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27.6.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
166/3
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 551/2012
of 21 June 2012
amending Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 opening and providing for the management of autonomous
tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
from 1 July 2012, this Regulation should apply from
those same dates and should enter into force immediately
upon publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,
(6) Regulation
(EU)
No
7/2010
should
therefore
be
amended
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
accordingly,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)
In order to ensure sufficient and uninterrupted supplies
of certain goods insufficiently produced in the Union and
Article 1
to avoid any disturbances on the market, for certain
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 is hereby amended as
agricultural and industrial products, autonomous tariff
follows:
quotas have been opened by Council Regulation (EU)
No 7/2010 ( 1 ) within which those products can be
imported at reduced or zero duty rates. For the same
reasons it is necessary to open, with effect from 1 July
(1) the rows with order numbers 09.2644 and 09.2645 set out
2012, for two products a new tariff quota at a zero duty
in Annex I to this Regulation are inserted;
rate for an appropriate volume.
(2) the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.2638,
(2) The quota volumes, previously established, for
autonomous tariff quotas of the Union with order
09.2814 and 09.2889 are replaced by the rows set out in
numbers 09.2638, 09.2814 and 09.2889 are insufficient
Annex II to this Regulation;
to meet the needs of the Union industry. Consequently,
those quota volumes should be increased with effect
from 1 January 2012.
(3) the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.2633 is
replaced by the row set out in Annex I to this Regulation;
(3)
Moreover, for the autonomous tariff quota of the Union
with the order number 09.2633 the product description
should be adapted.
(4) the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.2767 is
deleted.
(4) In
addition,
for
the
quota
with
order
number
09.2767,
it
is no longer in the interest of the Union to continue to
Article 2
grant a tariff quota for the second semester 2012. That
tariff quota should therefore be closed with effect from
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
1 July 2012 and the corresponding row should be
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
deleted from the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 7/2010.
It shall apply from 1 July 2012.
(5)
Since some of the measures provided for in this Regu
lation should take effect from 1 January 2012 and others
( 1 ) OJ L 3, 7.1.2010, p. 1.
However, Article 1(2) shall apply from 1 January 2012.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 2012.
For the Council
The President
M. FREDERIKSEN

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EN
27.6.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
166/5
ANNEX I
Tariff quotas referred to in Articles 1(1) and 1(3)
Order
number
CN code TARIC Description Quota
period Quota
volume
Quota
duty (%)
09.2644 ex
3824
90
97 96 Preparation
containing
by
weight:
1.7.-31.12. 7
500 0 %
tonnes
— 55 % or more but not more than
78 % of dimethyl gluterate
— 10 % or more but not more than
28 % of dimethyl adipate and
— not more than 25 % of dimethyl
succinate
09.2645 ex
3921
14
00 20 Cellular
block
of
regenerated
cellulose, 1.7.-31.12. 650 0 %
impregnated with water containing
tonnes
magnesium chloride and quaternary
ammonium compounds, measuring
100 cm (± 10 cm) × 100 cm (± 10 cm)
× 40 cm (± 5 cm)
09.2633 ex
8504
40
82 20 Electric
rectifier,
with
a
capacity
of 1.1.-31.12. 4
500
000 0 %
not more than 1 kVA, for use in
units
the manufacture of hair removal
apparatus ( 1 )
( 1 ) Entry under this subheading is subject to Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993,
p. 1).

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ANNEX II
Tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(2)
Order
Quota
number
CN code TARIC Description Quota
period Quota
volume
duty
(%)
09.2638 ex
2915
21
00 10 Acetic
acid
of
a
purity
by 1.1.-31.12. 1
000
000 0 %
weight of 99 % or more (CAS
tonnes
RN 64-19-7)
09.2889 3805
10
90 Sulphate
turpentine 1.1.-31.12. 25
000 0 %
tonnes
09.2814 ex
3815
90
90 76 Catalyst
consisting
of
titanium 1.1.-31.12. 3
000 0 %
dioxide and tungsten trioxide
tonnes

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