Commission Regulation (EC) No 821/2008 of 18 August 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1362/2000 as regards the opening of a Community tariff quota for bananas originating in Mexico

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 821/2008
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1362/2000 is amended as follows:

1.

Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 5b. is replaced by the following:

‘5b.   The customs duty applicable to products of CN code 0803 00 19 within the tariff quota at order No 09.1834 in the Annex shall be EUR 70/tonne.’;

(b)

paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6.   With the exception of the tariff quotas at order No 09.1834, No 09.1854, No 09.1873 and No 09.1899, the tariff quotas mentioned in the Annex to this Regulation shall be opened each year for a 12-month period from 1 July to 30 June. These quotas shall be opened for the first time on 1 July 2000.

The tariff quota at order No 09.1834 shall be opened from 1 January to 31 December of each calendar year. For the year 2008, this quota shall apply from 29 July 2008.

The tariff quota at order No 09.1873 shall be opened from 1 May 2004 to 31 December 2004 and from 1 January to 31 December of each calendar year thereafter, for as long as the quota remains applicable.’

2.

The Annex is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 29 July 2008.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

The table in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1362/2000 is amended as follows:

1.

Between the row with order number 09.1845 and the row with order number 09.1847, the following row is inserted:

Order No

CN code

Description

Annual tariff quota volume

(net weight, unless otherwise specified)

Tariff quota duty

(% reduction)

‘09.1834

0803 00 19

Bananas, fresh (excluding plantains)

2 000 tonnes

Fixed duty to be applied’

2.

The row for the tariff quota with order number 09.1871 is deleted.