96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products - Main contents

1. Legislative text

31.12.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 352/18

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1362/2008

of 18 December 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

On 20 December 1996 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 (1). Community demand for the products to which that Regulation applies should be met under the most favourable conditions. For that purpose with effect from 1 January 2009, one new Community tariff quota should be opened at zero rate of duty for the appropriate amount while avoiding any disturbance to the market regarding this product.

(2)	The quota amounts for two autonomous Community tariff quotas are insufficient to meet the needs of the Community industry for the current quota period ending on 31 December 2008. Consequently, those quota amounts should be increased with effect from 1 January 2008.

(3)	The quota amount for one autonomous Community tariff quota disturbs the internal market of the Community. Consequently, this quota amount should be reduced.

(4)

It is no longer in the Community interest to continue to grant Community tariff quotas in 2009 for certain products for which such quotas were established for 2008. Those quotas should therefore be closed with effect from 1 January 2009 and the corresponding products should be removed from the list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96.

(5)	In view of the many changes to be made, clarity requires Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 to be replaced in its entirety.

(6)	Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

Having regard to the economic importance of this Regulation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency provided for in point I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Community.

(8)	Since the tariff quotas have to take effect from 1 January 2009, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

With effect from 1 January 2008, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96:

(a)	the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2812 shall be fixed at 4 000 tonnes;

(b)	the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2950 shall be fixed at 15 000 tonnes.

Article 3

With effect from 1 January 2009, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96:

—	the quota volume for the tariff quota for order number 09.2908 shall be fixed at 40 000 tonnes.

Article 4

With effect from 1 January 2009, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96, a row for order number 09.2631 shall be inserted.

Article 5

With effect from 1 January 2009, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96, the rows for the order numbers 09.2618, 09.2713, 09.2719, 09.2771 and 09.2775 shall be deleted.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2009.

However, Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2008.

For the Council

The President

M.

BARNIER

(1)

OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1.

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Order number

CN code

TARIC

Description

Quota period

Quota amount

Quota duty

09.2849

ex 0710 80 69

Mushrooms of the species Auricularia polytricha (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling), frozen, for the manufacture of prepared meals (1) (2)

1.1.-31.12.

700 tonnes

0 %

09.2913

ex 2401 10 35

Natural unmanufactured tobacco, whether or not cut in regular size, having a custom value of not less than EUR 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within subheading 2402 10 00 (1)

1.1-31.12.

6 000 tonnes

0 %

ex 2401 10 70

ex 2401 10 95

ex 2401 20 35

ex 2401 20 70

ex 2401 20 95

09.2841

ex 2712 90 99

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

Vanadium oxides and hydroxides exclusively for use in alloys (1)

1.1-31.12.

13 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2806

ex 2825 90 40

Tungsten trioxide

1.1.-31.12.

12 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2611

ex 2826 19 90

Calcium fluoride having a total content of aluminium, magnesium and sodium of 0,25 mg/kg or less, in the form of powder

1.1.-31.12.

55 tonnes

0 %

09.2837

ex 2903 49 80

Bromochloromethane

1.1.-31.12.

600 tonnes

0 %

09.2933

ex 2903 69 90

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

1.1.-31.12.

2 600 tonnes

0 %

09.2950

ex 2905 59 98

2-Chloroethanol, for the manufacture of liquid thioplasts of subheading 4002 99 90 (1)

1.1.-31.12.

15 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2851

ex 2907 12 00

O-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 % by weight

1.1.-31.12.

20 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2624

2912 42 00

Ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde)

1.1.-31.12.

600 tonnes

0 %

09.2767

ex 2910 90 00

Allyl glycidyl ether

1.1.-31.12.

1 500 tonnes

0 %

09.2972

2915 24 00

Acetic anhydride

1.1.-31.12.

20 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2769

ex 2917 13 90

Dimethyl sebacate

1.1.-31.12.

1 300 tonnes

0 %

09.2808

ex 2918 22 00

o-Acetylsalicylic acid

1.1.-31.12.

120 tonnes

0 %

09.2975

ex 2918 30 00

Benzophenone-3,3′:4,4′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride

1.1.-31.12.

1 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2602

ex 2921 51 19

o-Phenylenediamine

1.1.-31.12.

1 800 tonnes

0 %

09.2977

2926 10 00

Acrylonitrile

1.1.-31.12.

30 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2030

ex 2926 90 95

Chlorothalonil

1.1.-31.12.

1 500 tonnes

0 %

09.2002

ex 2928 00 90

Phenylhydrazine

1.1.-31.12.

1 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2917

ex 2930 90 13

Cystine

1.1.-31.12.

600 tonnes

0 %

09.2603

ex 2930 90 85

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

Flurtamone (ISO)

1.1.-31.12.

300 tonnes

0 %

09.2812

ex 2932 29 85

Hexan-6-olide

1.1.-31.12.

4 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2615

ex 2934 99 90

Ribonucleic acid

1.1.-31.12.

110 tonnes

0 %

09.2619

ex 2934 99 90

2-Thienylacetonitrile

1.1.-31.12.

80 tonnes

0 %

09.2945

ex 2940 00 00

D-Xylose

1.1.-31.12.

400 tonnes

0 %

09.2908

ex 3804 00 90

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

3806 10 10

Rosin and resin acids obtained from fresh oleoresins

1.1.-31.12.

280 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2814

ex 3815 90 90

Catalyst consisting of titanium dioxide and tungsten trioxide

1.1.-31.12.

1 600 tonnes

0 %

09.2829

ex 3824 90 97

Solid extract of the residual, insoluble in aliphatic solvents, obtained during the extraction of rosin from wood, having the following characteristics:

—	a resin acid content not exceeding 30 % by weight

—	an acid number not exceeding 110 and

—	a melting point of 100 °C or more

1.1.-31.12.

1 600 tonnes

0 %

09.2914

ex 3824 90 97

Aqueous solution containing not less than 40 % by weight of dry betaine-extract and between 5 % and 30 % by weight of organic or inorganic salts

1.1.-31.12.

5 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2986

ex 3824 90 97

Mixture of tertiary amines containing:

—	60 % by weight of dodecyldimethylamine, or more

—	20 % by weight of dimethyl(tetradecyl)amine, or more

—	0,5 % by weight of hexadecyldimethylamine, or more

for use in the production of amine oxides (1)

1.1-31.12.

14 315 tonnes

0 %

09.2907

ex 3824 90 97

Mixture of phytosterols, in the form of powder, containing by weight:

—	75 % or more of sterols

—	not more than 25 % of stanols

for use in the manufacture of stanol/sterol esters (1)

1.1.-31.12.

2 500 tonnes

0 %

09.2140

ex 3824 90 97

Mixture of tertiary amines containing by weight:

—	2,0-4,0 % of N,N-dimethyl-1-octanamine

—	94 % minimum of N,N-dimethyl-1-decanamine

—	2 % maximum of N,N-dimethyl-1-dodecanamine

1.1.-31.12.

4 500 tonnes

0 %

09.2992

ex 3902 30 00

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 40 (1)

1.1.-31.12.

1 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2947

ex 3904 69 90

Poly(vinylidene fluoride), in powder form, for the preparation of paint or varnish for coating metal (1)

1.1.-31.12.

1 300 tonnes

0 %

09.2604

ex 3905 30 00

Poly(vinyl alcohol) partially acetalized with 5-(4-azido-2-sulphobenzylidene)-3-(formylpropyl)-rhodanine, sodium salt

1.1.-31.12.

100 tonnes

0 %

09.2616

ex 3910 00 00

Polydimethylsiloxane with a degree of polymerisation of 2 800 monomer units (± 100)

1.1.-31.12.

1 300 tonnes

0 %

09.2816

ex 3912 11 00

Cellulose acetate flakes for use in the manufacture of cellulose acetate filament tow (1)

1.1.-31.12.

45 500 tonnes

0 %

09.2818

ex 6902 90 00

Refractory bricks with:

—	an edge length of more than 300 mm and

—	a TiO2 content of not more than 1 % by weight and

—	a Al2O3 content of not more than 0,4 % by weight and

—	a change in volume of less than 9 % at 1 700 °C

1.1.-31.12.

75 tonnes

0 %

09.2628

ex 7019 52 00

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

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

Aluminium telescopic handle for use in the manufacture of luggage (1)

1.1.-31.12.

240 000 units

0 %

09.2763

ex 8501 40 80

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 cleaners (1)

1.1.-31.12.

2 000 000 units

0 %

09.2620

ex 8526 91 20

Assembly for GPS system having a position determination function

1.1.-31.12.

2 000 000 units

0 %

09.2003

ex 8543 70 90

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 %

09.2631

ex 9001 90 00

Unmounted glass lenses, prisms and cemented elements for use in the manufacture of goods of CN codes 9005, 9013 and 9015 (1)

1.1.-31.12.

5 000 000 units

0 %

(1)

Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1)).

(2)

However, the measure is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.’

This summary has been adopted from EUR-Lex.