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Document 22006D0999

2006/999/EC: Decision No 2/2006 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 17 October 2006 amending Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products

SL L 367, 22.12.2006, p. 68–76 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
SL L 200M, 1.8.2007, p. 520–528 (MT)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2006/999/oj

22.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 367/68


DECISION No 2/2006 OF THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 17 October 2006

amending Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products

(2006/999/EC)

THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (1),

Having regard to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (2), and in particular Article 35 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council (3) of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime for agricultural products sets out the preferential regime applicable to trade in agricultural products between the Community and Turkey. Protocol 1 to that Decision contains details of the preferential regime applied by the Community to the importation of agricultural products originating in Turkey. Protocol 2 to that Decision contains details of the preferential regime applied by Turkey to the importation of agricultural products originating in the Community.

(2)

The Community and Turkey (the Parties) have held consultations and agreed to adapt the preferential regime to take account of the recent enlargement of the Community.

(3)

The relevant Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision No 1/98 should be replaced by new consolidated Annexes reflecting the Parties’ agreement on their adaptation and certain technical developments as regards tariff codes.

(4)

It is for the Association Council to decide on the scope of the preferential treatment granted to each other by the Parties and the arrangements therefor.

(5)

Decision No 1/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Decision No 1/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Annex 1 to Protocol 1 shall be replaced by the text in Annex I hereto;

2.

the Annex to Protocol 2 shall be replaced by the text in Annex II hereto.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

It shall apply from the first day of the month following the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2006.

For the EC-Turkey Association Council

The President

E. TUOMIOJA


(1)   OJ 217, 29.12.1964, p. 3687.

(2)   OJ L 293, 29.12.1972, p. 4.

(3)   OJ L 86, 20.3.1998, p. 1.


ANNEX I

‘ANNEX 1

ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN TURKEY

For the purposes of this Annex, the term CCT means the rates shown in column 3 of Part Two or Section I of Part Three of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1).

CN code (1)

Description (2)

CCT ad valorem duty

Specific duty

Duty reduction

(%)

Tariff quota

(tonnes net weight)

In-quota duty

(EUR/t)

Tariff quota

(tonnes net weight)

Over-quota duty

(EUR/t)

0204

Meat of sheep or goats

100

0

200

 

0207 25 10

Meat of turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen

 

 

170

1 000

 

0207 25 90

186

0207 27 30

Turkey cuts and offal other than liver, frozen

 

 

134

0207 27 40

93

0207 27 50

339

0207 27 60

127

0207 27 70

230

0406 90 29

Kashkaval cheese

 

 

0

2 300

671,9

0406 90 31

Cheese made from sheep’s milk or buffalo milk, in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles

0406 90 50

Other cheese made from sheep’s milk or buffalo milk, in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles

ex 0406 90 86

ex 0406 90 87

ex 0406 90 88

Tulum Peyniri, made from sheep or buffalo milk, in individual plastic or other kind of packings of less than 10 kg

0701 90 50

New potatoes, from 1 January to 31 March

100

 

 

 

0701 90

Potatoes, fresh or chilled, other

100

2 500

 

 

 

0703 10 11

0703 10 19

Onions, from 15 February to 15 May

100

 

 

 

0703 10 11

0703 10 19

Onions, from 16 May to 14 February

100

2 000

 

 

 

0703 20 00

Garlic, fresh or chilled

100

0

 

0708 20 00

Beans, from 1 November to 30 April

100

 

 

 

ex 0708 90 00

Broad beans (Vicia Faba major L.), from 1 July to 30 April

100

 

 

 

0709 30 00

Aubergines, from 15 January to 30 April

100

 

 

 

0709 30 00

Aubergines, from 1 May to 14 January

100

1 000

 

 

 

ex 0709 40 00

Ribbed or stick celery (Apium graveolens L., var dulce (Mill) Pers.), from 1 January to 30 April

100

 

 

 

0709 90 70

Courgettes, from 1 December to end February

100

 

 

 

0709 90 70

Courgettes, from 1 March to 30 November

100

500

 

 

 

ex 0709 90 90

Pumpkins, from 1 December to end February

100

 

 

 

ex 0709 90 90

Wild onions of the genus Muscari comosum, from 15 February to 15 May

100

 

 

 

0802 21 00

0802 22 00

Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp)

Duty rate: 3 %

 

 

 

0806 10 10

Fresh table grapes, from 1 May to 17 June and from 1 August to 14 November

100

350

 

 

 

0806 10 10

Fresh table grapes, from 15 November to 30 April and from 18 June to 31 July

100

 

 

 

0807 11 00

Watermelons, from 1 April to 15 June

100

 

 

 

0807 11 00

Watermelons, from 16 June to 31 March

100

16 500

 

 

 

0807 19 00

Other melons, from 1 November to 31 May

100

 

 

 

0809 40 05

Plums, from 1 May to 15 June

100

 

 

 

0811 10 11

Strawberries, frozen

100

0

100

 

0811 20 11

Raspberries, etc., frozen

0811 90 19

Other fruits, frozen

1002 00 00

Rye

 

 

Reduction according to Article 3(4) (MFN — max EUR 11,68/t)

 

 

1107 10

Malt, not roasted

 

 

Reduction of EUR 6,57/t

 

1107 20 00

Malt, roasted

 

 

Reduction of EUR 6,57/t

 

1509 10 10

Virgin lampante olive oil

 

 

10 % reduction

 

1509 10 90  (3)

Other virgin olive oil

7,5 % ad valorem

100

0

100

 

1509 10 90

Other virgin olive oil

 

 

10 % reduction

 

1509 90 00

Other olive oil than virgin

 

 

5 % reduction

 

1510 00 10

Crude olive oil

 

 

10 % reduction

 

1510 00 90

Other olive oil

 

 

5 % reduction

 

2002 10

Prepared tomatoes, whole or in pieces

100

8 900

 

 

 

2002 90 11

2002 90 19

Other prepared tomatoes, with a dry matter content of less than 12 % by weight

2002 90 31

2002 90 39

2002 90 91

2002 90 99

Other prepared or preserved tomatoes, with a dry matter content of not less than 12 % by weight

100

30 000 (equivalence 28/30 % dry matter content)

 

 

 

2007 10 10

2007 91 10

2007 91 30

2007 99 20

2007 99 31

2007 99 33

2007 99 35

2007 99 39

2007 99 55

2007 99 57

Jams, jellies, marmalades, puree and pastes

100

67 % reduction

1 750

 

2007 91 30

Jams, jellies, marmalades, puree and pastes, obtained by cooking, other than homogenised preparations, of citrus fruit, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by weight

100

0

100

 

2007 99 39

Other preparations, with a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight

100

0

100

 

2008 30 19

2008 50 19

2008 50 51

2008 50 92

2008 50 94

2008 60 19

2008 70 19

2008 70 51

2008 80 19

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved

100

2 100

 

 

 

2009 11 11

2009 11 91

2009 19 11

2009 19 91

2009 29 11

2009 29 91

2009 39 11

2009 39 51

2009 39 91

2009 61 90

2009 69 11

2009 69 79

2009 69 90

2009 80 11

2009 80 32

2009 80 33

2009 80 35

2009 80 61

2009 80 83

2009 80 84

2009 80 86

2009 90 11

2009 90 21

2009 90 31

2009 90 71

2009 90 92

2009 90 94

Fruit juices

100

67 % reduction

3 400

 

2204 10

Sparkling wine

 

 

0

 

2204 21

Other wine, grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers holding 2 litres or less

 

 

0

 

2204 29

Other wine, grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers holding more than 2 litres

 

 

0

 

2206 00

Other fermented beverages; mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included

 

 

0

 

ex 2207

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher and ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength, obtained from agricultural goods listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty

 

 

0

 

2209 00

Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid

 

 

0

 


(1)   OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1758/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 1).

(1)  CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EC) No 1810/2004 (OJ L 327, 30.10.2004, p. 1).

(2)  Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation 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. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(3)  This concession consists of only one tariff quota volume of 100 tonnes with a 7,5 % in-quota duty.’


ANNEX II

‘ANNEX

ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE IMPORTATION INTO TURKEY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY

CN code (1)

Description (2)

Reduction of the MFN duty (%)

Tariff quota (tonnes net weight)

0102 10

Live bovines: pure bred breeding animals

100

unlimited

0102 90 29

Live bovines, other than pure bred breeding animals, of a weight exceeding 80 kg but not exceeding 160 kg

100

2 260

ex 0102 90

Live bovines, other than pure bred breeding animals, other than those of a weight exceeding 80 kg but not exceeding 160 kg

50

4 025

0202 20

Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, frozen

50 % reduction with maximum duty of 30 %

5 000

0202 20

Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, frozen

30 % reduction with maximum duty of 43 %

14 100

0210

Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal

52 % ad valorem

250

0402 10

Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1,5 %

100

2 500  (3)

0402 21

Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1,5 %, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

100

2 500  (3)

0404

Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included

30 % ad valorem

700

0405 10

0405 20 90

0405 90

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads

100

3 700

0406 30

Processed cheese, not grated or powdered

100

300

0406 90

Other cheese

100

2 000

ex 0406 90

Cheese, other, excluding 0406 90 29 / 31 / 50 / 86 / 87 / 88

100

1 000

0408 11 80

Egg yolks, dried, other

24 % ad valorem

75

0601

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading No 1212

100

200

ex 0602 90

Other live plants, excluding 0602 90 91

100

3 400

0603 10

Cut flowers, etc., fresh

100

100

0604

Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared

100

100

0701 10 00

Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled

100

6 000

0709 51 00

Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, fresh or chilled

7 % ad valorem

100

0710 22 00

Beans, frozen

11,5 % ad valorem

100

ex 0808 10

(excl. (4)0808 10 80 00 11 0808 10 80 00 13 0808 10 80 00 14 )

Apples, fresh, other than Golden Delicious, Starking and Starkrimson

100

1 750

0808 20

Pears and quinces, fresh

30 % ad valorem

500

0809 30

Peaches, including nectarines, fresh, from 15 July to 31 December

100

1 000

0810 90 30

Tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit and sapodilla plums, fresh

100

1 000

0810 90 40

Passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, fresh

100

500

0810 90 95

Other fruit, fresh

100

500

0811 10

Strawberries, frozen

20 % ad valorem

100

0902

Tea

Maximum duty: 45 %

200

1001

Wheat and meslin, from 1 September to 31 May

100

30 000

1001 10 00

Durum wheat, from 1 September to 31 May

100

100 000

1001 90

Other wheat, from 1 September to 31 May

100

200 000

1002 00 00

Rye, from 1 September to 31 May

100

22 500

ex 1003 00

Barley, from 1 September to 31 May, for malting

100

49 500

1004 00 00

Oats, from 1 September to 31 May

50

5 000

1005 90 00

Maize (corn), from 1 September to 31 May, other than seed

100

53 640

1005 90 00

Maize (corn), from 1 December to 31 May, other than seed

100

52 000

1006 30

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice

100

28 000

1104 12 90

Flaked grains of oats

50

100

1107

Malt, whether or not roasted

100

500

1206 00 91

1206 00 99

Other sunflower seeds, other than for sowing, from 1 January to 31 August

100

1 000

1207 20 90

Cotton seeds, other than for sowing

100

1 500

ex 1209

Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing, except 1209 10 00

100

1 050

1209 10 00

Sugar beet seed

100

300

1502 00

Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats

100

3 000

1507 10

Soya bean crude oil, from 1 January to 31 August

100

60 000

1507 90

Refined soya oil, from 1 January to 31 August

50

2 000

1512 11

Sunflower seed or safflower crude oil, from 1 January to 31 August

100

18 400

1514 11

1514 91

Crude rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, not chemically modified, containing 0 % erucic acid, from 1 January to 31 August

100

10 600

1602 10 00

Homogenised preparations

30 % ad valorem

400

1701 99

Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, other than raw sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter

20 % reduction with a maximum duty of 50 %

80 000

2001 90 50

Mushrooms, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

50

325

2001 90 99

Other vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

2002 90

Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other

100

1 500

2003

Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

13 % ad valorem

50

2005 10

Homogenised vegetables

15 % ad valorem

300

2005 40

Peas prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen

100

300

2007 10

Homogenised preparations

25 % ad valorem

450

2007 99 10

2007 99 33

2007 99 35

ex 2007 99 39

ex 2007 99 57

ex 2007 99 98

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excluding hazelnut purée)

20 % ad valorem

1 000

2009 11

2009 12

2009 19

Orange juice

15 % ad valorem

1 000

2009 61

Grape juice

2009 71

2009 79

Apple juice

2009 80 89

Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable with an added sugar content not exceeding 30 % by weight

2009 80 96

Cherry juice

2009 90 11

2009 90 19

2009 90 21

2009 90 29

2009 90 31

2009 90 39

Mixtures of juices

2204 10

Sparkling wine

35 % ad valorem

750 hl

2209 00

Vinegar and substitutes obtained from acetic acid

100

2 500

2301

Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves

100

2304 00 00

Oilcake and other solid residues resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil

100

2309 10

Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale

100

1 400

2309 90

Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

100

6 700


(1)  CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EC) No 1810/2004 (OJ L 327, 30.10.2004, p. 1).

(2)  Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation 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. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(3)  These quotas are foreseen for imports under the inward processing scheme.

(4)  Turkish customs codes.’


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