1.This Regulation opens a tariff import quota of 50 000 tonnes for malting barley falling under CN code 1003 00 to be used for the production of beer aged in vats containing beechwood. The order number for the quota shall be 09.0076.
2.The quota referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be administered in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Article 308c(2) and (3) of that Regulation shall not apply to the tariff period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.
3.The tariff quota referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be opened on an annual basis from 1 January to 31 December (‘import quota period’). Duties on imports within the tariff quota shall be levied at a rate of EUR 8 per tonne.