period of the tariff quota 09.2991, which is given in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be terminated by 30 June 2003. Atticle 6 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.