Decision 2005/431

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2), first subparagraph and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,Having regard to the Treaty concerning the accession 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 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘new Member States’) to the European Union, and in particular Article 6(2) of the Act concerning the conditions of accession annexed to that Treaty,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament^note,Whereas:

(1)The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Europe Agreement’)^note, was signed in Brussels on 1 February 1993 and entered into force on 1 February 1995.

(2)The Treaty concerning the accession 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 to the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty of Accession’), was signed in Athens on 16 April 2003 and entered into force on 1 May 2004.

(3)An Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement is necessary to take account of the accession of the 10 new Member States.

(4)Consultations on this Additional Protocol have taken place in accordance with Article 28(2) of the Europe Agreement, so as to ensure that account is taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Romania.

(5)The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission^note.

(6)The Additional Protocol should therefore be approved,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1 #

The Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the accession 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 to the European Union, is hereby approved.The text of the Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2 #

The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the implementation of the Additional Protocol in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 4(2).

Article 3 #

1.The order numbers as attributed to the tariff quotas in the Annex to this Decision may be changed by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 4(2). Tariff quotas with an order number above 09.5100 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission 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^note.

2.Quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas and released for free circulation as from 1 July 2004 under the concessions provided for in Annex A(b) to the Protocol approved under Decision 2003/18/EC^note shall be fully counted against the quantities provided for in the fourth column in Annex A(b) to the Additional Protocol attached to this Decision, except for quantities for which import licences were issued before 1 July 2004.

Article 4 #

1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Sugar as set up in Article 42 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector^note or, where appropriate, by the committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets.

2.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Council Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

3.The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 5 #

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Additional Protocol on behalf of the European Community.

Article 6 #

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 9 of the Additional Protocol. The President of the Commission shall give such notification on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

Annex A · Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Romania shall be subject to the concessions set out below(MFN = Most Favoured Nation duty)

CN code	Description^note	Applicable duty(% of MFN)^note	Annual quantityfrom 1.7.2004(tonnes)	Yearly increaseas from 1.7.2005(tonnes)	Specific provisions
010290050102902101029029010290410102904901029051010290590102906101029071	Live bovine animals	Free	46000 heads	0
02010202	Meat of bovines, fresh, chilled or frozen	Free	4000	0	^note^note
ex0203021011021012021019	Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen	Free	15625	0	^note^note^note
02061095	Fresh or chilled edible bovine thick and thin skirt	Free	100	0	^note^note
02062991	Frozen edible bovine thick and thin skirt
021020	Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
02109951	Thick and thin skirt of bovine animals
0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105	Free	9000	0	^note^note
04021019040221110402211904022191	Milk and cream, in powder or other solid forms	Free	1500	0
04031011 to 04031039	Yoghurt, not flavoured nor containing added fruits, nuts or cocoa	Free	1000	0
04039011 to 04039069	Other, not flavoured nor containing added fruits, nuts or cocoa
0406	Cheese and curd	Free	2800	200	^note^note
040700110407001904070030	Birds eggs in shell	Free	2330	0	^note
0408	Birds eggs not in shell
07020000	Tomatoes	Free100	9750—	0—	^note^note^note^note
07020000	Tomatoes
ex07041000	Cauliflower and headed broccoli, from 15 April to 30 November.	Free	Unlimited
07070005	Cucumbers	Free	Unlimited		^note^note
—For processing	Free	10000	0	^note
—Other than for processing	Free	4000	0	^note^note
07091000	Artichokes	Free	Unlimited	0	^note
07099070	Courgettes	Free	Unlimited		^note^note
ex07093000	Aubergines, from 1 January to 31 March	Free	Unlimited
ex07099090	Pumpkins and other gourds, from 1 January to 31 March
ex07099090	Other, except parsley, from 1 January to 31 March
071151002003102020031030	Mushroom of the genus Agaricus	Free	500	0	^note
ex07129090	Horseradish	Free	Unlimited
0805 excluding08051050080510800805509008059000	Citrus fruit, fresh or dried	Free	Unlimited		^note
ex08061010	Fresh table grapes, from 1 January to 14 July (excl. emperor variety, from 1 to 31 January only)	Free	Unlimited
ex08071100	Watermelons, from 1 November to 30 April	Free	Unlimited
080810200808105008081090	Apples, other than cider apples	Free	250	0	^note^note^note
08081020	Apples, other than cider apples	100	—	—	^note
08081050	100	—	—	^note
08081090	100	—	—	^note
08082050	Pears, other than perry pears	Free	Unlimited		^note^note
08091000	Apricots	Free	Unlimited		^note^note
080920	Cherries	Free	Unlimited		^note^note
080930	Peaches including nectarines	Free	Unlimited		^note^note
08094005	Plums
—For processing in immediate containers of a net weight capacity exceeding 250 kg	Free	Unlimited	^note
—others	Free	Unlimited	^note^note
1001	Wheat and meslin	Free	230000	0	^note^note
100300	Barley	Free	89000	0	^note
11029010	Barley flour
11031930	Barley groats and meal
11032020	Barley pellets
10040000	Oats	Free	7000	0	^note
11029030	Oats flour
11031940	Groats and meal of oats
11032030	Pellets of oats
10051090	Maize seed, other than hybrid seed	Free	1000	0	^note^note
10059000	Maize, other than seed	Free	149000	0	^note^note
110100	Wheat and meslin flour	Free	18000	0	^note^note
110311	Wheat groats and meal
11032060	Wheat pellets
1107	Malt	Free	10000	0	^note^note
160231160232160239	Prepared or preserved meat of poultry	Free	1200	0	^note^note
1602411016024210160249111602491316024915160249191602493016024950	Preserved meat of domestic swine	Free	2125	0	^note^note
ex16025039ex16025080	Prepared or preserved tongue of bovine animals	Free	Unlimited
160250	Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals	Free	500	0	^note^note
1701	Sugar	Free	5500	0
1702	Other sugars
2003102020031030	Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus	Free	250	0	^note
ex20079190	Other, with the exception of orange jams and marmalades	Free	Unlimited
20079931	Cherry jam	^note
ex20079939	Fruit preparations, with sugar content > 30 % by weight, fruit within headings 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples), 08072000, 08102090, 08103090, 08104010, 08104050, 08104090,081050, 081060, 081090	^note
220430	Other grape must	Free	Unlimited		^note

Annex B · Imports into Romania of the following products originating in the Community shall be subject to the concessions set out below

Romanian tariff code	Description^note	Applicable custom duty(% advalorem)	Annual quantityfrom1.7.2004(tonnes)	Yearly increaseas from 1.7.2005(tonnes)	Specific provisions
ex 0102 90 41ex 0102 90 49	Heifers (female bovines that have never calved), weighing more than 220 kg	Free	Unlimited
0102 90 510102 90 590102 90 610102 90 71	Heifers and cows of a weight exceeding 300 kg.	15	15000 heads
0103 92 19	Live domestic swine weighing >= 50 kg (excluding sows having farrowed at least once and weighing >= 180 kg and those pure bred for breeding)	15	14000		^note^note
02010202	Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen	Free	4000		^note^note
0203 220203 290210 110210 120210 19	Meat of domestic swine, frozen	Free	23000		^note
0206 10 95	Fresh or chilled edible bovine thick and thin skirt	Free	100		^note^note
0206 29 91	Frozen edible bovine thick and thin skirt
0210 20	Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
0210 99 51	Thick and thin skirt of bovine animals
0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105	Free	9000		^note^note
0209 00 11	Fresh chilled or frozen subcutaneous pig fat salted in brine	20	850
0402 10 190402 21 110402 21 190402 21 91	Milk and cream, in powder or other solid forms	Free	1500		^note
0403 10 11 to 0403 10 39	Yoghurt, not flavoured nor containing added fruits, nuts or cocoa	Free	1000		^note
0403 90 11 to 0403 90 69	Other, not flavoured nor containing added fruits, nuts or cocoa
0404 10 02 to 0404 10 16	Whey, in powder or other solid forms, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	18,8	Unlimited
0405 100405 90	Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk	Free	1900		^note
0406	Cheese and curd	Free	2800	200	^note^note
0407 00 110407 00 190407 00 30	Birds eggs in shell	Free	2330		^note
0408 11 800408 19 810408 19 890408 91 800408 99 80	Birds eggs not in shell
ex 0603 10	Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh in the period 1 November to 31 May	Free	Unlimited
ex 0701 10 00	Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled, of superior biological categories	Free	Unlimited
0701 90 100701 90 500701 90 90	Potatoes, fresh or chilled other than seed.	Free	20000		^note
0702 00 00	Tomatoes	Free	300		^note
0703 10 19	Onions fresh or chilled (excl sets)	Free	5000
ex 0703 20 00	Garlic, fresh or chilled in the period 1 January to 30 June	Free	Unlimited
ex 0704 10 00	Cauliflower and headed broccoli, fresh or chilled in the period 1 December to 30 April	Free	Unlimited
ex 0705 21 00	Witloof chicory, fresh or chilled in the period 1 January to 30 June	Free	Unlimited
0706 10 00	Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled	Free	1000
0706 90 10	Celeriac (rooted celery or German celery), fresh or chilled	Free	250
0707 00 05	Cucumbers, fresh or chilled	Free	200
0709 10	Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled	18,8	Unlimited
0709 90 39	Olives, for the production of oil
ex 0709 30 00	Aubergines, fresh or chilled in the period 1 January to 31 March	Free	Ulimited
0709 51 00	Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, fresh or chilled	Free	300
ex 0709 90 70	Courgettes, fresh or chilled in the period 1 January to 31 March	Free	Unlimited
0710 10 000710 21 000710 22 000710 29 000710 30 000710 80 510710 80 590710 80 700710 80 800710 80 950710 90 00	Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water) frozen	7	Unlimited
ex 0806 10 10	Fresh table grapes, from 1 January to 14 July (excl. emperor variety, from 1 to 31 January only)	Free	Unlimited
ex 0807 11 00	Fresh watermelons in the period 1 November to 30 June	Free	Unlimited
ex 0807 19 00	Fresh melons in the period 1 November to 30 June
0808 10 90	Fresh apples (excluding cider apples in bulk from 16 September to 15 December and the varieties Golden Delicious and Granny Smith)	Free	500
0809 10 00	Fresh apricots	Free	200
ex 0809 30 10	Fresh nectarines in the period 1 November to 31 May	Free	Unlimited
ex 0809 30 90	Fresh peaches in the period 1 November to 31 May
ex 0810 10 00	Fresh strawberries in the period from 1 September to 15 April	Free	Unlimited
ex 1001 10 00	Durum wheat, seed	Free	Unlimited
ex 1001	Wheat and meslin, except durum wheat seed	Free	125000		^note^note
1002 00 00	Rye	Free	30000		^note
1003 00	Barley	Free	57000		^note^note
1102 90 10	Barley flour
1103 19 30	Barley groats and meal
1103 20 20	Barley pellets
1004 00 00	Oats	Free	7000		^note
1102 90 30	Oats flour
1103 19 40	Groats and meal of oats
1103 20 30	Pellets of oats
1005 10	Maize seed	Free	3700		^note^note
1005 90 00	Maize, other than seed	Free	49000		^note^note
1006	Rice	Free	10000		^note
1102 30 00	Rice flour
1103 19 50	Rice groats and meal
1103 20 50	Rice pellets
1101 00	Wheat and meslin flour	Free	3000		^note^note
1103 11	Wheat groats and meal
1103 20 60	Wheat pellets
1101 00	Wheat and meslin flour	15	40000		^note^note
1103 11	Wheat groats and meal
1103 20 60	Wheat pellets
1105	Potato flour or meal	Free	100
1107	Malt	Free	31100		^note^note
1507 10 90	Crude soya bean oil	Free	2500
1507 90 90	Other
1517 10 90	Margarine containing =< 10 % milk fat (excl liquid)	Free	1000
1601 00 10	Liver sausages and similar products and food preparations based thereon	Free	1125		^note
1601 00 91	Uncooked sausages of meat, offal or blood (excl liver)
1601 00 99	Sausages and similar products of meat, offal or blood and food preparations based thereon (excl. liver sausages and uncooked sausages)
1602 10 00	Homogenised prepared meat, offal or blood put up for retail sale infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of = 250g.	15	1250
1602 20 90	Preparations of liver, other than goose or duck liver	18,8	Unlimited
1602 49 19	Meat preparations of domestic swine, other
1602 31 to 1602 39	Prepared or preserved meat of poultry	Free	1200		^note^note
1602 41 101602 42 101602 49 111602 49 131602 49 151602 49 301602 49 50	Hams and cuts thereof, of domestic swine	Free	2125		^note
1602 50	Meat preparations of bovine animals	Free	500		^note^note
1701 11	Raw cane sugar	Free	20000		^note
1701 12	Raw beet sugar
1701 91	Other sugar	18,8	15000
1701 99	White or other sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring
2001 10 002001 90 702001 90 932001 90 99	Cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid	Free	2000
2002	Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid	Free	2000
2005 20 202005 20 80	Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006	Free	250
2005 40 00	Peas, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006	Free	1200
2005 51 00	Beans shelled
2005 59 00	Other
2005 70	Olives, prepared or conserved	Free	5000		^note
2007 10 102007 10 992007 99 102007 99 202007 99 312007 99 332007 99 392007 99 552007 99 572007 99 912007 99 98	Jam, fruit jellies, marmalades	Free	500
2008 19 192008 19 952008 19 992008 20 112008 20 31	Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants	6	Unlimited
2008 40	Pears, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit.	6	Unlimited
2007 91	Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, puree and pastes of citrus fruits	18,8	Unlimited
2007 99 35	Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, puree and pastes of raspberries
2009 11	Frozen orange juice	18,8	Unlimited
2009 19	Other orange juice
2009 29 112009 29 91	Grapefruit juice
2009 31 112009 39 112009 39 31	Other citrus fruit juice
2009 39 51	Lemon juice
2009 41 102009 49 112009 49 302009 49 91	Pineapple juice
2008 50 11	Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit	6	Unlimited
2009 50 102009 50 90	Tomato juice	Free	100
2009 612009 69	Grape juice (including grape must) unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	Free	1000
2009 712009 79	Apple juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	12	Unlimited
2009 80 112009 80 192009 80 352009 80 382009 80 502009 80 612009 80 632009 80 692009 80 712009 80 792009 80 862009 80 892009 80 952009 80 962009 80 992009 90 112009 90 192009 90 212009 90 292009 90 312009 90 392009 90 512009 90 592009 90 942009 90 962009 90 98	Pear juice, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	Free	300
2209 00 11	Wine vinegar, in containers holding <= 2 litres	Free	1000	100
2209 0019	Wine vinegar, in containers holding > 2 litres
2209 00 91	Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid, in containers holding <= 2 litres (excl Wine vinegar)
2209 00 99	Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid, in containers holding > 2 litres (excl Wine vinegar)
2309 10	Dog or cat food	Free	11000
2401 excluding2401 30 00	Un-manufactured tobacco	Free	3200		^note
ex 2401 30 00	Tobacco strips	Free	500

Order numbers for EU tariff quotas for products originating in Romania(as referred to in Article 3)

Quota Order No	CN code	Description
09.4769	010290050102902101029029010290410102904901029051010290590102906101029071	Live bovine animals
09.4753	02010202	Meat of bovines, fresh, chilled or frozen
09.4756	ex0203021011021012021019	Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
09.4765	02061095	Fresh or chilled edible bovine thick and thin skirt
02062991	Frozen edible bovine thick and thin skirt
021020	Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
02109951	Thick and thin skirt of bovine animals
09.5855	0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105
09.4771	04021019040221110402211904022191	Milk and cream, in powder or other solid forms
09.4772	04031011 to 04031039	Yoghurt, not flavoured nor containing added fruits, nuts or cocoa
04039011 to 04039069	Other, not flavoured nor containing added fruits, nuts or cocoa
09.4758	0406	Cheese and curd
09.5835	040700110407001904070030	Birds eggs in shell
0408	Birds eggs not in shell
09.6101	07020000	Tomatoes
09.5837	07070005	Cucumbersfor processing
09.5839	07070005	Cucumbersother than for processing
09.4726	071151002003102020031030	Mushroom of the genus Agaricus
09.6119	080810200808105008081090	Apples, other than cider apples
09.4766	1001	Wheat and meslin
09.5841	100300	Barley
11029010	Barley flour
11031930	Barley groats and meal
11032020	Barley pellets
09.5843	10040000	Oats
11029030	Oats flour
11031940	Groats and meal of oats
11032030	Pellets of oats
09.5871	10051090	Maize seed, other than hybrid seed
09.4767	10059000	Maize, other than seed
09.5872	1101	Wheat and meslin flour
110311	Wheat groats and meal
11032060	Wheat pellets
09.5873	1107	Malt
09.6139	160231160232160239	Prepared or preserved meat of poultry
09.4752	1602411016024210160249111602491316024915160249191602493016024950	Preserved meat of domestic swine
09.4768	160250	Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals
09.5844	1701	Sugar
1702	Other sugars
09.5545	2003102020031030	Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus

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Annex A · Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Romania shall be subject to the concessions set out below(MFN = Most Favoured Nation duty)

Annex B · Imports into Romania of the following products originating in the Community shall be subject to the concessions set out below

Order numbers for EU tariff quotas for products originating in Romania(as referred to in Article 3)

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Annex A · Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Romania shall be subject to the concessions set out below(MFN = Most Favoured Nation duty)

Annex B · Imports into Romania of the following products originating in the Community shall be subject to the concessions set out below

Order numbers for EU tariff quotas for products originating in Romania(as referred to in Article 3)