25.1.2003 Official Journal of the European Communities L 22/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 128/2003 of 24 January 2003 concerning the opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland and in Liechten- THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/ 2000 (3, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2000/239/EC of 13 March 2000 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (}), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1) The annual tariff quotas for certain processed agricul- tural products provided for in the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confedera- tion, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation, hereinafter ‘the Agreement’, should be opened for 2003. (2)  The annual quota for goods classified under CN codes 22021000 and ex 22029010, laid down in the Agreement, has been exhausted. In accordance with the Agreement it should in consequence be increased by 10 % for 2003. (3)  The preferences provided for in the Free Trade Agree- ment between the European Economic Community and Switzerland of 22 July 1972 have been extended to the Principality of Liechtenstein by an additional agreement approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2840/72 (%). The measures laid down in this Regulation should there- fore also be applicable to goods originating in Liechten- stein. 1 () OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. () OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5. () OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 11. ( OJ L 300,31.12.1972, p. 188. (4)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (°), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1602/2000 (°), lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation are to be managed in accordance with those rules. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the management committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 The Community tariff quotas for imports of the processed agri- cultural products originating in Switzerland and in Liechten- stein listed in the Annex shall be opened duty-exempt from 1 January to 31 December 2003. For imports of goods listed in table 2 of the Annex which exceed the duty exempt quota, a duty of 9,1 % shall be applied. Atticle 2 The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Atticle 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2003. () OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. () OJ L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1.