Commission Regulation (EC) No 1712/2006 of 20 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Turkey
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21.11.2006
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 321/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1712/2006
of 20 November 2006
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Turkey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95 (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
By Decision No 2/2006 of 17 October 2006 (2) the EC-Turkey Association Council has approved the amendment to Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products.
(2)
For certain agricultural products originating in Turkey, the amended Protocol 1 provides for new Community tariff quotas and for changes to the existing Community tariff quotas laid down in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.
(3)
To implement the new tariff quotas and the changes to the existing tariff quotas, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.
(4)
Since Decision No 2/2006 of the EC-Turkey Association Council is applicable from 1 November 2006, this Regulation should apply from the same date and should enter into force as soon as possible.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006.
For the Commission
László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2006 (OJ L 4, 7.1.2006, p. 7).
(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
ANNEX
‘ANNEX IX
TURKEY
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
Tariff quotas
Order No
CN code
Description of goods
Quota period
Quota volume (in tonnes net weight)
Quota duty
09.0202
0701 90
Potatoes, fresh or chilled, other than seed
From 1.1 to 31.12
2 500
Exemption
09.0211
0703 10 11
0703 10 19
Onions, fresh or chilled
From 16.5 to 14.2
2 000
Exemption
09.0213
0709 30 00
Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled
From 1.5 to 14.1
1 000
Exemption
09.0215
0709 90 70
Courgettes, fresh or chilled
From 1.3 to 30.11
500
Exemption (1)
09.0204
0806 10 10
Fresh table grapes
From 1.5 to 17.6 and from 1.8 to 14.11
350
Exemption (1)
09.0217 (2)
0807 11 00
Watermelons, fresh
From 16.6 to 31.3
16 500
Exemption
09.0219
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:
From 1.1 to 31.12
100
Exemption
0811 10 11
Strawberries
0811 20 11
Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries
0811 90 19
Other, except tropical fruit and tropical nuts
09.0206
1509 10 90
Other virgin olive oil
From 1.1 to 31.12
100
7,5 % ad valorem
09.0221
Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid:
From 1.1 to 31.12
8 900
Exemption
2002 10
Whole or in pieces
2002 90 11
2002 90 19
Other, with a dry matter content of less than 12 % by weight
09.0207 (2)
2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99
Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces, with a dry matter content of not less than 12 % by weight
From 1.1 to 30.6
15 000, of a dry matter content of 28 to 30 % by weight (3)
Exemption
09.0209 (2)
2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99
Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces, with a dry matter content of not less than 12 % by weight
From 1.7 to 31.12
15 000, of a dry matter content of 28 to 30 % by weight (3)
Exemption
09.0208
2007 10 10
2007 91 10
2007 91 30
2007 99 20
2007 99 31
2007 99 33
2007 99 35
2007 99 39
2007 99 55
2007 99 57
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes
From 1.1 to 31.12
1 750
33 % of the specific duty
09.0223
2007 91 30
Jams, jellies, marmalades, puree and pastes, obtained by cooking, other than homogenised preparations, of citrus fruit, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by weight
From 1.1 to 31.12
100
Exemption
09.0225
2007 99 39
Other preparations of fruit and nuts, obtained by cooking, with a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight, other than homogenised preparations
From 1.1 to 31.12
100
Exemption
09.0212
2008 30 19
2008 50 19
2008 50 51
2008 50 92
2008 50 94
2008 60 19
2008 70 19
2008 70 51
2008 80 19
Citrus fruit, apricots, cherries, peaches, including nectarines, and strawberries, otherwise prepared or preserved
From 1.1 to 31.12
2 100
Exemption (1)
09.0214
2009 11 11
2009 11 91
2009 19 11
2009 19 91
2009 29 11
2009 29 91
2009 39 11
2009 39 51
2009 39 91
2009 61 90
2009 69 11
2009 69 79
2009 69 90
2009 80 11
2009 80 34
2009 80 35
2009 80 61
2009 80 85
2009 80 86
2009 90 11
2009 90 21
2009 90 31
2009 90 71
2009 90 92
2009 90 94
Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit
From 1.1 to 31.12
3 400
33 % of the specific duty
(1) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.
(2) The application of this tariff quota is suspended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1506/98 (OJ L 200, 16.7.1998, p. 1).
(3) For the administration of these Community tariff quotas, the following coefficients will be applied to imports of products with a dry matter content other than 28 to 30 % by weight:
Dry matter content by weight
Coefficients
not less than:
but less than:
12
14
0,44828
14
16
0,51724
16
18
0,58621
18
20
0,65517
20
22
0,72414
22
24
0,7931
24
26
0,86207
26
28
0,93103
28
30
1
30
32
1,06897
32
34
1,13793
34
36
1,20689
36
38
1,27586
38
40
1,34483
40
42
1,41379
42
93
1,44828
93
100
3,32759’