Council Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005 (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER IV TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

Article 8

Save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation, the rates of import duty in the common customs tariff shall apply to the products listed in Article 1.

Article 9

1. The products referred to in Article 1 coming from third countries may be imported only if their quality standards are at least equivalent to those adopted for like products harvested within the Community or made from such products.

2. The products referred to in Article 1 shall be considered as being of the standard referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article if they are accompanied by an attestation issued by the authorities of the country of origin and recognised as equivalent to the certificate referred to in Article 4.

In the case of hop powder, hop powder with higher lupulin content, extract of hops and mixed hop products, the attestation may only be recognised as being equivalent to the certificate if the alpha acid content of these products is not lower than that of the hops from which they have been prepared.

The equivalence of these attestations shall be verified according to the procedure referred to in Article 16(2).

Article 10

1. The general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and the special rules for its application shall apply to the tariff classification of products referred to in Article 1. The tariff nomenclature resulting from the application of this Regulation shall be incorporated in the common customs tariff.

2. Save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation or in provisions adopted under it, the following shall be prohibited in trade with third countries:

(a) the levying of any charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty;

(b) the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect.

Article 11

1. If, by reason of imports or exports, the Community market in one or more of the products listed in Article 1 is affected by, or is threatened with, serious disturbance likely to jeopardise the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty, appropriate measures may be applied in trade with non-member third countries of the World Trade Organisation until such disturbance or threat of it has ceased.

2. If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures. The Member States shall be notified of such measures, and shall be immediately applicable. If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within three working days of receipt of the request.

3. The measures referred to in paragraph 2 may be referred to the Council by any Member State within three working days of the day on which they are notified. The Council shall meet immediately. It may, acting by a qualified majority, amend or repeal the measures in question within one month of the day on which they were referred to the Council.

4. The provisions of this Article shall be applied having regard to the obligations arising from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300(2) of the Treaty.