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Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria
Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria
Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria
OL L 262, 2000 10 17, p. 1–8
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/05/2003; panaikino 32003D0286
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2000/2290/oj
Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria
Official Journal L 262 , 17/10/2000 P. 0001 - 0008
Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part(1), provides for certain concessions for certain agricultural products originating in Bulgaria. (2) Improvements to the preferential agreements of the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria were provided for in the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture including improvements to the existing preferential arrangements(2). The Council approved the abovementioned Protocol on behalf of the Community by Decision 1999/278/EC(3). (3) In accordance with the directives adopted by the Council on 30 March 1999, the Commission and Bulgaria concluded on 18 May 2000 negotiations on a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement. (4) The new Additional Protocol, which provides for additional agricultural concessions, will be based on Article 21(5) of the Europe Agreement, establishing that the Community and Bulgaria are to examine in the Association Council, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis, the possiiblity of granting each other further concessions. (5) A swift implementation of the adjustments forms an essential part of the results of the negotiations for the conclusion of a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria. (6) It is therefore appropriate to provide for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of the agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria. (7) Bulgaria will also undertake all the necessary legislative provisions, on an autonomous and transitional basis, in order to implement simultaneously the commitments made by Bulgaria as a result of the conclusion of the negotiations. (8) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(4). (9) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(5) codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Bulgaria as set out in Annexes A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation shall replace those set out in Annex X to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part. 2. On the entry into force of the new Additional Protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement referred to in paragraph 1, the concessions provided for in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annexes A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3(2). Article 2 1. Tariff quotas with an order number above 09.5100 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. 2. Quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas and released for free circulation as from 1 July 2000 under the concessions provided for in Annex X to the Europe Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95(6) before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be fully counted against the quantities provided for in the Annex A(b) to this Regulation. Article 3 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee instituted by Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(7), or, where appropriate, the committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets, hereinafter referred to as the "Committee". 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month. 3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 9 October 2000. For the Council The President H. Védrine (1) OJ L 358, 31.12.1994, p. 3. (2) OJ L 112, 29.4.1999, p. 3. (3) OJ L 112, 29.4.1999, p. 1. (4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation at last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999 (OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25). (6) OJ L 328, 30.12.1995, p. 31. Regulation at last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2435/1998 (OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 1). (7) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. ANNEX A(a) Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products originating in Bulgaria and listed below shall be abolished CN codes(1) 0101 20 10 0104 20 10 0106 00 10 0106 00 20 0205 00 11 0205 00 19 0205 00 90 0206 80 91 0206 90 91 0207 27 91 0207 35 91 0207 36 89 0208 10 11 0208 10 19 0208 20 00 0208 90 10 0208 90 50 0208 90 60 0208 90 80 0210 90 10 0210 90 79 0407 00 90 0410 00 00 0601 10 10 0601 10 20 0601 10 30 0601 10 40 0601 10 90 0601 20 30 0601 20 90 0602 10 90 0602 20 90 0602 30 00 0602 40 10 0602 40 90 0602 90 10 0602 90 30 0602 90 41 0602 90 45 0602 90 49 0602 90 51 0602 90 59 0602 90 70 0602 90 91 0602 90 99 0603 10 10 0603 10 20 0603 10 30 0603 10 40 0603 10 50 0603 10 80 0603 90 00 0604 10 90 0604 91 21 0604 91 29 0604 91 41 0604 91 49 0604 91 90 0604 99 90 0701 10 00 0701 90 10 0703 10 11 0703 10 19 0703 10 90 0703 20 00 0703 90 00 0708 10 00 0709 51 30 0709 51 50 0709 51 90 0709 52 00 0709 60 99 0709 90 40 0709 90 50 0710 80 59 0711 10 00 0711 30 00 0711 90 10 0711 90 70 0712 20 00 0712 90 05 0712 90 50 0712 90 90 0713 50 00 0713 90 10 0713 90 90 0714 20 10 0714 20 90 0714 90 90 0802 12 90 0802 21 00 0802 22 00 0802 31 00 0802 32 00 0802 40 00 0802 50 00 0802 90 50 0802 90 60 0802 90 85 0804 20 10 0804 20 90 0806 20 11 0806 20 12 0806 20 18 0806 20 91 0806 20 92 0806 20 98 0807 11 00 0807 19 00 0808 20 90 0810 40 30 0810 40 50 0810 40 90 0810 50 00 0810 90 85 0811 90 70 0811 90 85 0812 10 00 0812 90 40 0812 90 50 0812 90 60 0812 90 95 0813 10 00 0813 20 00 0813 30 00 0813 40 10 0813 40 30 0813 40 95 0813 50 15 0813 50 19 0813 50 39 0813 50 91 0813 50 99 0814 00 00 0901 12 00 0901 21 00 0901 22 00 0902 10 00 0904 12 00 0904 20 10 0904 20 90 0905 00 00 0907 00 00 0910 20 90 0910 40 13 0910 40 19 0910 40 90 0910 91 90 0910 99 99 1006 10 10 1007 00 10 1106 10 00 1106 30 90 1208 10 00 1209 11 00 1209 19 00 1209 21 00 1209 23 80 1209 29 50 1209 29 80 1209 30 00 1209 91 10 1209 91 90 1209 99 91 1209 99 99 1210 10 00 1210 20 10 1210 20 90 1212 10 10 1212 10 99 1214 90 10 1302 19 05 1502 00 90 1503 00 19 1503 00 90 1504 10 10 1504 10 99 1504 20 10 1504 30 10 1507 10 10 1507 10 90 1507 90 10 1507 90 90 1508 10 90 1508 90 10 1508 90 90 1509 10 10 1509 10 90 1509 90 00 1510 00 10 1510 00 90 1511 10 90 1511 90 11 1511 90 19 1511 90 91 1511 90 99 1512 11 99 1512 19 99 1512 21 10 1512 21 90 1512 29 10 1512 29 90 1513 11 10 1513 11 91 1513 11 99 1513 19 11 1513 19 19 1513 19 30 1513 19 91 1513 19 99 1513 21 11 1513 21 19 1513 21 30 1513 21 90 1513 29 11 1513 29 19 1513 29 30 1513 29 50 1513 29 91 1513 29 99 1514 10 10 1514 10 90 1514 90 10 1514 90 90 1515 11 00 1515 19 10 1515 19 90 1515 21 10 1515 21 90 1515 29 10 1515 29 90 1515 30 90 1515 50 11 1515 50 19 1515 50 91 1515 50 99 1515 90 29 1515 90 39 1515 90 40 1515 90 51 1515 90 59 1515 90 60 1515 90 91 1515 90 99 1516 20 95 1516 20 96 1516 20 98 1518 00 31 1518 00 39 1522 00 91 1602 31 11 1602 31 19 1602 31 30 1602 31 90 2001 90 20 2005 70 10 2005 70 90 2005 90 10 2008 19 11 2008 19 13 2008 19 51 2008 19 59 2008 92 72 2009 11 19 2009 19 19 2009 20 19 2009 30 19 2009 40 19 2302 50 00 2306 90 19 2308 90 90 (1) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/1999 of 12 October 1999, amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, OJ L 278, 28 October 1999. ANNEX A(b) Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Bulgaria shall be subject to the concessions set out below. (MFN = most favoured nation duty) >TABLE> Annex to Annex A(b) Minimum import price arrangement for certain soft fruit for processing 1. Minimum import prices are fixed as follows for the following products for processing originating in Bulgaria: >TABLE> 2. The minimum import prices, as set out in point 1, will be respected on a consignment by consignment basis. In the case of a customs declaration value being lower than the minimum import price, a countervailing duty will be charged equal to the difference between the minimum import price and the customs declaration value. 3. If the import prices of a given product covered by this Annex show a trend suggesting that the prices could go below the level of the minimum import prices in the immediate future, the European Commission will inform the Bulgarian authorities in order to enable them to correct the situation. 4. At the request of either the Community or Bulgaria, the Association Committee shall examine the functioning of the system or the revision of the level of the minimum import prices. If appropriate, the Association Committee shall take the necessary decisions. 5. To encourage and promote the development of trade and for the mutual benefit of all parties concerned, a consultation meeting will be organised three months before the beginning of each marketing year in the European Community. This consultation meeting will take place between the European Commission and the interested European producers' organisations for the products concerned, of the one part, and the authorities', producers' and exporters' organisations of all the associated exporting countries, of the other part. During this consultation meeting, the market situation for soft fruit including, in particular, forecasts for production, stock situation, price evolution and possible market development, as well as possibilities to adapt supply to demand, will be discussed.