Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2006
of 29 June 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables1, and in particular Article 34(1) thereof,
Whereas:
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 19942, approved by Council Decision 2006/398/EC3 and 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) 19944, approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC5, provide for the increasing of existing GATT tariff quotas and for the opening of new ones for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products.
Since the adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1831/966, several CN codes listed in Annexes I to III of that Regulation have changed.
To provide for the modified and new tariff quotas and for the sake of clarity, the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 should be replaced.
Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 should be amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables and Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 is amended as follows:
- 1.
Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation;
- 2.
Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;
- 3.
Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
‘ANNEX I
Order No
CN code TARIC subheading
Description7
Quota period
Quota volume(tonnes)
Duty rate(%)
09.0055
0701 90 50
Potatoes, fresh or chilled
1 January to 15 May
4 295
3
09.0056
0706 10 00
Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled
1 January to 31 December
1 244
7
09.0057
0709 60 10
Sweet peppers
1 January to 31 December
500
1,5
09.0035
0712 20 00
Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
1 January to 31 December
12 000
10
09.0041
0802 11 90
0802 12 90
Almonds, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled, other than bitter
1 January to 31 December
90 000
2
09.0039
0805 50 10
Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum)
15 January to 14 June
10 000
6
09.0058
0809 10 00
Apricots, fresh
1 August to 31 May
500
10
09.0092
2008 20 11
2008 20 19
2008 20 31
2008 20 39
2008 20 71
2008 30 11
2008 30 19
2008 30 31
2008 30 39
2008 30 79
2008 40 11
2008 40 19
2008 40 21
2008 40 29
2008 40 31
2008 40 39
2008 50 11
2008 50 19
2008 50 31
2008 50 39
2008 50 51
2008 50 59
2008 50 71
2008 60 11
2008 60 19
2008 60 31
2008 60 39
2008 60 60
2008 70 11
2008 70 19
2008 70 31
2008 70 39
2008 70 51
2008 70 59
2008 80 11
2008 80 19
2008 80 31
2008 80 39
2008 80 70
Preserved pineapples, citrus fruit, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches and strawberries
1 January to 31 December
2 838
20
09.0093
2009 11 11
2009 11 19
2009 19 11
2009 19 19
2009 29 11
2009 29 19
2009 39 11
2009 39 19
2009 49 11
2009 49 19
2009 79 11
2009 79 19
2009 80 11
2009 80 19
2009 80 35
2009 80 36
2009 80 38
2009 90 11
2009 90 19
2009 90 21
2009 90 29
Fruit juices
1 January to 31 December
7 044
20
The goods descriptions in this Annex are those appearing in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 286, 28.10.2005, p. 1), supplemented where necessary by a TARIC code.’
ANNEX II
‘ANNEX II
Order No.
CN code TARIC subheading
Description8
Quota period
Quota volume(tonnes)
Duty rate(%)
09.0025
0805 10 20 11
0805 10 20 92
0805 10 20 96
High quality sweet oranges, fresh
1 February to 30 April
20 000
10
09.0027
0805 20 90 05
0805 20 90 91
Citrus hybrids known as “minneolas”
1 February to 30 April
15 000
2
09.0033
2009 11 99 11
2009 11 99 19
Frozen concentrated orange juice, without added sugar, of a Brix value not exceeding 50, in containers of two litres or less, containing no blood orange juice
1 January to 31 December
1 500
13
The goods descriptions in this Annex are those appearing in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 286, 28.10.2005), supplemented where necessary by a TARIC code.
For the purposes of this Annex:
- (a)
“high quality sweet oranges” shall mean oranges similar in variety characteristics, ripe, firm and of good shape, of at least good colour, of flexible unrotted structure, and without unhealed cracks in the skin, hard or dry skin, exanthemata, growth tears, contusions (except as caused by normal handling and packaging), damage caused by dryness or humidity, broad or emergent hispids, folds, scars, oil stains, scales, sun marks, dirt or other foreign matter, disease, insects or damage caused by machinery, movement or otherwise; a maximum of 15 % of the fruit in each consignment may not meet this specification, this percentage including at most 5 % of defects amounting to serious damage, and the latter percentage including at most 0,5 % rot;
- (b)
“citrus hybrids known as “minneolas” ” shall mean citrus hybrids of the Minneola variety (Citrus paradisi Macf. CV Duncan and Citrus reticulate blanca CV Dancy);
- (c)
“Frozen concentrated orange juice, of a Brix value not exceeding 50” shall mean orange juice with a density of no more than 1,229 grams per cubic centimetre at 20°C.’
ANNEX III
‘ANNEX III
Order No
CN code TARIC subheading
Description9
Quota period
Quota volume(tonnes)
Duty rate(%)
09.0094
0702 00 00
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
15 May to 31 October
472
12
09.0059
0707 00 05
Cucumbers, fresh or chilled
1 November to 15 May
1 134
2,5
09.0060
0806 10 10 91
0806 10 10 99
Table grapes, fresh
21 July to 31 October
1 500
9
09.0061
0808 10 80 10
0808 10 80 90
Apples, fresh, other than cider apples
1 April to 31 July
600
0
09.0062
0808 20 50
Pears, fresh, other than perry pears
1 August to 31 December
1 000
5
09.0063
0809 10 00
Apricots, fresh
1 June to 31 July
2 500
10
09.0040
0809 20 95
Fresh (sweet) cherries
21 May to 15 July
800
4
The goods descriptions in this Annex are those appearing in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 286, 28.10.2005, p. 1), supplemented where necessary by a TARIC code.’