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 4000 tonnes;

(b) the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number 09.2950 shall be fixed at 15000 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 40000 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.

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ANNEX

"ANNEX I

Order number | CN code | TARIC | Description | Quota period | Quota amount | 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 % |

09.2913 | ex24011035 | 91 | 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 % |

ex24011070 | 10 |

ex24011095 | 11 |

ex24011095 | 21 |

ex24011095 | 91 |

ex24012035 | 91 |

ex24012070 | 10 |

ex24012095 | 11 |

ex24012095 | 21 |

ex24012095 | 91 |

09.2841 | ex27129099 | 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. | 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 | ex29055998 | 10 | 2-Chloroethanol, for the manufacture of liquid thioplasts of subheading 40029990 [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 15000 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 % |

09.2767 | ex29109000 | 80 | Allyl glycidyl ether | 1.1.-31.12. | 1500 tonnes | 0 % |

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

09.2769 | ex29171390 | 10 | Dimethyl sebacate | 1.1.-31.12. | 1300 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. | 1000 tonnes | 0 % |

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

09.2977 | 29261000 | | Acrylonitrile | 1.1.-31.12. | 30000 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)tetrasulphide | 1.1.-31.12. | 9000 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. | 4000 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. | 40000 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. | 280000 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2814 | ex38159090 | 76 | Catalyst consisting of titanium dioxide and tungsten trioxide | 1.1.-31.12. | 1600 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 weightan acid number not exceeding 110anda melting point of 100 °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 morefor 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 sterolsnot 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 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 3000 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 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-sulphobenzylidene)-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 (± 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. | 45500 tonnes | 0 % |

09.2818 | ex69029000 | 10 | Refractory bricks with: an edge length of more than 300 mm anda TiO2 content of not more than 1 % by weight anda Al2O3 content of not more than 0,4 % by weight anda change in volume of less than 9 % at 1700 °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 (± 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 of more than 750 W, an input power of more than 1600 W but not more than 2700 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 30000 rpm but not more than 50000 rpm, equipped with air-inducting ventilator, for use in the manufacture of vacuum cleaners [1] | 1.1.-31.12. | 2000000 units | 0 % |

09.2620 | ex85269120 | 20 | Assembly for GPS system having a position determination function | 1.1.-31.12. | 2000000 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 with dimensions of not more than 30 × 30 mm | 1.1.-31.12. | 1400000 units | 0 % |

09.2631 | ex90019000 | 80 | 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. | 5000000 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."

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