
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1154/2009 of 27 November 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Israel 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95 and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) In 2008 an Agreement was concluded in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products, the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 and their annexes and amendments to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, which was approved by Council Decision 2009/855/EC.

(2) The Agreement provides for new tariff quotas for agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Israel and changes to the existing tariff quotas laid down for such products in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001. In addition, it no longer provides for any tariff concessions granted within reference quantities.

(3) To implement the provisions on the new tariff quotas, the changes to the existing tariff quotas and the ending of reference quantities, Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 should be amended accordingly.

(4) For the purpose of calculating the tariff quotas for the first year of application, provision should be made, in accordance with the Agreement, for the volumes of the tariff quotas for which the quota period starts before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to be reduced by the proportion of that period which has elapsed before that date.

(5) Since the Agreement enters into force on 1 January 2010, this Regulation should apply from that date.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 November 2009.
For the Commission
László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


‘ANNEX VII ISRAEL 

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 this 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.


Tariff quotasOrder No CN code TARIC subdivision Description of goods Quota period Quota volume (in tonnes net weight, unless otherwise indicated) Quota duty
09.1361 0105 12 00  Live turkeys, weighing not more than 185 g From 1.1 to 31.12 129 920 items Exemption
09.1302 0404 10  Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter From 1.1 to 31.12 1 300 Exemption
09.1306 0603 11 000603 12 000603 13 000603 14 000603 19 100603 19 90  Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes From 1.1 to 31.12 22 196 Exemption
09.1341 0603 19 90  Other fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes From 1.11 to 15.4 7 840 Exemption
09.1300 0701 90 50  New potatoes, fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 30.6 33 936 Exemption
09.1304 ex 0702 00 00 07 Cherry tomatoes, fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 28 000 Exemption
09.1342 ex 0702 00 00 99 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled, other than cherry tomatoes From 1.1 to 31.12 5 000 Exemption
09.1368 0707 00 05  Cucumbers, fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 1 000 Exemption
09.1303 0709 60 10  Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled From 1.1 to 31.12 17 248 Exemption
09.1353 0710 40 002004 90 10  Sweetcorn, frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 10 600 70 % of the specific duty
09.1354 0711 90 302001 90 302005 80 00  Sweetcorn, not frozen From 1.1 to 31.12 5 400 70 % of the specific duty
09.1369 0712 90 30  Dried tomatoes, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared From 1.1 to 31.12 1 200 Exemption
09.1323 0805 10 20  Oranges, fresh From 1.1 to 31.12 224 000 Exemption
ex 0805 10 80 10
09.1370 ex 0805 20 10 05 Clementines, mandarins and wilkings, fresh From 1.1 to 31.12 40 000 Exemption
ex 0805 20 50 07, 37
09.1371 ex 0805 20 10 05 Clementines, mandarins and wilkings, fresh From 15.3 to 30.9 15 680 Exemption
ex 0805 20 50 07, 37
09.1397 0807 19 00  Melons fresh, other than watermelons From 1.1 to 31.5.2010 15 000 Exemption
For each period thereafter from 1.8 to 31.5 30 000
09.1398 0810 10 00  Strawberries, fresh From 1.1 to 30.4.2010 3 333 Exemption
For each period thereafter from 1.11 to 30.4 5 000
09.1372 1602 31 19  Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of turkeys, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal, other than exclusively uncooked turkey meat From 1.1 to 31.12 5 000 Exemption
1602 31 30  Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of turkeys, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal
09.1373 1602 32 19  Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal, other than uncooked From 1.1 to 31.12 2 000 Exemption
1602 32 30  Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal
09.1374 1704 10 90  Chewing gum whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa, containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) From 1.1 to 31.12 100 Exemption
09.1375 1806 10 201806 10 301806 10 901806 20  Cocoa powder containing 5 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucroseOther food preparations containing cocoa in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg From 1.1 to 31.12 2 500 85 % of the specific duty or of the agricultural component
09.1376 1905 20 301905 20 90  Gingerbread and the like, containing by weight 30 % or more of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) From 1.1 to 31.12 3 200 70 % of the specific duty
09.1377 2002 90 912002 90 99  Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, with a dry matter content of more than 30 % by weight From 1.1 to 31.12 784 Exemption
09.1378 ex 2008 70 71 10 Slices of peaches, fried in oil, not containing added spirit, with a sugar content exceeding 15 % by weight, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg From 1.1 to 31.12 112 Exemption
09.1331 2009 112009 12 002009 19  Orange juice From 1.1 to 31.12 35 000 Exemption
of which:
09.1333 ex 2009 11 11 10 Orange juice, in containers of 2 litres or less From 1.1 to 31.12 21 280 Exemption
ex 2009 11 19 10
ex 2009 11 91 10
ex 2009 11 99 11, 1992, 94
ex 2009 12 00 10
ex 2009 19 11 11, 19
ex 2009 19 19 11, 19
ex 2009 19 91 11, 19
ex 2009 19 98 11, 19
09.1379 ex 2009 90 21 40 Mixtures of citrus juices From 1.1 to 31.12 19 656 Exemption
ex 2009 90 29 20
ex 2009 90 51 30
ex 2009 90 59 39
ex 2009 90 94 20
ex 2009 90 96 20
ex 2009 90 98 20
09.1380 2204  Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 2009 From 1.1 to 31.12 6 212 hl Exemption
09.1399 3505 20  Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches From 1.1 to 31.12 250 Exemption



