
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 1, the word ‘Lebanon’ is inserted between ‘Syria’ and ‘Israel’;
2.. a new Annex VIa is inserted, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
For the year 2003, the volumes of the Community tariff quotas for which the quota period starts before the date of entry into force of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, shall be reduced in proportion to the part of the period which elapsed before that date.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX

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 ANNEX VIa
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of the current regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

Order No CN code Taric subdivision Description of goods Quota period Quota volume(in tonnes net weight) Quota duty
09.1171 ex 0701 90 50  New potatoes, fresh or chilled from 1.1 to 31.5 10 000  Exemption
09.1172 ex 0701 90 50  New potatoes, and so-called 'new potatoes', fresh or chilled from 1.6 to 31.7 20 000  Exemption
ex 0701 90 90 10
09.1173 ex 0701 90 90 10 So-called 'new potatoes', fresh or chilled from 1.10 to 31.12 20 000  Exemption
09.1174 0702 00 00  Tomatoes, fresh or chilled from 1.1 to 31.12 5 000  Exemption 
09.1175 0703 20 00  Garlic, fresh or chilled  from 1.1 to 31.12 5 000 Exemption 
09.1176 0703 20 00  Garlic, fresh or chilled  from 1.1 to 31.12 3 000 40 % of the MFN customs duty 
09.1177 0709 90 31  Olives, fresh or chilled, for uses other than the production of oil  from 1.1 to 31.12 1 000 Exemption
09.1178 0711 20 10  Provisionally preserved olives, for uses other than the production of oil  from 1.1 to 31.12 1 000 Exemption
09.1179 ex 0806 10 10 91, 99 Fresh table grapes, except of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera cv.) from 1.10 to 30.4 and from 1.6 to 11.7 6 000 Exemption 
09.1180 ex 0806 10 10 91, 99 Fresh table grapes, except of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera cv.) from 1.10 to 30.4 and from 1.6 a 11.7 4 000 40 % of the MFN customs duty 
09.1181 0808 10  Apples, fresh from 1.1 to 31.12 10 000 Exemption 
09.1182 0809 10 00  Apricots, fresh from 1.1 to 31.12 5 000 Exemption 
09.1183 0809 20  Cherries, fresh from 1.1 to 31.12 5 000 Exemption 
09.1184 0809 30  Peaches, including nectarines, fresh from 1.1 to 31.12 2 000  Exemption 
09.1185 0809 40  Plums and sloes, fresh from 1.5 to 31.8 5 000 Exemption 
09.1186 1509 101510 00 10  Olive oil  from 1.1 to 31.12 1 000 Exemption
09.1187 2002  Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid from 1.1 to 31.12 1 000 Exemption






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