Commission Regulation (EC) No 926/2006 of 22 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas
Commission Regulation (EC) No 926/2006of 22 June 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk productsOJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2)., and in particular Article 29(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)Annex I.A to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 591/2006 (OJ L 104, 13.4.2006, p. 11). sets out the tariff quotas not specified by country of origin to be imported by quota period.(2)Council Regulation (EC) No 267/2006 of 30 January 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of letters between the European Community and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs TariffOJ L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 1. provides for an additional allocation of butter and other fats and oils derived from milk under the annual import tariff quota.(3)Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 of 20 March 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs TariffOJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1. provides for additional allocations to several quotas of cheeses under the annual import tariff quota.(4)It is therefore appropriate to adjust the concerned quota quantities referred to in Annex I.A to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001.(5)Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly.(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Annex I.A to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 1 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 June 2006.For the CommissionMariann Fischer BoelMember of the CommissionANNEX
"I.ATARIFF QUOTAS NOT SPECIFIED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN1 kg product = 1,22 kg butter.Irrespective of the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the product description must be considered to have merely indicative value, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined in the context of this Annex by the scope of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the applicability of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.The cheeses referred to are considered as processed when they have been processed into products falling within subheading 040630 of the Combined Nomenclature. Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 apply."
Quota numberCN codeDescriptionCountry of originAnnual quotaSix-monthly quotaImport duty(EUR/100 kg net weight)
09.459004021019Skimmed-milk powderAll third countries680003400047,50
09.459904051011040510190405103004051050040510900405901004059090Butter and other fats and oils derived from milkAll third countries11360568094,80
in butter equivalent
09.4591ex04061020ex04061080Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces each weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers with a net content of 5 kg or more, of a water content, by weight, of 52 % or more, and a fat content by weight in the dry matter of 38 % or moreAll third countries5360268013,00
09.4592ex04063010Processed EmmentalerAll third countries18438921971,90
04069013Emmentaler85,80
09.4593ex04063010Processed GruyèreAll third countries54132706,571,90
04069015Gruyère, Sbrinz85,80
09.459404069001Cheese for processingAll third countries2000710003,583,50
09.459504069021CheddarAll third countries150057502,521,00
09.4596ex04061020Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd, other than pizza cheese of quota number 09.4591All third countries195259762,592,60
ex04061080106,40
04062090Other grated or powdered cheese94,10
04063031Other processed cheese69,00
0406303971,90
04063090102,90
040640100406405004064090Blue-veined cheese70,40
04069017Bergkäse and Appenzell85,80
09.459604069018Fromage Fribourgeois, Vacherin Mont d’Or and Tête de Moine75,50
04069023Edam
04069025Tilsit
04069027Butterkäse
04069029Kashkaval
04069031Feta, of sheep’s milk or buffalo milk
04069033Feta, other
04069035Kefalo-Tyri
04069037Finlandia
04069039Jarlsberg
04069050Cheese of sheep’s milk or buffalo milk
ex04069063Pecorino94,10
04069069Other
04069073Provolone75,50
ex04069075Caciocavallo
ex04069076Danbo, Fontal, Fynbo, Havarti, Maribo, Samsø
04069078Gouda
ex04069079Esrom, Italico, Kernhem, Saint-Paulin
ex04069081Cheshire, Wensleydale, Lancashire, Double Gloucester, Blarney, Colby, Monterey
04069082Camembert
04069084Brie
04069086Exceeding 47 % but not exceeding 52 %
04069087Exceeding 52 % but not exceeding 62 %
04069088Exceeding 62 % but not exceeding 72 %
04069093Exceeding 72 %92,60
04069099Other106,40
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1 kg product = 1,22 kg butter.Irrespective of the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the product description must be considered to have merely indicative value, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined in the context of this Annex by the scope of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the applicability of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.The cheeses referred to are considered as processed when they have been processed into products falling within subheading 040630 of the Combined Nomenclature. Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 apply."