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Council Regulation (EC) No 1526/2007

of 17 December 2007

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 from 1 January 2008 certain existing tariff quota volumes should be increased or reduced and some new Community tariff quotas should be opened at zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes, while avoiding any disturbance of the markets for those products.

(2) The quota volume for two Community tariff quotas is insufficient to meet the needs of Community industry for the current quota period ending at 31 December 2007. Consequently those volumes should be increased with effect from 1 January 2007.

(3) It is no longer in the Community interest to continue to grant Community tariff quotas in 2008 for certain products on which duties were suspended in 2007. These products should therefore be removed from the table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96.

(4) 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.

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

(6) Having regard to the economic importance of this Regulation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency provided for in point 1,3 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.

(7) Since quota periods start on 1 January 2008, 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

For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2007, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96:

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2603 is fixed at 6500 tonnes,

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2950 is fixed at 12000 tonnes.

Article 3

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

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2030 is fixed at 1500 tonnes,

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2603 is fixed at 6500 tonnes,

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2624 is fixed at 600 tonnes,

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2907 is fixed at 2500 tonnes,

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2914 is fixed at 5000 tonnes,

- the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2950 is fixed at 12000 tonnes.

Article 4

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96, tariff quotas for order numbers 09.2763, 09.2806, 09.2808, 09.2810, 09.2812, 09.2814, 09.2816 and 09.2818 shall be inserted with effect from 1 January 2008.

Article 5

Tariff quotas for order numbers 09.2610, 09.2612, 09.2625, 09.2627, 09.2809, 09.2882, 09.2904, 09.2919, 09.2920, 09.2979 and 09.2995 shall be closed with effect from 1 January 2008.

Article 6

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 2008.

However, Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2007.

For the Council

The President

J. Silva

[1] OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 728/2007 (OJ L 166, 28.6.2007, p. 1).

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ANNEX

Order No | CN code | TARIC | Description | Quota period | Quota volume | Quota duty |

09.2849 | ex07108069 | 10 | 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 % |

09.2713 | ex20086019 ex20086039 | 10 10 | Sweet cherries, preserved in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, for use in chocolate products: with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weightwith a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight [1] | 1.1-31.12. | 2000 tonnes | 10 % [3] |

09.2719 | ex20086019 ex20086039 | 20 20 | Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), preserved in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, for use in chocolate products: with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weightwith a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 2000 tonnes | 10 % [3] |

09.2913 | ex24011041 ex24011049 ex24011050 ex24011070 ex24011090 ex24012041 ex24012049 ex24012050 ex24012070 ex24012090 | 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 | 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 24021000 [1] | 1.1-31.12. | 6000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2841 | ex27129099 | 10 | Blend of 1-alkenes containing 80 % by weight or more of 1‘揳lkenes of a chain-length of 20 and 22 carbon atoms | 1.1.-31.12. | 10000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2703 | ex28253000 | 10 | Vanadium oxides and hydroxides exclusively for use in alloys [1] | 1.1-31.12. | 13000 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2806 | ex28259040 | 30 | Tungsten trioxide | 1.1.-31.12. | 12000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2611 | ex28261990 | 10 | 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 | ex29034980 | 10 | Bromochloromethane | 1.1.-31.12. | 600 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2933 | ex29036990 | 30 | 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 1.1.-31.12. | 2600 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2950 | ex29055910 | 10 | 2-Chloroethanol, for the manufacture of liquid thioplasts of subheading 40029990 [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 12000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2851 | ex29071200 | 10 | O-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 % by weight | 1.1.-31.12. | 20000 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2624 | 29124200 | | Ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde) | 1.1.-31.12. | 600 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2972 | 29152400 | | Acetic anhydride | 1.1.-31.12. | 20000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2618 | ex29181985 | 40 | (R)-2-Chloromandelic acid | 1.1.-31.12. | 100 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2808 | ex29182200 | 10 | o-Acetylsalicylic acid | 1.1.-31.12. | 120 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2975 | ex29183000 | 10 | Benzophenone-3,3‘�4,4‘�tetracarboxylic dianhydride | 1.1.-31.12. | 600 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2602 | ex29215119 | 10 | o-Phenylenediamine | 1.1.-31.12. | 1800 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2977 | 29261000 | | Acrylonitrile | 1.1.- 30.6.2008 | 35000 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2030 | ex29269095 | 74 | Chlorothalonil | 1.1.-31.12. | 1500 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2002 | ex29280090 | 30 | Phenylhydrazine | 1.1.-31.12. | 1000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2917 | ex29309013 | 90 | Cystine | 1.1.-31.12. | 600 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2603 | ex29309085 | 79 | Bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulfide | 1.1.-31.12. | 6500 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2810 | 29321100 | | Tetrahydrofuran | 1.1-31.12. | 20000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2955 | ex29321900 | 60 | Flurtamone (ISO) | 1.1.-31.12. | 300 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2812 | ex29322985 | 77 | Hexan-6-olide | 1.1.-31.12. | 3000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2615 | ex29349990 | 70 | Ribonucleic acid | 1.1.-31.12. | 110 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2619 | ex29349990 | 71 | 2-Thienylacetonitrile | 1.1.-31.12. | 80 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2945 | ex29400000 | 20 | D-Xylose | 1.1.-31.12. | 400 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2908 | ex38040090 | 10 | Sodium lignosulphonate | 1.1.-31.12. | 56000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2889 | 38051090 | | Sulphate turpentine | 1.1.-31.12. | 20000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2935 | 38061010 | | Rosin and resin acids obtained from fresh oleoresins | 1.1.-31.12. | 200000 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2814 | ex38159090 | 76 | Catalyst consisting of titanium dioxide and tungsten trioxide | 1.1.-31.12. | 800 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2829 | ex38249097 | 19 | 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 110anda melting point of 100 掳C or more | 1.1.-31.12. | 1600 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2914 | ex38249097 | 26 | 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. | 5000 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2986 | ex38249097 | 76 | Mixture of tertiary amines containing: 60 % by weight of dodecyldimethylamine, or more20 % by weight of dimethyl(tetradecyl)amine, or more0,5 % by weight of hexadecyldimethylamine, or more,for use in the production of amine oxides [1] | 1.1-31.12. | 14315 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2907 | ex38249097 | 86 | Mixture of phytosterols, in the form of powder, containing by weight: 75 % or more of sterols,not more than 25 % of stanolsfor use in the manufacture of stanol/sterol esters (1) | 1.1.-31.12. | 2500 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2140 | ex38249097 | 98 | Mixture of tertiary amines containing by weight: 2,0-4,0 % of N,N-dimethyl-1-octanamine94 % minimum of N,N-dimethyl-1-decanamine2 % maximum of N,N-dimethyl-1-dodecanamine | 1.1.-31.12. | 4500 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2992 | ex39023000 | 93 | Propylene-butylene copolymer, containing by weight not less than 60 % but not more than 68 % of propylene and not less than 32 % but not more than 40 % of butylene, of a melt viscosity not exceeding 3000 mPa at 190 掳C, as determined by the ASTM D 3236 method, for use as an adhesive in the manufacture of products falling within subheading 481840 [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 1000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2947 | ex39046990 | 95 | Poly(vinylidene fluoride), in powder form, for the preparation of paint or varnish for coating metal [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 1300 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2604 | ex39053000 | 10 | Poly(vinyl alcohol) partially acetalized with 5-(4-azido-2-sulfobenzylidene)-3-(formylpropyl)-rhodanine, sodium salt | 1.1.-31.12. | 100 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2616 | ex39100000 | 30 | Polydimethylsiloxane with a degree of polymerisation of 2800 monomer units (卤100) | 1.1.-31.12. | 1300 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2816 | ex39121100 | 20 | Cellulose acetate flakes for use in the manufacture of cellulose acetate filament tow [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 22500 tonnes | 0 % |

[****] 09.2818 | ex69029000 | 10 | Refractory bricks with an edge length of more than 300 mm anda TiO2 content of no more than 1 % by weight anda Al2O3 content of no more than 0,4 % by weight anda change in volume of less than 9 % at 1700 掳C | 1.1.-31.12. | 75 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2628 | ex70195200 | 10 | Glass web woven from glass fibre coated in plastic, of a weight of 120 g/m2 (卤10 g/m2), of a type used in rolling insect screens with fixed frames | 1.1.-31.12. | 350000 m2 | 0 % |

09.2799 | ex72024990 | 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. | 50000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2629 | ex76169990 | 85 | Aluminium telescopic handle for use in the manufacture of luggage [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 240000 units | 0 % |

[****] 09.2763 | ex85014080 | 30 | Electric AC commutator motor, single-phase, with an output exceeding 750 W, an input power of more than 1600 W but not exceeding 2700 W, an external diameter of more than 120 mm (卤0,2 mm) but not exceeding 135 mm (卤0,2 mm), a rated speed of more than 30000 rpm but not exceeding 50000 rpm, equipped with air-inducting ventilator, for use in the manufacture of vacuum cleaners [1] | 1.1.- 30.6.2008 | 1150000 units | 0 % |

09.2620 | ex85269120 | 20 | Assembly for GPS system having a position determination function | 1.1.-31.12. | 1000000 units | 0 % |

09.2003 | ex85437090 | 63 | Voltage controlled frequency generator, consisting of active and passive elements mounted on a printed circuit, contained in a housing whose dimensions do not exceed 30 × 30 mm | 1.1.-31.12. | 1400000 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. 71 and subsequent amendments).

[2] However, the tariff quota is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.

[3] The specific additional duty is applicable.

[****] New or amended position.

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