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Council Regulation (EC) No 838/2006 of 20 March 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

EU Regulation No 838/2006 · Adopted 20 March 2006 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Regulation (EC) No 838/2006

of 20 March 2006

concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87f1 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.

(2)

By Decision 2006/398/EC of 20 March 2006 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Unionf2, the Council approved the said Agreement on behalf of the Community, with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.

(3)

Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended and supplemented accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 486/2006 (OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 1).

f2

See page 22 of this Official Journal.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex Annex

1

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall be amended as follows:

  1. (a)

    in Part two, Schedule of customs duties, the duty rates shall be amended as shown in point (a) of the Annex to this Regulation;

  2. (b)

    Annex 7 of Section III of Part three, WTO Tariff Quotas to be opened by the competent Community authorities, shall be amended with the duties and supplemented with the volumes following the terms and conditions shown in point (b) of the Annex to this Regulation.

2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1, point (b) shall apply six weeks from the date of the publication of this Regulation.

Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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 concessions 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 concessions are to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

  1. (a)

    In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Part two, Schedule of customs duties, the duty rates are the following:

    CN codeDescriptionDuty rate
    Tariff item number 0304 20 85Frozen fillets of Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)bound duty of 13,7 %
    Tariff item number 6402 19 00Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plasticsbound duty of 16,9 %
    Tariff item number 6402 91 00Other footwear covering the ankle with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plasticsbound duty of 16,9 %
    Tariff item number 6402 99Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plasticsbound duty of 16,8 %
    Tariff item number 6404 11 00Sports footwear; tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the likebound duty of 16,9 %
    Tariff item number 6404 19 10Slippers and other indoor footwearbound duty of 16,9 %
    Tariff item number 8482 91 90Other balls, needles and rollersbound duty of 7,7 %
    Tariff item number 8521 90 00Other video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tunerbound duty of 13,9 %
    Tariff item number 8712 00 30Bicycles not motorisedbound duty of 14 %
  2. (b)

    Annex 7, WTO Tariff Quotas to be opened by the competent Community authorities, Part three, Section III of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the other terms and conditions are the following:

    OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 1.

    • 2008 20 11: EUR 25,6 + 2,5 100 kg/net

    • 2008 20 19: 25,6

    • 2008 20 31: EUR 25,6 + 2,5 100 kg/net

    • 2008 20 39: 25,6

    • 2008 20 71: 20,8

    • 2008 30 11: 25,6

    • 2008 30 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 30 31: 24

    • 2008 30 39: 25,6

    • 2008 30 79: 20,8

    • 2008 40 11: 25,6

    • 2008 40 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 40 21: 24

    • 2008 40 29: 25,6

    • 2008 40 31: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 40 39: 25,6

    • 2008 50 11: 25,6

    • 2008 50 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 50 31: 24

    • 2008 50 39: 25,6

    • 2008 50 51: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 50 59: 25,6

    • 2008 50 71: 20,8

    • 2008 60 11: 25,6

    • 2008 60 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 60 31: 24

    • 2008 60 39: 25,6

    • 2008 60 60: 20,8

    • 2008 70 11: 25,6

    • X12008 70 19 : EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 70 31: 24

    • 2008 70 39: 25,6

    • 2008 70 51: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 70 59: 25,6

    • 2008 80 11: 25,6

    • 2008 80 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net

    • 2008 80 31: 24

    • 2008 80 39: 25,6

    • 2008 80 70: 20,8
    CN codeDescriptionOther terms and conditions
    Tariff item number 0703 20 00Garlic, fresh or chilledAdd 20 500 tonnes to the allocation for China under the EC tariff rate quota
    Tariff item number 1006 10Paddy riceImplemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 683/2006f1
    Tariff item number 1006 20Husked riceImplemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 683/2006
    Tariff item number 1006 30Milled and semi-milled riceImplemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 683/2006
    Tariff item number 1006 40Broken riceImplemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 683/2006
    Tariff item number 2003 10 30Mushroom of species agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegarAdd 5 200 tonnes (drained net weight) in EC tariff rate quota, allocated to China
    Tariff item number 2003 10 20Mushroom of species agaricus, provisionally preserved or preserved otherwise than by vinegar
    Tariff item number 0711 51 00
    Tariff item numbersf2 Preserved pineapples, citrus fruit, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches and strawberries Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006