{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-53/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-53/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/53",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 53/2004 of 12 January 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards the Community tariff quotas and reference quantities for certain agricultural products originating in Egypt",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-53",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX IV\nEGYPT\nNotwithstanding 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.\nTariff quotas\nFrom 1 January 2005, this quota volume shall be annually increased by 3 % of the volume of the previous year.\nThe exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.\nFrom 1 November 2004, this quota volume shall be increased annually by 3 % of the volume of the previous quota period. The first increase shall take place on the basis volume of 1 500 tonnes net weight.\nFrom 1 November 2004, this quota volume shall be increased annually by 3 % of the volume of the previous quota period. The first increase shall take place on the basis volume of 500 tonnes net weight.\nWithin this tariff quota, the specific duty provided in the Community's list of concessions to the WTO is reduced to zero, if the entry price is not less than 264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between the European Community and Egypt. If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price, the specific customs quota duty shall be equal respectively to 2, 4, 6 or 8 % of this agreed entry price. If the entry price of a consignment is less than 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound within the WTO shall apply.\nAlso exemption of the ad valorem duty, in the framework of this tariff quota.\nFrom 15 October 2004, this quota volume shall be increased annually by 3 % of the volume of the previous quota period. The first increase shall take place on the basis volume of 1 000 tonnes net weight.\nEntry under this subheading is subject to the 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) and subsequent amendments).\nOrder No\nCN code\nDescription of goods\nQuota period\nQuota volume (in tonnes net weight)\nQuota duty\n09.1700\n0601\nBulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n500\nExemption\n09.1702\n0602\nOther live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n2 000\nExemption\n09.1704\n0603 10\nFresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes\nfrom 1.1 to 15.4.2004\n1 615,385\nExemption\nfor each period thereafter from 1.10 to 15.4\n3 000\nof which:\nof which:\n09.1706\n0603 10 80\nOther fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes\nfrom 1.1 to 15.4.2004\n538,462\nExemption\nfor each period thereafter from 1.10 to 15.4\n1 000\n09.1708\n0604 99 90\nFoliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n500\nExemption\n09.1705\nex 0701 90 50\nNew potatoes, fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.1 to 31.3.2004\n130 000\nExemption\nfrom 1.1 to 31.3.2005\n190 000\nfrom 1.1 to 31.3.2006 and from 1.1 to 31.3 of following years\n250 000\n09.1710\n0703 10\nOnions and shallots, fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.2 to 15.6\n15 000\nExemption\n09.1712\n0703 20 00\nGarlic, fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.2 to 15.6\n3 000\nExemption\n09.1713\n0704\nCabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.1 to 15.4.2004\n954,545\nExemption\nfor each period thereafter from 1.11 to 15.4\n1 500\n09.1714\n0705 11 00\nCabbage lettuce (head lettuce), fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.1 to 31.3.2004\n300\nExemption\nfor each period thereafter from 1.11 to 31.3\n500\n09.1715\n0706 10 00\nCarrots and turnips, fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.1 to 30.4\n500\nExemption\n09.1716\n0707 00\nCucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.1 to 28/29.2\n500\nExemption\n09.1717\n0708\nLeguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled\nfrom 1.1 to 30.4.2004\n10 000\nExemption\nfrom 1.11.2004 to 30.4.2005\n17 500\nfrom 1.11.2005 to 30.4.2006 and for each period thereafter from 1.11 to 30.4\n20 000\n09.1718\nex 0710\nex 0711\nFrozen and provisionally preserved vegetables, excluding sweet corn of subheadings 0710 40 00 and 0711 90 30 and excluding mushrooms of the genus Agaricus of subheadings 0710 80 61 and 0711 51 00\nfrom 1.1. to 31.12.2004\n1 000\nExemption\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12.2005\n2 000\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12.2006 and for following years\n3 000\n09.1719\n0712\nDried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n16 000\nExemption\n09.1720\n0714 20\nSweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n3 000\nExemption\n09.1707\n0805 10\nOranges, fresh or dried\nfrom 1.1 to 30.6.2004\n25 000\nExemption\nfrom 1.7.2004 to 30.6.2005\n55 000\nfrom 1.7.2005 to 30.6.2006 and for each period thereafter from 1.7 to 30.6\n60 000\nof which:\nof which:\n09.1711\n0805 10 10\n0805 10 30\n0805 10 50\nSweet oranges, fresh\nfrom 1.1 to 31.5.2004\n25 000\nExemption\nfor each period thereafter from 1.12 to 31.5\n34 000\n09.1721\n0807 19 00\nOther melons, fresh\nfrom 1.1 to 31.5.2004\n666,667\nExemption\nfor each period thereafter from 15.10 to 31.5\n1 000\n09.1722\n0808 20\nPears and quinces, fresh\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n500\nExemption\n09.1723\n0809 30\nPeaches, including nectarines, fresh\nfrom 15.3 to 31.5\n500\nExemption\n09.1724\n0809 40\nPlums and sloes, fresh\nfrom 15.4 to 31.5\n500\nExemption\n09.1725\n0810 10 00\nStrawberries, fresh\nfrom 1.1 to 31.3.2004\n250\nExemption\nfrom 1.10.2004 to 31.3.2005\n1 000\nfrom 1.10.2005 to 31.3.2006 and for each period thereafter from 1.10 to 31.3\n1 500\n09.1726\n0811\n0812\nFruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, or provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12.2004\n1 000\nExemption\nfrom 1.1. to 31.12.2005\n2 000\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12.2006 and for following years\n3 000\n09.1727\n1515 50 11\nSesame oil, crude, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n1 000\nExemption\n09.1728\n1515 90\nOther fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, other than linseed, maize (corn), castor, tung and sesame oils and their fractions\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n500\nExemption\n09.1729\n1703\nMolasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n350 000\nExemption\n09.1730\n2007\nJams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n1 000\nExemption\n09.1771\n2008 11\nGroundnuts, otherwise prepared or preserved,, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n3 000\nExemption\n09.1772\n2009\nFruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter\nfrom 1.1 to 31.12\n1 000\nExemption\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 53/2004 of 12 January 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas and reference quantities for certain agricultural products originating in Egypt (Official Journal of the European Union L 7 of 13 January 2004)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "From 1 January 2005, this quota volume shall be annually increased by 3 % of the volume of the previous year."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "From 1 November 2004, this quota volume shall be increased annually by 3 % of the volume of the previous quota period. The first increase shall take place on the basis volume of 1 500 tonnes net weight."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "From 1 November 2004, this quota volume shall be increased annually by 3 % of the volume of the previous quota period. The first increase shall take place on the basis volume of 500 tonnes net weight."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Within this tariff quota, the specific duty provided in the Community's list of concessions to the WTO is reduced to zero, if the entry price is not less than 264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between the European Community and Egypt. If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price, the specific customs quota duty shall be equal respectively to 2, 4, 6 or 8 % of this agreed entry price. If the entry price of a consignment is less than 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound within the WTO shall apply."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Also exemption of the ad valorem duty, in the framework of this tariff quota."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "From 15 October 2004, this quota volume shall be increased annually by 3 % of the volume of the previous quota period. The first increase shall take place on the basis volume of 1 000 tonnes net weight."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Entry under this subheading is subject to the 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) and subsequent amendments)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/53/annex",
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  },
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