Council Regulation (EC) No 1361/2002 of 22 July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with LithuaniaOfficial Journal L 198 , 27/07/2002 P. 0001 - 0012

**Avis juridique important** _|_ # 32002R1361 **Council Regulation (EC) No 1361/2002 of 22 July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Lithuania** _ Official Journal L 198 , 27/07/2002 P. 0001 - 0012 _ Council Regulation (EC) No 1361/2002 of 22 July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Lithuania THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part(1), hereinafter referred to as the "Europe Agreement", provides for certain concessions for certain agricultural products originating in Lithuania. (2) The first improvements to the preferential arrangements of the Europe Agreement were provided for in the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing preferential agreements(2). (3) Improvements to the preferential arrangements of the Europe Agreement were also provided for, in the form of an autonomous and transitional measure pending a second adjustment of the relevant provisions of the Europe Agreement, as a result of a first round of negotiations to liberalise the agricultural trade. The improvements entered into force as from 1 January 2001 in the form of Council Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 of 14 December 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Lithuania(3). The second adjustment of the relevant provisions in the Europe Agreement, which will take the form of another Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement, has not yet entered into force. (4) A new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on trade liberalisation for agricultural products has been negotiated. (5) A swift implementation of the adjustments forms an essential part of the results of the negotiations for the conclusion of a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of the agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement. (6) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation 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(4). (7) Commission Regulation (EC) 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(5) codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations. Tariff quotas under this Regulation should therefore be administered in accordance with those rules. (8) As a result of the aforementioned negotiations, Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 has effectively lost its substance and should therefore be repealed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1\. The conditions for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Lithuania as set out in Annex C(a) and Annex C(b) to this Regulation shall replace those set out in Annex Va to the Europe Agreement. 2\. On the entry into force of the additional protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement to take into account the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions, the concessions provided for in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annex C(a) and Annex C(b) to this Regulation. 3\. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3(2). Article 2 1\. Tariff quotas with an order number above 09.5100 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. 2\. Quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas and released for free circulation as from 1 July 2002 under the concessions provided for in Annex A(b) to Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 shall be fully counted against the quantities provided for in Annex C(b) to this Regulation, except for quantities for which import licences have been issued before 1 July 2002. Article 3 1\. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(6) 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 Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month. 3\. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. Article 4 Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 is hereby repealed. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 July 2002. For the Council The President P. S. Møller (1) OJ L 51, 20.2.1998, p. 3. (2) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 1. (3) OJ L 321, 19.12.2000, p. 8. (4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 (OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11). (6) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1). ANNEX C(a) The following products originating in Lithaunia shall benefit from a prefential zero-duty within unlimited quantities (applicable duty 0 % of MFN) when imported into the Community CN code(1) 0101 10 90 0101 90 19 0101 90 30 0101 90 90 0104 20 10 0106 19 10 0106 39 10 0205 0206 80 91 0206 90 91 0207 13 91 0207 14 91 0207 26 91 0207 27 91 0207 35 91 0207 36 89 0208 0210 91 00 0210 92 00 0210 93 00 0210 99 10 0210 99 31 0210 99 39 0210 99 59 0210 99 79 0210 99 80 0407 00 90 0409 00 00 0410 00 00 0601 0602 0603 0604 0701 10 00 0701 90 10 0703 10 0703 90 00 0704 20 00 0704 90 90 0705 19 00 0705 21 00 0705 29 00 0706 0707 00 90 0708 10 00 0708 90 00 0709 20 00 0709 30 00 0709 40 00 0709 51 00 0709 52 00 0709 59 00 0709 60 10 0709 60 99 0709 70 00 0709 90 10 0709 90 20 0709 90 50 0709 90 90 0710 10 00 0710 21 00 0710 22 00 0710 29 00 0710 30 00 0710 80 51 0710 80 59 0710 80 61 0710 80 69 0710 80 70 0710 80 80 0710 80 85 0710 80 95 0710 90 00 0711 40 00 0711 59 00 0711 90 10 0711 90 50 0711 90 80 0711 90 90 0712 20 00 0712 31 00 0712 32 00 0712 33 00 0712 39 00 0712 90 05 0712 90 30 0712 90 50 0712 90 90 0713 50 00 0713 90 10 0713 90 90 0802 11 90 0802 12 90 0802 21 00 0802 22 00 0802 31 00 0802 32 00 0802 40 00 0802 90 50 0802 90 85 0806 20 11 0806 20 12 0806 20 91 0806 20 92 0806 20 98 0808 20 90 0809 40 90 0810 40 30 0810 40 50 0810 40 90 0811 90 39 0811 90 50 0811 90 75 0811 90 80 0811 90 85 0811 90 95 0812 10 00 0812 90 40 0812 90 50 0812 90 60 0812 90 99 0813 10 00 0813 20 00 0813 30 00 0813 40 10 0813 40 30 0813 40 95 0813 50 15 0813 50 19 0813 50 91 0813 50 99 0901 12 00 0901 21 00 0901 22 00 0901 90 90 0902 10 00 0904 12 00 0904 20 10 0904 20 90 0907 00 00 0910 40 13 0910 40 19 0910 40 90 0910 91 90 0910 99 99 1001 90 10 1105 1106 10 00 1106 30 1108 20 00 1208 10 00 1209 1210 1211 90 30 1212 10 10 1212 10 99 1214 90 10 1501 00 90 1502 00 90 1503 00 19 1503 00 90 1504 10 10 1504 10 99 1504 20 10 1504 30 10 1507 1508 10 90 1508 90 10 1508 90 90 1511 10 90 1511 90 11 1511 90 19 1511 90 91 1511 90 99 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 10 10 1516 10 90 1516 20 91 1516 20 95 1516 20 96 1516 20 98 1517 10 90 1517 90 99 1518 00 31 1518 00 39 1522 00 91 1602 10 00 1602 20 11 1602 20 19 1602 20 90 1602 31 1602 41 90 1602 42 90 1602 49 90 1602 90 10 1602 90 31 1602 90 41 1602 90 72 1602 90 74 1602 90 76 1602 90 78 1602 90 98 1603 00 10 1704 90 10 2001 10 00 2001 90 20 2001 90 50 2001 90 70 2001 90 75 2001 90 85 2003 20 00 2003 90 00 2004 10 10 2004 10 99 2004 90 30 2004 90 50 2004 90 91 2004 90 98 2005 10 00 2005 20 20 2005 20 80 2005 40 00 2005 51 00 2005 59 00 2005 60 00 2005 90 10 2005 90 50 2005 90 60 2005 90 70 2005 90 75 2005 90 80 2006 00 99 2007 10 91 2007 10 99 2007 99 10 2007 99 91 2007 99 98 2008 11 92 2008 11 94 2008 11 96 2008 11 98 2008 19 19 2008 19 93 2008 19 95 2008 19 99 2008 40 11 2008 40 21 2008 40 29 2008 40 39 2008 40 51 2008 40 59 2008 40 71 2008 40 79 2008 40 91 2008 40 99 2008 50 11 2008 60 11 2008 60 31 2008 60 39 2008 60 51 2008 60 59 2008 60 61 2008 60 69 2008 60 71 2008 60 79 2008 60 91 2008 60 99 2008 80 11 2008 80 31 2008 80 39 2008 80 50 2008 80 70 2008 80 91 2008 80 99 2008 92 14 2008 92 34 2008 92 38 2008 92 59 2008 92 74 2008 92 78 2008 92 93 2008 92 96 2008 92 98 2008 99 28 2008 99 37 2008 99 40 2008 99 45 2009 80 19 2009 80 38 2009 80 50 2009 80 63 2009 80 69 2009 80 71 2009 80 79 2009 80 89 2009 80 95 2009 80 96 2009 80 99 2009 90 19 2009 90 29 2009 90 39 2009 90 51 2309 90 91 (1) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001, amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 279, 23.10.2001, p. 1). ANNEX C(b) Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Lithuania shall be subject to the concessions set out below (MFN = most favoured nation duty) >TABLE> APPENDIX to Annex C(b) Minimum import price arrangement for certain soft fruit for processing 1\. Minimum import prices are fixed as follows for the following products for processing originating in Lithuania: >TABLE> 2\. The minimum import prices, as set out in point 1, will be respected on a consignment-by-consignment basis. In the case of a customs declaration value being lower than the minimum import price, a countervailing duty will be charged equal to the difference between the minimum import price and the customs declaration value. 3\. If the import prices of a given product covered by this Appendix show a trend suggesting that the prices could go below the level of the minimum import prices in the immediate future, the European Commission will inform the Lithuanian authorities in order to enable them to correct the situation. 4\. At the request of either the Community or Lithuania, the Association Council shall examine the functioning of the system or the revision of the level of the minimum import prices. If appropriate, the Association Council shall take the necessary decisions. 5\. To encourage and promote the development of trade and for the mutual benefit of all parties concerned, a consultation meeting may be organised three months before the beginning of each marketing year in the European Community. This consultation meeting will take place between the European Commission and the interested European producers' organisations for the products concerned, on the one part and the authorities', producers' and exporters' organisations of all the associated exporting countries, on the other part. During this consultation meeting, the market situation for soft fruit including, in particular, forecasts for production, stock situation, price evolution and possible market development, as well as possibilities to adapt supply to demand, will be discussed.