THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure sufficient and uninterrupted supplies of certain goods which are insufficiently produced in the Union and to avoid any disturbances on the market for certain agricultural and industrial products, autonomous tariff quotas were opened by Council Regulation (EU) No 7/2010(1). Products within those tariff quotas can be imported at reduced or zero duty rates. For the same reasons,with effect from 1 January 2011 new tariff quotas at a zero duty rate for an appropriate volume for certain additional products should be opened.
(2) The quota volume for autonomous tariff quotas entered with the order numbers 09.2977 and 09.2635 are insufficient to meet the needs of the industry of the Union for the current quota period ending on 31 December 2010. Consequently, those quota volumes should be increased with effect from 1 July 2010.
(3) It is no longer in the interest of the Union to continue to grant tariff quotas in 2011 for certain products for which such quotas were established for 2010. Those quotas should therefore be closed with effect from 1 January 2011 and the products concerned should be deleted from the list in Annex to Regulation (EU) No 7/2010.
(4) In view of the many changes to be made, clarity requires Annex to Regulation (EU) No 7/10 to be replaced in its entirety.
(5) Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Since the tariff quotas have to take effect from 1 January 2011, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force immediately,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
With effect from 1 July 2010, in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 7/2010:
the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2977 is fixed at 40 000 tonnes,
the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2635 is fixed at 1 300 000 km,
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2011.
Article 2 shall apply from 1 July 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2010.
For the Council
The President
J. Schauvliege
| a The relief from or reduction of customs duties shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Union provisions with a view to customs control of the use of such goods (see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1)). | ||||||
| b However, the measure is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings. | ||||||
| c New or amended position.’” | ||||||
| Order number | CN code | TARIC | Description | Quota period | Quota volume | Quota duty (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.2849 | ex 0710 80 69 | 10 | Mushrooms of the species Auricularia polytricha (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling), frozen, for the manufacture of prepared mealsa b | 1.1.-31.12. | 700 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2913 | ex 2401 10 35 | 91 | Natural unmanufactured tobacco, whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than Euro 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within subheading 2402 10 00a | 1.1.-31.12. | 6 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| ex 2401 10 70 | 10 | |||||
| ex 2401 10 95 | 11 | |||||
| ex 2401 10 95 | 21 | |||||
| ex 2401 10 95 | 91 | |||||
| ex 2401 20 35 | 91 | |||||
| ex 2401 20 70 | 10 | |||||
| ex 2401 20 95 | 11 | |||||
| ex 2401 20 95 | 21 | |||||
| ex 2401 20 95 | 91 | |||||
| 09.2841 | ex 2712 90 99 | 10 | Blend of 1-alkenes containing 80 % by weight or more of 1-alkenes of a chain-length of 20 and 22 carbon atoms | 1.1.-31.12. | 10 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2703 | ex 2825 30 00 | 10 | Vanadium oxides and hydroxides exclusively for use in alloysa | 1.1.-31.12. | 13 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2806 | ex 2825 90 40 | 30 | Tungsten trioxide, including blue tungsten oxide | 1.1.-31.12. | 12 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2837 | ex 2903 49 80 | 10 | Bromochloromethane | 1.1.-31.12. | 600 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2933 | ex 2903 69 90 | 30 | 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 1.1.-31.12. | 2 600 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2950 | ex 2905 59 98 | 10 | 2-Chloroethanol, for the manufacture of liquid thioplasts of subheading 4002 99 90a | 1.1.-31.12. | 15 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2851 | ex 2907 12 00 | 10 | O-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 % by weight | 1.1.-31.12. | 20 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2767 | ex 2910 90 00 | 80 | Allyl glycidyl ether | 1.1.-31.12. | 2 500 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2624 | 2912 42 00 | Ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde) | 1.1.-31.12. | 600 tonnes | 0 % | |
| c09.2638 | 2915 21 00 | 10 | Acetic acid of a purity by weight of 99 % or more | 1.1.-31.12. | 500 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2972 | 2915 24 00 | Acetic anhydride | 1.1.-31.12. | 20 000 tonnes | 0 % | |
| 09.2769 | ex 2917 13 90 | 10 | Dimethyl sebacate | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 300 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2634 | ex 2917 19 90 | 40 | Dodecanedioic acid, of a purity by weight of more than 98,5 % | 1.1.-31.12. | 4 600 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2808 | ex 2918 22 00 | 10 | o-Acetylsalicylic acid | 1.1.-31.12. | 120 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2975 | ex 2918 30 00 | 10 | Benzophenone-3,3’,4,4’-tetracarboxylic dianhydride | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2632 | ex 2921 22 00 | 10 | Hexamethylenediamine | 1.1.-31.12. | 35 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2602 | ex 2921 51 19 | 10 | o-Phenylenediamine | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 800 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2977 | 2926 10 00 | Acrylonitrile | 1.1.-31.12. | 30 000 tonnes | 0 % | |
| 09.2917 | ex 2930 90 13 | 90 | Cystine | 1.1.-31.12. | 600 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2603 | ex 2930 90 99 | 79 | Bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulphide | 1.1.-31.12. | 9 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2810 | 2932 11 00 | Tetrahydrofuran | 1.1.-31.12. | 20 000 tonnes | 0 % | |
| 09.2955 | ex 2932 19 00 | 60 | Flurtamone (ISO) | 1.1.-31.12. | 300 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2812 | ex 2932 29 85 | 77 | Hexan-6-olide | 1.1.-31.12. | 4 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2615 | ex 2934 99 90 | 70 | Ribonucleic acid | 1.1.-31.12. | 110 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2945 | ex 2940 00 00 | 20 | D-Xylose | 1.1.-31.12. | 400 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2908 | ex 3804 00 00 | 10 | Sodium lignosulphonate | 1.1.-31.12. | 40 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2889 | 3805 10 90 | Sulphate turpentine | 1.1.-31.12. | 20 000 tonnes | 0 % | |
| 09.2935 | ex 3806 10 00 | 10 | Rosin and resin acids obtained from fresh oleoresins | 1.1.-31.12. | 280 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2814 | ex 3815 90 90 | 76 | Catalyst consisting of titanium dioxide and tungsten trioxide | 1.1.-31.12. | 2 200 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2829 | ex 3824 90 97 | 19 | Solid extract of the residual, insoluble in aliphatic solvents, obtained during the extraction of rosin from wood, having the following characteristics:
| 1.1.-31.12. | 1 600 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2986 | ex 3824 90 97 | 76 | Mixture of tertiary amines containing:
for use in the production of amine oxidesa | 1.1.-31.12. | 14 315 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2907 | ex 3824 90 97 | 86 | Mixture of phytosterols, in the form of powder, containing by weight:
for use in the manufacture of stanols/sterols or stanol/sterol estersa | 1.1.-31.12. | 2 500 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2140 | ex 3824 90 97 | 98 | Mixture of tertiary amines containing by weight:
| 1.1.-31.12. | 4 500 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2992 | ex 3902 30 00 | 93 | Propylene-butylene copolymer, containing by weight 60 % or more but not more than 68 % of propylene and 32 % or more but not more than 40 % of butylene, of a melt viscosity of not more than 3 000 mPa at 190 °C, as determined by the ASTM D 3236 method, for use as an adhesive in the manufacture of products falling within subheading 4818 40a | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| c09.2947 | ex 3904 69 80 | 95 | Poly(vinylidene fluoride), in powder form, for the preparation of paint or varnish for coating metala | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 300 tonnes | 0 % |
| c09.2639 | 3905 30 00 | Poly(vinyl alcohol) | 1.1.-31.12. | 18 000 tonnes | 0 % | |
| c09.2640 | ex 3905 99 90 | 91 | Polyvinyl butyral | 1.1.-31.12. | 8 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2616 | ex 3910 00 00 | 30 | Polydimethylsiloxane with a degree of polymerisation of 2 800 monomer units (± 100) | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 300 tonnes | 0 % |
| c09.2816 | ex 3912 11 00 | 20 | Cellulose acetate flakes | 1.1.-31.12. | 58 500 tonnes | 0 % |
| c09.2641 | ex 3913 90 00 | 87 | Sodium hyaluronate, non sterile, with:
| 1.1.-31.12. | 200 kg | 0 % |
| 09.2813 | ex 3920 91 00 | 94 | Co-extruded trilayer poly(vinyl butyral) film without a graduated colour band containing by weight 29 % or more but not more than 31 % of 2,2’-ethylenedioxydiethyl bis(2-ethylhexanoate) as a plasticiser | 1.1.-31.12. | 2 000 000 m2 | 0 % |
| 09.2818 | ex 6902 90 00 | 10 | Refractory bricks with
| 1.1.-31.12. | 75 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2815 | ex 6909 19 00 | 70 | Supports for catalysts or filters, consisting of porous ceramics made primarily from oxides of aluminium and titanium; with a total volume of not more than 65 litres and at least one duct (open on one or both ends) per cm2 of cross section | 1.1.-31.12. | 380 000 units | 0 % |
| 09.2628 | ex 7019 52 00 | 10 | Glass web woven from glass fibre coated in plastic, of a weight of 120 g/m2 (± 10 g/m2), of a type used in rolling insect screens with fixed frames | 1.1.-31.12. | 350 000 m2 | 0 % |
| 09.2799 | ex 7202 49 90 | 10 | Ferro-chromium containing 1,5 % or more but not more than 4 % by weight of carbon and not more than 70 % of chromium | 1.1.-31.12. | 50 000 tonnes | 0 % |
| 09.2629 | ex 7616 99 90 | 85 | Aluminium telescopic handle for use in the manufacture of luggagea | 1.1.-31.12. | 240 000 units | 0 % |
| c09.2636 | ex 8411 82 80 | 20 | 64 MW industrial aero-derivative gas turbine engines for incorporation into industrial power generation sets for peaking/mid-merit duty operating less than 5 500 hours per year and with a simple-cycle efficiency of greater than 40 % | 1.1.-31.12. | 10 units | 0 % |
| 09.2763 | ex 8501 40 80 | 30 | Electric AC commutator motor, single-phase, with an output of more than 750 W, an input power of more than 1 600 W but not more than 2 700 W, an external diameter of more than 120 mm (± 0,2 mm) but not more than 135 mm (± 0,2 mm), a rated speed of more than 30 000 rpm but not more than 50 000 rpm, equipped with air-inducting ventilator, for use in the manufacture of vacuum cleanersa | 1.1.-31.12. | 2 000 000 units | 0 % |
| c09.2642 | ex 8501 40 80 | 40 | Assembly, consisting of
for use in the manufacture of vacuum cleanersa | 1.1.-31.12. | 120 000 units | 0 % |
| c09.2633 | ex 8504 40 82 | 20 | Electric adapter, with a capacity of not more than 1 kVA, for use in the manufacture of hair removal apparatusa | 1.1.-31.12. | 4 500 000 units | 0 % |
| c09.2643 | ex 8504 40 82 | 30 | Power supply boards for use in the manufacture of goods falling under heading 8521 and 8528a | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 038 000 units | 0 % |
| 09.2620 | ex 8526 91 20 | 20 | Assembly for GPS system having a position determination function | 1.1.-31.12. | 3 000 000 units | 0 % |
| 09.2003 | ex 8543 70 90 | 63 | Voltage controlled frequency generator, consisting of active and passive elements mounted on a printed circuit, contained in a housing with dimensions of not more than 30 × 30 mm | 1.1.-31.12. | 1 400 000 units | 0 % |
| c09.2635 | ex 9001 10 90 | 20 | Optical fibres for the manufacture of glass fibre cables under heading 8544a | 1.1.-31.12. | 2 600 000 km | 0 % |
| 09.2631 | ex 9001 90 00 | 80 | Unmounted glass lenses, prisms and cemented elements for use in the manufacture of goods of CN codes 9005, 9013 and 9015a | 1.1.-31.12. | 5 000 000 units | 0 % |