{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1151/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/1151",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1151/2007 of 26 September 2007 opening autonomous and transitional Community tariff quotas for the import of certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1151",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1151/2007\nof 26 September 2007\nopening autonomous and transitional Community tariff quotas for the import of certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nFollowing the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, agricultural trade flows should be maintained in accordance with the preferences granted previously under the bilateral arrangements between the two Member States and Switzerland. The Community and Switzerland have agreed to proceed with the adaptation of tariff concessions within the framework of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’), which entered into force on 1 June 2002. The adaptation of these concessions should include the opening of new Community tariff quotas for the import of strawberries (CN code 0810 10 00), chard (or white beet) and cardoons (CN code 0709 90 20) originating in Switzerland.\n(2)\nThe bilateral procedures for adapting the concessions in Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement will take time. To ensure that quota benefit is available until the entry into force of that adaptation, it is appropriate to open these tariff quotas on an autonomous and transitional basis.\n(3)\nCommission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code provides for a system for managing tariff quotas. The tariff quotas opened by this Regulation should be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with that system.\n(4)\nThe rules of origin provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement should apply,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132. Agreement as last amended by Decision No 1/2007 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture (OJ L 173, 3.7.2007, p. 31)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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