Commission Regulation (EC) No 2597/2001 of 28 December 2001 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain wines originating in the Republic of Croatia, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in the Republic of Slovenia
1. When wines, listed in the Annex, originating in the Republic of Croatia, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or in the Republic of Slovenia are put into free circulation in the Community, they shall benefit from an exemption of customs duty, within the limits of the annual Community tariff quotas specified in this Annex and in accordance with the provisions set out in this Regulation.
2. If any of the countries concerned pay export subsidies in respect of the relevant products, exemption from customs duty within the tariff quotas provided for in the Additional Protocols concluded by Decisions 2001/919/EC, 2001/918/EC, 2001/917/EC, 2001/916/EC and 2001/920/EC (hereinafter additional protocols on wine) shall be suspended in the case of that country.
Entitlement to benefit from the Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of a V I 1 document or a V I 2 extract in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 883/2001.
Notwithstanding the conditions laid down in point 5(a) of Annex I to each of the Additional Protocols on wine, imports of wine within the Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the provisions laid down in the applicable Protocols with respect to the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, to the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia and to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, as well as to the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, acting within the framework of the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part.
1. The tariff quotas referred to in this Regulation shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and uninterrupted access to the tariff quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.
3. Communications concerning the management of tariff quotas between the Member States and the Commission shall be effected, as far as possible, by telematic link.
1. The individual tariff quotas for the wines originating in Croatia and Slovenia referred to in Parts I and III of the Annex under order Nos 09.1588 and 09.1548 shall be increased every year.
2. The annual increase referred to in paragraph 1 may be applied only if at least 80 % of the respective volume opened within the previous year has been used.
The Commission shall review the volumes used each year and shall adopt provisions to implement any necessary adjustment of those volumes for Croatia or Slovenia.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 December 2001.
For the Commission
Frederik Bolkestein
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 60.
(2) OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 79.
(6) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 295, 23.11.2000, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 141, 28.5.2001, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
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 preferential scheme being determined, within the context of these Annexes, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
PART I: CROATIA
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PART II: FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
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PART III: SLOVENIA
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