Council Regulation (EC) No 2475/2000

of 7 November 2000

establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Slovenia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part(1), provides for certain concessions for certain agricultural products originating in Slovenia.

(2) In accordance with the directives adopted by the Council on 30 March 1999, the Commission and Slovenia concluded on 22 May 2000 negotiations on an Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement.

(3) The Additional Protocol, which provides for additional agricultural concessions, will be based on Article 21(5) of the Europe Agreement, establishing that the Community and Slovenia are to examine in the Association Council, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis, the possibility of granting each other further concessions.

(4) A swift implementation of the adjustments forms an essential part of the results of the negotiations for the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement with Slovenia.

(5) It is therefore appropriate to provide for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of the agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Slovenia.

(6) Slovenia will take all useful legislative provisions, on an autonomous and transitional basis, in order to enable a rapid and simultaneous implementation of the adaptation of the agricultural concessions of Slovenia provided for in the Europe Agreement.

(7) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(2).

(8) Commission Regulation (EC) 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(3) codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Slovenia as set out in Annex A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation shall replace those set out in Annex VI to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Slovenia, of the other part.

2. On the entry into force of the Additional Protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement referred to in paragraph 1, the concessions provided for in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annex A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation.

3. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3(2).

Article 2

1. Tariff quotas with an order number below 09.4000 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

2. Quantities of goods which have been released for free circulation in the Community from 1 January 2000 until 30 June 2000 with the benefit of a preferential duty rate provided for in Annex VI of the Europe Agreement, in the framework of the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.1532, 09.1533, 09.1534, 09.1535, 09.1537, 09.1541, 09.1542, 09.1543, 09.1544, 09.4082, 09.4083, 09.4084, 09.4086, 09.4087, 09.4088, 09.4089 and 09.4090 shall be fully taken into account for charging against the tariff quotas with the same order numbers provided for in Annex A(b) to this Regulation.

Article 3

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee instituted by Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market of cereals(4) or, where appropriate, the committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Community.

It shall apply from 1 July 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

L. Fabius

(1) OJ L 51, 26.2.1999, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999 (OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25).

(4) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1).

ANNEX A(a)

Custom duties on imports applicable in the Community to products originating in Slovenia and listed below shall be abolished

CN code(1)

0101 20 10

0104 20 10

0106 00 10

0106 00 20

0205 00 11

0205 00 19

0205 00 90

0206 80 91

0206 90 91

0207 13 91

0207 14 91

0207 26 91

0207 27 91

0207 35 91

0207 36 89

0208 10 11

0208 10 19

0208 20 00

0208 90 10

0208 90 50

0208 90 60

0208 90 80

0210 90 10

0210 90 79

0407 00 90

0410 00 00

0601 10 10

0601 10 20

0601 10 30

0601 10 40

0601 10 90

0601 20 30

0601 20 90

0602 10 90

0602 20 90

0602 30 00

0602 40 10

0602 40 90

0602 90 10

0602 90 30

0602 90 45

0602 90 51

0602 90 59

0602 90 70

0602 90 91

0602 90 99

0603 10 80

0603 90 00

0604 10 90

0604 91 21

0604 91 29

0604 91 41

0604 91 49

0604 91 90

0604 99 90

0701 10 00

0703 10 11

0709 51 30

0709 51 50

0709 51 90

0709 90 40

0711 30 00

0712 30 00

0713 50 00

0713 90 10

0713 90 90

0714 20 10

0714 20 90

0714 90 90

0802 11 90

0802 12 90

0802 21 00

0802 22 00

0802 31 00

0802 32 00

0802 40 00

0802 50 00

0802 90 50

0802 90 60

0802 90 85

0804 20 10

0804 20 90

0806 20 11

0806 20 12

0806 20 91

0806 20 98

0807 11 00

0807 19 00

0808 20 90

0810 40 30

0810 40 50

0810 40 90

0810 50 00

0810 90 85

0811 90 70

0811 90 85

0812 10 00

0812 90 40

0812 90 60

0812 90 70

0812 90 95

0813 10 00

0813 30 00

0813 40 10

0813 40 95

0813 50 15

0813 50 19

0813 50 39

0813 50 91

0813 50 99

0814 00 00

0901 12 00

0902 10 00

0904 12 00

0904 20 10

0904 20 90

0905 00 00

0907 00 00

0910 20 90

0910 40 13

0910 40 19

0910 40 90

0910 91 90

0910 99 99

1006 10 10

1007 00 10

1208 10 00

1209 19 00

1209 23 80

1209 29 50

1209 29 80

1209 30 00

1209 91 10

1209 91 90

1209 99 91

1209 99 99

1210 10 00

1210 20 10

1210 20 90

1211 90 30

1212 10 10

1212 10 99

1214 90 10

1302 12 00

1302 13 00

1302 19 05

1502 00 90

1503 00 19

1503 00 90

1504 10 10

1504 10 99

1504 20 10

1504 30 10

1507 10 10

1507 10 90

1507 90 10

1508 10 90

1508 90 10

1508 90 90

1511 10 90

1511 90 11

1511 90 19

1511 90 91

1511 90 99

1512 11 10

1512 11 91

1512 11 99

1512 19 10

1512 21 10

1512 21 90

1512 29 10

1512 29 90

1513 11 10

1513 11 99

1513 19 19

1513 19 30

1513 19 91

1513 19 99

1513 21 11

1513 21 19

1513 21 30

1513 21 90

1513 29 11

1513 29 19

1513 29 30

1513 29 50

1513 29 91

1513 29 99

1514 10 10

1514 10 90

1514 90 10

1515 11 00

1515 19 10

1515 19 90

1515 21 10

1515 21 90

1515 29 10

1515 29 90

1515 30 90

1515 50 11

1515 50 19

1515 50 91

1515 50 99

1515 90 29

1515 90 39

1515 90 40

1515 90 51

1515 90 59

1515 90 60

1515 90 91

1515 90 99

1516 20 95

1516 20 96

1516 20 98

1518 00 31

1518 00 39

1518 00 91

1518 00 95

1518 00 99

1522 00 91

2001 90 20

2005 90 75

2008 19 11

2008 19 13

2008 19 51

2008 19 59

2008 92 72

2302 50 00

2306 90 19

2308 90 90

2309 90 51

2309 90 93

2309 90 95

(1) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/1999 of 12 October 1999 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 278, 28.10.1999, p. 1).

ANNEX Ab

Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Slovenia shall be subject to the concessions set out below

(MFN = Most Favoured Nation duty)

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