LegalizeCouncil Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 of 17 December 1999 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT and certain other Community tariff quotas and establishing detailed rules for adjusting the quotas, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95
TITLE I
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Article 1
TITLE II
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CERTAIN TARIFF QUOTAS
Section 1
Tariff quota for newsprint
Article 2
Section 2
Tariff quotas for hand-made or hand-woven products
Article 3
Access to the tariff quotas for hand-made products is restricted to the products referred to in Annex IV, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent government anthority in the beneficiary country and conforming to the specimen in Annex VI.
Article 4
Access to the tariff quotas for hand-woven products is restricted to the products referred to in Annex V accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent government authority in the beneficiary country and conforming to the specimen in Annex VII. These goods shall bear a stamp approved by the said authorities at the beginning and end of each piece; by way of derogation, a seal approved by the authorities of the country of manufacture may be affixed to each piece.
Article 5
The products referred to in Articles 3 and 4 must be transported directly to the Community from the country of manufacture.
The following shall be considered to have been transported directly:
(a) goods which have been transported without entering the territory of a country not a Member State of the Community; calls at ports in countries not members of the Community shall not be held to breach direct transport, provided the goods are not transhipped in the course of such a call;
(b) goods which have been transported via, or transhipped in, the territory of one or more non-member countries, provided such transit or transhipment is covered by a single transport document drawn up in the country of manufacture.
Section 3
Methods of administrative cooperation for hand-made or hand-woven products
Article 6
(a) Where the procedure for temporary total or partial withdrawal of access to tariff quotas is applied the Commission shall publish a notice in the ‘C’ series of the Official Journal stating that it has reasonable doubt as to entitlement to benefit under this Regulation and listing the goods, producers and exporters concerned.
(b) The proportion of customs debt corresponding to a concession granted under this Regulation shall be disregarded except where the debt is incurred after publication of the notice referred to in subparagraph (a) and in respect of goods, producers or exporters named in that notice, or where the second sentence of Article 221(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 applies.
Article 7
If the said authorities decide to suspend admission to the tariff quotas pending the results of the verification, they shall offer to release the products to the importer subject to any precautions judged necessary.
Section 4
List of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT
Article 7a
The Community tariff quotas listed in Annex I shall apply to imports originating in all third countries except the United Kingdom.
TITLE III
MANAGEMENT OF TARIFF QUOTAS
Article 8
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Article 308a to Article 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Communication between the Member States and the Commission in this connection shall take place as far as possible by electronic means.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
Each Member State shall guarantee importers of the products in question equal and continuous access to the quotas in so far as the balance of the quota volumes permits.
TITLE IV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 9
The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, including:
(a) amendments and technical adjustments necessitated by changes in the Combined Nomenclature and Taric codes;
(b) adjustments made necessary by: — the conclusion by the Council of agreements or exchanges of letters within the framework of the GATT or compliance with the Community's contractual obligations to certain countries within the framework of the GATT, or — extension of the scheme of generalised preferences in respect of jute and coconut-fibre products;
(c) the addition of developing countries to the lists contained in Annexes IV and V at the official request of an applicant country that offers the necessary guarantees for checking the authenticity of these products;
(d) amendments and adjustments to the definitions for hand-made products and handloom fabrics as well as to the specimen certificates of authenticity
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 10(2).
Provisions adopted under paragraph 1 shall not empower the Commission to:
— transfer not used preferential quantities from one quota period to another,
— change timetables provided for in the agreements or exchanges of letters,
— make access to the quotas subject to import licences.
Article 10
Article 10a
For the purpose of apportioning tariff rate quotas included in the schedule of concessions and commitments of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and while ensuring consistency with the methodology referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) and, in particular, ensuring that the market access into the Union as composed after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom does not exceed that which is reflected in the share of trade flows during a representative period, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10b to amend Annex I to this Regulation in order to take account of the following:
(a) any international agreement concluded by the Union under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, concerning the tariff rate quotas referred to in Annex I to this Regulation; and
(b) pertinent information that it may receive either in the context of negotiations under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, or from other sources with an interest in a specific tariff rate quota.
Article 10b
Article 11
Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 is hereby repealed.
References to Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be correlated in accordance with the table in Annex VIII.
Article 12
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
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. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
| Order number | CN code | Taric subdivision | Description of goods | Quota period | Quota volume | Rate of duty (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.0006 | 0302 41 00 | Herring | From 16.6. to 14.2. | 33 496 tonnes | 0 | |
| 0303 51 00 | ||||||
| 0304 59 50 | ||||||
| ex 0304 59 90 | 10 | |||||
| 0304 99 23 | ||||||
| 09.0007 | ex 0305 51 10 | 10 | Cod of the species Gadus morhua and Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida: | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 24 998 tonnes | 0 |
| 20 | ||||||
| ex 0305 51 90 | 10 | — dried, whether or not salted but not smoked — salted but not dried or smoked and in brine | ||||
| 20 | ||||||
| 0305 53 10 | ||||||
| ex 0305 62 00 | 20 | |||||
| 25 | ||||||
| 50 | ||||||
| 60 | ||||||
| 0305 69 10 | ||||||
| 0305 72 00 | 10 | |||||
| 15 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| 25 | ||||||
| 30 | ||||||
| 35 | ||||||
| 50 | ||||||
| 52 | ||||||
| 56 | ||||||
| 60 | ||||||
| 62 | ||||||
| 64 | ||||||
| 0305 79 00 | 10 | |||||
| 15 | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| 25 | ||||||
| 30 | ||||||
| 35 | ||||||
| 50 | ||||||
| 52 | ||||||
| 56 | ||||||
| 60 | ||||||
| 62 | ||||||
| 64 | ||||||
| 09.0008 | 0302 31 10 0302 32 10 0302 33 10 0302 34 10 0302 35 11 0302 35 91 0302 36 10 0302 39 20 0302 49 11 0302 89 21 0303 41 10 | Tunas (of the genus Thunnus) and fish of the genus Euthynnus, for use in the canning industry (1) | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 17 221 t | 0 | |
| 0303 42 20 0303 43 10 0303 44 10 0303 45 12 0303 45 91 0303 46 10 0303 49 20 0303 59 21 0303 89 21 | ||||||
| 09.0009 | ex 0302 54 19 | 10 | Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), fresh, chilled or frozen | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 1 999 tonnes | 8 |
| ex 0303 66 19 | 11 | |||||
| 19 | ||||||
| 09.0013 | ex 4412 39 00 | 10 | Plywood of Coniferous species, without the addition of other substances: — of a thickness greater than 8,5 mm, the faces of which are not further prepared than the peeling process — or sanded, and of a thickness greater than 18,5 mm | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 448 500 m3 | 0 |
| ex 4412 99 85 | 10 | |||||
| 09.0019 | 7202 21 00 | Ferro-silicon | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 12 600 tonnes | 0 | |
| 7202 29 | ||||||
| 09.0021 | 7202 30 00 | Ferro-silicon-manganese | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 18 550 tonnes | 0 | |
| 09.0023 | ex 7202 49 10 | 20 | Ferro-chromium containing not more than 0,10 % by weight of carbon and more than 30 % but not more than 90 % of chromium (super-refined ferrochromium) | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 2 804 tonnes | 0 |
| ex 7202 49 50 | 11 | |||||
| 09.0045 | ex 0303 19 00 | 10 | Fish, frozen, of the genus Coregonus | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 1 000 tonnes | 5,5 |
| 09.0046 | ex 1605 40 00 | 30 | Freshwater crayfish cooked with dill, frozen | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 2 965 tonnes | 0 |
| 09.0047 | ex 1605 21 10 | 40 | Shrimps and prawns of the Species Pandalus borealis, shelled, boiled and frozen, but not otherwise prepared | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 500 tonnes | 0 |
| ex 1605 21 90 | 40 | |||||
| ex 1605 29 00 | 40 | |||||
| 09.0048 | ex 0304 89 90 | 10 | Fillets of fish, frozen, of the species Allo-cyttus spp. and Pseu-docyttus maculatus | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 200 tonnes | 0 |
| 09.0050 | ex 5306 10 10 | 10 | Unbleached flax yarn (other than tow yarn), not put up for retail sale, measuring 333,3 decitex or more (not exceeding 30 metric numbers), intended for the manufacture of multiple or cabled yarn for the footwear industry or for whipping cables (1) | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 400 tonnes | 1,8 |
| ex 5306 10 30 | 10 | |||||
| 09.0051 | 7018 10 90 | Similar glass smallwares other than glass beads, imitation pearls and imitation precious or semi-precious stones | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 52 tonnes | 0 | |
| 09.0052 | 1806 20 | Chocolate | From 1.7. to 30.6. | 2 026 tonnes | 38 | |
| 1806 31 00 | ||||||
| 1806 32 | ||||||
| 1806 90 | ||||||
| 09.0053 | 1704 | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | From 1.7. to 30.6. | 2 245 tonnes | 35 | |
| 09.0054 | 1905 90 | Other than crispbread, gingerbread and the like, sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products | From 1.7. to 30.6. | 409 tonnes | 40 | |
| 09.0084 | 1702 50 00 | Chemically pure fructose | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 1 253 tonnes | 20 | |
| 09.0085 | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 81 tonnes | 43 | |
| 09.0086 | 1902 11 00 | Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared, except stuffed pasta of CN subheadings 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30 ; couscous, whether or not prepared | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 497 tonnes | 11 | |
| 1902 19 | ||||||
| 1902 20 91 | ||||||
| 1902 20 99 | ||||||
| 1902 30 | ||||||
| 1902 40 | ||||||
| 09.0087 | 1901 90 99 | Food preparations of cereals | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 191 tonnes | 33 | |
| 1904 30 00 | ||||||
| 1904 90 80 | ||||||
| 1905 90 20 | ||||||
| 09.0088 | 2106 90 98 | Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included | From 1.1. to 31.12. | 783 tonnes | 18 | |
| 09.0091 | 1702 50 00 | Chemically pure fructose | From 1.7. to 30.6. | 4 504 tonnes | (2) | |
| 09.0096 | 2106 90 98 | Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, allocated to the United States of America | From 1.7. to 30.6. | 1 286 tonnes | EA (3) | |
| (1) The reduction of the customs duty shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union with a view to customs control of the use of such goods (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)). (2) Suspension of specific duty as from 1 July 1995; the ad valorem duty to be taken into account is the duty in force appearing in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1). (3) The symbol ‘EA’ indicates that the goods are chargeable with an ‘agricultural component’ fixed in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. |
ANNEX II
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