Commission Regulation (EC) No 2582/1999 of 7 December 1999 opening tariff quotas for the year 2000 for imports into the European Community of products originating in Estonia and Lithuania
8. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 314/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2582/1999 of 7 December 1999 opening tariff quotas for the year 2000 for imports into the European Community of products originating in Estonia and Lithuania THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (2) 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 (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2491/98 (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 1999/86/EC of 18 May 1998 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part, to take account of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro- pean Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round nego- tiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing preferential arrangements (3), and in particular Articles 1 and 5 of that Protocol, the Republic of Austria, the accession of Having regard to Council Decision 98/677/EC of 18 May 1998 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part, to take account of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro- pean Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round nego- tiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing preferential arrangements (4), and in particular Articles 2 and 6 of that Protocol, the Republic of Austria, the accession of Protocol 2 on trade in processed agricultural products, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Europe Agree- ment with the Republic of Lithuania, provides for the granting of annual tariff quotas for imports of products originating in Lithuania; (3) (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 (5), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1662/1999 (6), consolidated the arrange- ments for managing the tariff quotas to be used in chronological order of the dates of acceptance of the declarations for release for free circulation; The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Commitee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The annual quotas for products originating in Estonia and Lithuania set out in Annexes I and II respectively to this Regulation are hereby opened from 1 January 2000 to 31 in the said December 2000 under the conditions set out Annexes. Article 2 The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Articles 308(a) to (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Whereas: (1) Protocol 2 on trade in processed agricultural products, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Europe Agree- ment with the Republic of Estonia, provides for the granting of annual tariff quotas for imports of products originating in Estonia; (1) OJ L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18. (2) OJ L 309, 19. 11. 1998, p. 28. (3) OJ L 29, 3. 2. 1999, p. 9. (4) OJ L 321, 30. 11. 1998, p. 1. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2000. (5) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. (6) OJ L 197, 29. 7. 1999, p. 25. L 314/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 12. 1999 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 December 1999. For the Commission Erkki LIIKANEN Member of the Commission ANNEX I ESTONIA Serial No CN code Description 09. 6515 1704 10 11 1704 10 19 1704 90 71 1704 90 75 09. 6517 ex 1806 09. 6519 1905 Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated, containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) Boiled sweets, whether or not filled Toffees, caramels and similar sweets and other food preprations Chocolate containing cocoa other than those of CN code 1806 10 15 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar prod- ucts Quota for 2000 (tonnes) Rate of duty applicable (1) 210 0 + RAC 700 0 + RAC 150 0 + RAC 09. 6521 2102 10 39 Bakers' yeast, other than dried 2 800 0 + RAC 09. 6523 2105 00 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa 15 0 + RAC 09. 6541 2202 90 91 2202 90 95 2202 90 99 Non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of CN code 2009, containing products of CN codes 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from products of CN codes 0401 to 0404 780 0 + RAC 09. 6534 2402 20 90 Cigarettes containing cloves containing tobacco but not 70 31,5 % (2) (1) RAC = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 2 to the Agreement) applicable within the quantitative limits of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff, if any. (2) From 1. 7. 2000: 28,8 %. 8. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 314/23 ANNEX II LITHUANIA Serial No CN code Description 09. 6501 1704 90 71 1704 90 75 Boiled sweets, whether or not filled Toffees, caramels and similar sweets 09. 6503 1806 90 and other Chocolate food preparations containing cocoa falling within CN codes 1806 90 11 to 1806 90 90 Quota for 2000 (tonnes) Rate of duty applicable (1) 560 700 0 + RAC 0 + RAC 09. 6534 2402 20 90 Cigarettes containing cloves containing tobacco but not 56 31,5 % (2) (1) RAC = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 2 to the Agreement) applicable within the quantitative limits of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff, if any. (2) From 1. 7. 2000: 28,8 %