LegalizeCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1362/2000 of 29 June 2000 implementing for the Community the tariff provisions of Decision No 2/2000 of the Joint Council under the Interim Agreement on Trade and Trade-related matters between the European Community and the United Mexican States
Article 1
For the purposes of implementing Decision No 2/2000 of the Joint Council under the Interim Agreement on Trade and Trade-related matters between the European Community and Mexico:
(a) The term ‘MFN’ shall be taken to mean the lowest rate of duty appearing in column 3 or 4, taking into account the periods of application mentioned or referred to in that column, of the second part of Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. However, it shall not mean a duty set up within the framework of a tariff quota under Article 26 of the Treaty or under Annex 7 to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.
(b) Subject to paragraph 2, the final rate of preferential duty shall be rounded down to the first decimal place.
Where the result of calculating the rate of preferential duty is one of the following, the preferential rate shall be considered a full exemption:
(a) 1 % or less in the case of ad valorem duties, or
(b) EUR 0,5 or less per individual euro amount in the case of specific duties.
Article 2
With respect to the products covered by the Annex to this Regulation:
(a) the specific export document referred to in Article 8(7) of Decision No 2/2000 of the Joint Council means the movement certificate EUR 1 or the invoice declaration referred to in Article 15(1) of that Decision, and
(b) the acceptance of the declaration for release for free circulation shall be deemed to constitute the issuing of the import licence referred to in that provision.
The tariff quota at order No 09.1834 shall be opened from 1 January to 31 December of each calendar year. For the year 2008, this quota shall apply from 29 July 2008.
The tariff quota at order No 09.1873 shall be opened from 1 May 2004 to 31 December 2004 and from 1 January to 31 December of each calendar year thereafter, for as long as the quota remains applicable.
To be eligible for the benefit of this tariff quota, the following must be indicated in box 7. (Remarks) of movement certificate EUR.l or on the invoice declaration for the goods in question: ‘Specific origin rule laid down in Decision No 2/2000 of EC-Mexico Joint Council, Annex III, Appendix IIa, Note 12.1’.
Article 3
The annual volume of the tariff quota at order No 09.1853 in the Annex to this Regulation shall be increased successively by 500 tonnes each year from 1 July 2001.
Article 4
Without prejudice to Articles 2 and 3, the amendments and technical adaptations of the Annex to this Regulation made necessary by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature and TARIC codes or arising from decisions of the EC-Mexico Joint Council, or from the conclusion of agreements, protocols or exchanges of letters between the Community and Mexico, shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the management procedure set out in Article 5(2).
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpertation 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.
| Order No | CN code | Description | Annual tariff quota volume (net weight, unless otherwise specified) | Tariff quota duty (% reduction) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.1831 | 0407 00 19 | Eggs of poultry other than turkeys or geese, for hatching (1) | 300 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1832 | 0408 11 80 0408 19 81 0408 19 89 0408 91 80 0408 99 80 | — Egg yolks, Birds’ eggs not in shell: | 1 000 tonnes (3) | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1875 | 0408 11 80 | — Egg yolks, dried | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) | |
| 09.1877 | 0408 19 81 | — Egg yolks, liquid | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) | |
| 0408 19 89 | — Egg yolks, other | |||
| 09.1879 | 0408 91 80 | — Birds' eggs, not in shell, dried | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) | |
| 09.1881 | 0408 99 80 | — Birds' eggs, not in shell, other | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) | |
| 09.1833 | 0409 00 00 | Natural honey | 30 000 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1835 | ex 0603 10 10 ex 0603 10 20 ex 0603 10 30 ex 0603 10 40 ex 0603 10 50 | Cut flowers, fresh, from 1 June to 31 October | 350 tonnes | 100 |
| 09.1837 | ex 0603 10 80 | Cut flowers, fresh, from 1 June to 31 October | 400 tonnes | 100 |
| 09.1839 | ex 0603 10 10 ex 0603 10 20 ex 0603 10 30 ex 0603 10 40 ex 0603 10 50 | Cut flowers, fresh, from 1 November to 31 May | 350 tonnes | 100 |
| 09.1841 | ex 0603 10 80 | Cut flowers, fresh, from 1 November to 31 May | 400 tonnes | 100 |
| 09.1843 | ex 0709 20 00 | Asparagus, fresh or chilled, from 1 March to 30 November | 600 tonnes | 100 |
| 09.1845 | 0710 21 00 | Frozen peas | 500 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1834 | 0803 90 10 | Bananas, fresh (excluding plantains) | Until 31 December 2020: 2 000 tonnes; from 1 January 2021: 2 010 tonnes | Fixed duty to be applied |
| 09.1838 | 0803 90 10 | Bananas, fresh (excluding plantains) | From 13 August 2020 until 31 December 2020: 10 tonnes | Fixed duty to be applied |
| 09.1847 | ex 0804 40 00 | Avocados, from 1 June to 30 September | 20 000 tonnes | 100 |
| 09.1849 | ex 0807 19 00 | Melons, other than watermelons, fresh, from 1 to 31 January, from 1 April to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December | 1 000 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1851 | 0811 10 90 | Strawberries, not containing sugar or other sweetening matter | 1 000 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1853 | 1604 14 11 1604 14 18 1604 14 90 1604 19 39 1604 20 70 | Prepared or preserved fish | 2 000 tonnes (4) | 66,66 MFN or 66,66 GSP (2) |
| 09.1854 | 1604 14 16 | Tuna loins | 5 000 tonnes (7) | Fixed duty to be applied |
| 09.1855 | 1703 10 00 | Cane molasses | 275 000 tonnes | 100 |
| 09.1857 | 170 410 | Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated | 1 000 tonnes | Fixed duty to be applied |
| 09.1859 | 2005 60 00 | Asparagus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 1 000 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1861 | 2008 92 51 2008 92 74 2008 92 92 2008 92 93 2008 92 94 2008 92 96 2008 92 97 2008 92 98 | Mixtures of fruit, prepared or preserved | 1 500 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1863 | 2009 11 11 2009 11 19 2009 11 91 2009 19 11 2009 19 19 2009 19 91 2009 19 99 | Orange juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, except orange juice of 2009 11 99 | 1 000 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1865 | ex 2009 11 99 | Orange juice, frozen, with a degree of concentration higher than 20° brix (of a density exceeding 1,083 g/cm3 at 20 °C) | 30 000 tonnes | 75 MFN or 75 GSP (2) |
| 09.1867 | 2009 40 11 2009 40 19 2009 40 30 2009 40 91 2009 40 99 | Pineapple juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit | 2 500 tonnes | 50 MFN or 50 GSP (2) |
| 09.1869 | 3502 11 90 3502 19 90 | — Egg albumin: | 3 000 tonnes (3) | 100 |
| 09.1883 | ex 3502 11 90 | — dried (crystals) | 100 | |
| 09.1885 | ex 3502 11 90 | — dried (other) | 100 | |
| 09.1887 | 3502 19 90 | — other than dried | 100 | |
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| 09.1873 | ex 1302 20 10 | Dry pectic substances, pectinates and pectates in powder form | 250 tonnes | Fixed duty to be applied |
| 09.1899 | 8701 20 | Road tractors for semi-trailers: — in which the value of all the non-originating materials does not exceed 55 % (5) of the ex-works price of the product | 2 500 units | 100 |
| 8702 | Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver: — in which the value of all the non-originating materials does not exceed 55 % (5) of the ex-works price of the product | (6) | ||
| 8704 | Motor vehicles for the transport of goods: — in which the value of all the non-originating materials does not exceed 55 % (5) of the ex-works price of the product | (6) | ||
| (1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions. (2) Whichever result in the lower duty applicable. (3) Shell egg equivalent. To be converted in accordance with the rates fixed in Annex 69 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. (4) From the second year of application, the volume of this tariff quota is increased annually by 500 tonnes. (5) This percentage shall be 50 % from 1 January 2003. (6) The preferential rates applicable for these products are determined in accordance with Article 5(2) of Decision No 2/2000. (7) In 2005 the annual volume shall be 6000 tonnes. From 2006 onwards the yearly volume shall be increased in accordance with the Annex of the Decision of the EU-Mexico Joint Council No 2/2004, provided that at least 80 % of the total amount of the previous year quota has been used by the 31 December of that year. (8) This tariff quota will cease to apply when the current WTO quotas for bananas of CN code 0803 00 19 are replaced by a tariff-only regime. |
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