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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-563/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/563",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 563/2009 of 25 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-563",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 563/2009\nof 25 June 2009\namending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nFor certain products for which an autonomous tariff quota is opened by Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 the quota amount set out in that Regulation is expressed in a measurement unit other than the weight in tonnes or kilogram and than the value. Where for those products no supplementary measurement unit is set out in the Combined Nomenclature laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff there can be uncertainty in respect of the measurement unit used. For the sake of clarity and in the interest of a better quotas management it is therefore necessary to provide that, in order to benefit from the said autonomous tariff quotas, the exact quantity of the products imported must be entered in ‘Box 41: Supplementary units’ of the declaration for release for free circulation using the measurement unit of the quota amount set out for those products in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96.\n(2)\nCommunity demand for the products to which Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 applies should be met under the most favourable conditions. For that purpose with effect from 1 July 2009, three new Community tariff quotas should be opened at zero rates of duty for appropriate amounts while avoiding any disturbance to the markets for those products.\n(3)\nThe quota amount for autonomous Community tariff quota with order No 09.2767 is insufficient to meet the needs of the Community industry. Consequently, this quota amount should be increased.\n(4)\nFor the autonomous Community tariff quota with order No 09.2806 the product description should be revised.\n(5)\nRegulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nHaving regard to the economic importance of this Regulation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency provided for in point I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Community.\n(7)\nSince the tariff quotas have to take effect from 1 July 2009, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force immediately,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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