title: Proposal for a Council Regulation 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 Estonia

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text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 21. 03. 2000 COM(2000) 164 final 2000/0064 (ACC) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION 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 Estonia (presented by the Commission) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM On 30 March 1999, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for additional mutual agricultural concessions in the framework of the Europe Agreements between the European Community and the associated Central and Eastern European Countries. The negotiations, which have been undertaken in the overall context of the accession process, have been based on Article 19(4) of the Europe Agreement with Estonia. Article 19(4) provides that the Community and Estonia shall examine in the Association Council, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis, the possibility of granting each other further concessions taking account of the volume of trade in agricultural products between them, of their particular sensitivity, of the rules of common agricultural policy of the Community and of the rules of the agricultural policy of the associated country. According to the Council decision, the negotiations should lead to a fair equilibrium, both in terms of exports and imports, between the interests of the European Community and its Member States and those of the associated countries. Estonia has, as stipulated in Article 24(3) of the Europe Agreement, renounced all tariffs on agricultural imports from the Community. On 1 January 2000 Estonia introduced import tariffs on a wide range of agricultural products originating in those countries with which Estonia has not concluded free trade agreements. Consequently, additional preferences were de jure and de facto established for the agricultural imports originating in the Community. The result of the negotiations between the Commission and the Republic of Estonia on additional agricultural concessions provides for an immediate and full liberalisation of the imports into the Community of agricultural products for which the Community tariffs are below 10%. The scope for concessions within tariff quotas has also been enlarged compared to the currently granted concession. As a consequence of the new agreement approximately 50% of the traditional EU agricultural imports from Estonia will be liberalised, while the total of the EU agricultural exports of agricultural products to Estonia will continue to be fully liberalised. As a result of the adjustments agreed with Estonia, a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement with Estonia has to be established. 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 with Estonia. Because of the duration of the procedure for the adoption of such a new protocol, a new Additional Protocol cannot enter into force on 1 July 2000. A Council Regulation, made on an autonomous and transitional basis, would enable such a swift implementation of the results of the negotiations. This present Council Regulation would be replaced by the new additional protocol on the entry into force of the latter. The same model was used in 1996, to take into account the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. 2 8. The purpose of this proposal is to permit the early implementation, from 1 July 2000, of the results of the agricultural negotiations for the conclusion of new Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreement with Estonia. It provides for the amendments of the Annexes of the Europe Agreement with Estonia, which set out the concessions granted by the Community on imports originating in Estonia. 9. The Council is requested to adopt the proposed Regulation. 3 2000/0064 (ACC) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION 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 Estonia 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 Commission1, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) The Europe Agreement concluded between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part2, provide for further concessions for certain agricultural products originating in Estonia. Improvements to the preferential agreements of the Europe Agreement with Estonia were provided for in the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part, to take into account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture3. The Council approved the above-mentioned Protocol on behalf of the Community by Council Decision of 18 May 19984. In accordance with the directives adopted by the Council on 30 March 1999, the Commission and the Republic of Estonia concluded on 22 November 1999 negotiations on a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement. The new Additional Protocol, which provide for additional agricultural concessions, the will be based on Article 19(4) of the Europe Agreement, establishing that Community and Estonia shall examine in the Association Council, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis, the possibility of granting each other further concessions. 1 2 3 4 OJ C … OJ L 68, 9. 3. 1998, p. 1 OJ L 29, 3. 2. 1999, p. 11 OJ L 29, 3. 2. 1999, p. 9 4 (5) (6) (7) (8) The Republic of Estonia already applies zero-duties for imports of agricultural products originating in the Community. When Estonia on 1 January 2000 introduced tariffs on imports of agricultural products from other third countries, additional preferences were created for Community exports of agricultural products. 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 with Estonia. 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 with Estonia. Since the measures necessary for this Regulation are management measures within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission5, they should be adopted by use of the management procedure provided for in Article 4 of that Decision. the implementation of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 5 6 Article 1 The arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Estonia as set out in Annex A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation shall replace those set out in Annex Va to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part. On the entry into force of the new additional protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement referred to in paragraph 1, the concessions provided for in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annex A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2(2). Article 2 The Commission shall be assisted by the committee instituted by Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) N° 1766/92 on the common organisation of the market of cereals6 or, where appropriate, the committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3) thereof. OJ L 184, 17. 7. 1999, p. 23. OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. 5 3. The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be one month. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President 6 ANNEX A(a) The following products originating in Estonia shall benefit from a preferential zero-duty within unlimited quantities (applicable duty 0% of MFN) when imported into the Community CN code (1) CN code (1) CN code (1) CN code (1) CN code (1) 1515 29 90 1515 30 90 1515 50 11 1515 50 19 1515 50 91 1515 50 99 1515 90 29 1515 90 39 1515 90 40 1515 90 51 1515 90 59 1515 90 60 1515 90 91 1515 90 99 1516 20 95 1516 20 96 1516 20 98 1518 00 31 1518 00 39 1522 00 91 1602 31 11 1602 31 19 1602 31 30 1602 31 90 2001 90 20 2005 90 10 2302 50 00 2306 90 19 2308 90 90 2309 10 51 2309 10 90 2309 90 10 2309 90 31 2309 90 41 2309 90 51 2905 45 00 0101 20 10 0104 20 10 0106 00 10 0106 00 20 0205 00 11 0205 00 19 0205 00 90 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 10 11 0208 10 19 0208 20 00 0208 90 10 0208 90 50 0208 90 60 0208 90 80 0210 90 10 0210 90 79 0407 00 90 0410 00 00 0601 10 10 0601 10 20 0601 10 30 0601 10 40 0601 10 90 0601 20 30 0601 20 90 0602 10 90 0602 20 90 0602 30 00 0602 40 10 0602 40 90 0602 90 10 0602 90 30 0602 90 41 0602 90 45 0602 90 49 0602 90 51 0602 90 59 0602 90 70 0602 90 91 0602 90 99 0603 10 10 0603 10 20 0603 10 30 0603 10 40 0603 10 50 0603 10 80 0603 90 00 0604 10 90 0604 91 21 0604 91 29 0604 91 41 0604 91 49 0604 91 90 0604 99 90 0701 10 00 0701 90 10 0703 10 11 0703 10 19 0703 10 90 0703 20 00 0703 90 00 0708 10 00 0709 51 30 0709 51 50 0709 51 90 0709 52 00 0709 60 10 0709 60 99 0709 90 50 0710 80 59 0711 10 00 0711 90 10 0711 90 70 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 0810 90 85 0811 90 70 0812 10 00 0812 90 40 0812 90 50 0812 90 60 0812 90 95 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 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 1106 10 00 1106 30 90 1208 10 00 1209 11 00 1209 19 00 1209 21 00 1209 23 80 1209 29 50 1209 29 80 1209 30 00 1209 91 10 1209 91 90 1209 99 91 1209 99 99 1210 10 00 1210 20 10 1210 20 90 1211 90 30 1212 10 10 1212 10 99 1214 90 10 1302 19 05 1502 00 90 1503 00 19 1503 00 90 1504 10 10 1504 10 99 1504 20 10 1504 30 10 1507 10 10 1507 10 90 1507 90 10 1507 90 90 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 11 10 1512 11 91 1512 11 99 1512 19 10 1512 19 91 1512 19 99 1512 21 10 1512 21 90 1512 29 10 1512 29 90 1513 11 10 1513 11 91 1513 11 99 1513 19 11 1513 19 19 1513 19 30 1513 19 91 1513 19 99 1513 21 11 1513 21 19 1513 21 30 1513 21 90 1513 29 11 1513 29 19 1513 29 30 1513 29 50 1513 29 91 1513 29 99 1514 10 10 1514 10 90 1514 90 10 1514 90 90 1515 11 00 1515 19 10 1515 19 90 1515 21 10 1515 21 90 1515 29 10 (1) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/1999 of 12 October 1999, amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, OJ L278, 28 October 1999. 7 ANNEX A(b) Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Estonia shall be subject to the concessions set out below (MFN = Most Favoured Nation duty) Order No. CN code 0102 90 05 0102 90 21 Description (1) Live bovine animals of a live weight not exceeding 80 kg Live bovine animals of a live weight exceeding 80 kg but not exceeding 300 kg 0102 90 29 0102 90 41 0102 90 49 ex 0102 90 Heifers and cows, not for slaughter, of the following mountain breeds: Grey, brown, yellow, spotted Simmental and Pinzgau Meat of bovines, fresh, chilled or frozen 0201 0202 0203 (6) 0204 0207 (8) Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen Meat of sheep or goats Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen Cream, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6% Skimmed milk powder 0401 30 0402 10 19 0402 21 19 Whole milk powder Applicable duty (% of MFN) (2) 20 ANNUAL QUANTITY from 1. 7. 2000 to 30. 6 2001 (tonnes) 178 000 heads YEARLY INCREASE as from 1. 7. 2001 (tonnes) 0 153 000 heads 7 000 heads 1 875 1 250 125 625 500 10 000 6% ad valorem free free free free free free 0 0 75 375 5 190 150 3 000 Specific provisions (3) (3) (4) (7) (5) Yoghurt, not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, free 300 90 with a fat content, by weight: Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6% Exceeding 6% Sour cream, of a fat content, by weight exceeding 6% Sour cream, of a fat content, by weight not exceeding 3% Sour cream, of a fat content, by weight exceeding 3% but not 6% Sour cream, of a fat content, by weight exceeding 6% 0403 10 11 Not exceeding 3% 0403 10 13 0403 10 19 0403 90 59 0403 90 61 0403 90 63 0403 90 69 0405 10 11 Butter 0405 10 19 0406 Cheese, except: 8 free 700 210 free free 3 000 2 000 900 600 ex 0406 10 Curd 0408 (9) Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0409 00 00 Natural honey 0701 (10) 0704 Potatoes, fresh or chilled Cabbages, etc. ; fresh or chilled 0811 90 50 1004 00 1601 00 1602 32 0808 10 0810 10 00 0810 30 0811 10 0811 20 0707 00 05 Cucumbers, fresh or chilled 0707 00 90 0711 40 00 Cucumbers and gherkins, provisionally preserved 0712 90 05 Dried potatoes Apples, fresh Strawberries, fresh Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries Strawberries, frozen Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, frozen Vaccinium myrtilus, frozen Oats Sausages and similar products, of meat offal or blood Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of poultry of heading No 0105: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of poultry of heading No 0105: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of swine: Hams and cuts thereof Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of swine: Shoulders and cuts thereof Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of swine: Other, including mixtures Preparations of vegetables: Sauerkraut Apple juice and pear juice of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20°C: Of a value exceeding EUR 18 per 100 kg net weight, containing added Sugar 2005 90 75 1602 42 1602 39 1602 41 1602 49 2009 70 30 Apple juice 2009 80 50 Pear juice Of a value exceeding EUR 18 per 100 kg net weight, with an added sugar content not exceeding 30% by weight: 2009 70 93 Apple juice 2009 70 99 Apple juice, not containing added sugar 2009 80 69 2207 10 00 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume Pear juice, not containing added sugar of 80% vol. or higher 9 free free free free free free free free free free free free free free free free 700 125 30 2 300 250 190 65 75 250 150 100 150 400 4 000 3 000 700 210 40 0 100 10 8 3 3 75 45 30 45 120 1 200 900 210 (11) (11) (11) (11) free free 100 65 30 3 free 65 3 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) 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 indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application to the CN code and corresponding description taken together. In cases where an MFN minimum duty exists, the applicable minimum duty is equal to the MFN minimum duty multiplied by the percentage indicated in this column. The quota for this product is opened for the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In case imports into the Community of live bovine domestic animals may exceed 500 000 heads for any given year, the Community may take the management measures needed to protect its market, notwithstanding any other rights given under the Agreement. The quota for this product is opened for the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The applied duty is 6%. The Community may take into account, in the framework of its legislation and when appropriate, the supply needs of its market and the need to maintain its market balance. Except CN codes 0203 11 90, 0203 12 90, 0203 19 90, 0203 21 90, 0203 22 90, 0203 29 90. Excluding tenderloin presented alone. Except CN codes 0207 13 91, 0207 14 91, 0207 26 91, 0207 27 91, 0207 34 10, 0207 34 90, 0207 35 91, 0207 36 81, 0207 36 85, 0207 36 89. Except CN codes 0408 11 20, 0408 19 20, 0408 91 20, 0408 99 20. Except CN codes 0701 10 00, 0701 90 10. Subject to minimum import price arrangements contained in the Annex to this Annex. 10 ANNEX to Annex A(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 Estonia: CN Code Description ex 0810 10 Strawberries, fresh, intended for processing ex 0810 30 10 Blackcurrants, fresh, intended for processing ex 0810 30 30 Redcurrants, fresh, intended for processing ex 0811 10 11 ex 0811 10 11 ex 0811 10 19 ex 0811 10 19 ex 0811 10 90 ex 0811 10 90 ex 0811 20 19 ex 0811 20 19 ex 0811 20 31 ex 0811 20 31 ex 0811 20 39 ex 0811 20 39 ex 0811 20 51 ex 0811 20 51 Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight: whole fruit Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight: other Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content not exceeding 13% by weight: whole fruit Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a sugar content not exceeding 13% by weight: other Frozen strawberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter : whole fruit Frozen strawberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter : other Frozen raspberries, containing additional sugar or other sweetening matter not exceeding 13% by weight: whole fruit Frozen raspberries, containing additional sugar or other sweetening matter not exceeding 13% by weight: other Frozen raspberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: whole fruit Frozen raspberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other Frozen blackcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: without stalk Frozen blackcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other Frozen redcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: without stalk Frozen redcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other 11 Minimum import price (EUR/ 100 kg net) 51,4 38,5 23,3 75,0 57,6 75,0 57,6 75,0 57,6 99,5 79,6 99,5 79,6 62,8 44,8 39,0 29,5 2. 3. 4. 5. 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. If the import prices of a given product covered by this Annex 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 Estonian authorities in order to enable them to correct the situation. At the request of either the Community or Estonia, 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. To encourage and promote the development of trade and for the mutual benefit of all parties concerned, a consultation meeting will 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. 12 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1. BUDGET HEADING: APPROPRIATIONS: (EUR million) 293–214–907–268–15–12 1 102,2 2. 3. 4. B1-2001-2002-2003-2300-2310-1510 : Chapter 10 TITLE: Council Regulation 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 Estonia. LEGAL BASIS: Article 133 of the Treaty AIMS: Liberalisation of the imports into the Community of some agricultural products from Estonia from the 1 July 2000. 5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 5. 0 5. 1 CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET NATIONAL AUTHORITIES OTHER EXPENDITURE - (REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS) - - REVENUE - (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) NATIONAL - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC 5. 0. 1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 5. 1. 1 ESTIMATED REVENUE 5. 2 METHOD OF CALCULATION: See annexes. 12 MONTH PERIOD (EUR million) 3. 2 CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR [2000] (EUR million) 0 FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR [2001] (EUR million) 3. 2 - 12. 5 -4. 2 - 18. 4 2002 7. 1 - 24. 3 2003 11. 0 -30. 2 2004 14. 9 -36. 1 2005 18. 8 - 42 6. 0 6. 1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 6. 2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY? 6. 3 WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS? YES YES NO YES OBSERVATIONS: Revenue: The calculation made takes into account the differences between the old concessions and the new ones granted by the Regulation. For some products where imports are very low, the actual average flow was taken into account and not the concession granted, as it is unlikely that these increased tonnages will be fulfilled. Expenditures: The hypothesis is that an equivalent quantity to the increase in import will have to be exported and thus, lead to additional costs in export refunds. Also, the "double-zero-approach" represents a direct saving in export refunds for exports from EU to Estonia of EUR million 1 296. The calculations are detailed in the annexes. 13 EU'S OFFER TO ESTONIA EU imports from Estonia ANNEX A1. Improvement of existing concessions - 'Double-zero-option'*** * Starting point: Best performance of the last three years. If best performance is lower than existing TQ, the latter has been used. ** Increase by one third of the TQ 1. 7. 2000 *** Condition for both sides vis-à-vis each other: No customs tariffs, no export refunds CN Code Description EU CCT 1. 1. 2000 EU imports from Estonia Existing concessions (average 1996 to 1998) Europe Agreement EUR tonnes Unit value (EUR/t) Tariff % MFN TQ Reques- ted by Estonia Proposed concessions Evaluation of the improvement of the concession Annual increase Tariff % TQ 1. 7. 2000* Annual increase ** in terms of trade value EUR in terms of duty losses EUR in terms of duty losses EUR 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen; edible offal of 0203 11 10 swine, fresh, chilled or 0203 12 11 frozen; meat and 0203 12 19 edible meat offal of swine, 0203 19 11 salted, in brine, dried or 0203 19 13 smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal 0203 19 15 0203 19 55 0203 19 59 0203 21 10 0203 22 11 0203 22 19 0203 29 11 0203 29 13 0203 29 15 EUR/100 kg net 13 000 14 929 20 1 250 no free 1 250 375 0 174 688 262 031 53,6 77,8 60,1 60,1 86,9 46,7 86,9 86,9 53,6 77,8 60,1 60,1 86,9 46,7 14 0203 29 55 0203 29 59 0207 Chicken carcases, breast of 0207 11 30 chicken, legs of chicken 0207 11 90 0207 12 10 0207 12 90 0207 13 50 0207 13 60 0207 14 50 0207 14 60 1601 00 1602 31- 1602 49 0406 Sausages and similar products of meat, meat 109,9 to 171,5 offal or blood, of poultry EUR/100 kg Heading 0105 or of swine Cheese ex 0406 10 Curd 0408 Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved 86,9 86,9 EUR/100 kg net 0 0 0 20 625 no free 625 190 0 53 188 80 845 29,9 32,5 32,5 32,5 60,2 46,3 60,2 46,3 0 17 653 0 3 000 0 6 0 4 7,2 to -241,9 EUR/100 kg 185 to -221 EUR/100 kg 38,6 to 155 EUR/100 kg 0 2 942 0 20 20 690 no 1 000 3 000 free free 2 000 free 750 20 125 no free 700 2 000 700 125 210 600 210 40 0 196 980 295 470 5 001 683 400 000 600 000 280 000 420 000 24 200 38 720 8 625 2 588 0 0 0808 10 Apples, fresh 6,9 % * 2 000 4 500 20 250 no free 250 75 TOTAL 35 653 5 001 683 1 137 680 1 699 654 * If the entry price is respected. 15 A2. Improvement of existing concessions - Concessions requested by Estonia * Starting point: Estonia’s request limited to best performance of the last three years. If best performance is lower than existing TQ, the latter has been used. ** Increase by one third of the TQ 1. 7. 2000. *** If minimum import price is respected. CN Code Description EU TDC 1. 1. 2000 EU imports from Estonia Existing concessions (average 1996 to 1998) Europe Agreement Reques- ted by Estonia Proposed concessions Evaluation of the improvement of the concession Annual increase EUR tonnes Unit value (EUR/t) Tariff % MFN TQ tonnes Tariff % TQ 1. 7. 2000* Annual increase ** in terms of trade value EUR in terms of duty losses EUR in terms of duty losses EUR 0401 30 Cream, fat content > 6% 61,9 to 200,9 EUR/100 kg 0 0 no no 500 free 500 150 0 0 0 0402 10 19 Skimmed Milk Powder 1 238 EUR/t 12 283 000 8 943 1 373 20% 3 750 12 000 no no 1 000 free free 10 000 3 000 8 584 228 8 666 000 3 714 000 300 90 0 0 0 0403 10 11 Natural yoghurt < 3% 0403 10 13 Natural yoghurt 3-6% 0403 1019 Natural yoghurt > 6% 0403 90 59 Sour cream > 6% 0403 90 61 Sour cream < 3% 0403 90 63 Sour cream 3-6% 0403 90 69 Sour cream > 6% 0405 10 11 Butter 0405 10 19 0406 0406 90 Cheese Curd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22,4 EUR/ 100 kg 26,7 EUR/ 100 kg 64,8 EUR/ 100 kg 64,8 EUR/ 100 kg 0,19 EUR/kg + 23,1 EUR/ 100 kg 0,22 EUR/kg +23,1 EUR/ 100 kg 0,59 EUR/kg + 23,1 EUR/ 100 kg 2 074 EUR/t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 074 EUR/t 2 635 527 1 324 1 991 See above 1 000 free 700 210 0 280 000 84 000 1 875 7 000 free 3 000 900 2 239 402 3 111 000 1 866 600 20% 20% 3 000 2 000 16 0810 10 0811 10 0811 20 0409 00 00 Natural honey 18,9% 3 423 Strawberries, fresh *** 11,7 to 13,3% 41 430 Strawberries, frozen *** 21,7% 34 417 Berries, frozen, except: ex 0811 20 19 Frozen raspberries < 13% *** 21,7% ex 0811 20 31 Frozen raspberries no sugar *** 15,0% 8 407 ex 0811 20 39 Frozen blackcurrants *** ex 0811 20 51 Frozen redcurrants *** 0811 90 50 0810 30 Vaccinium myrtillus frozen 0810 30 10 Blackcurrants, fresh *** 0810 30 30 Redcurrants, fresh *** 15,0% 12,5% 12,5% 9,2% 9,2% than black and 10,0% 0810 30 90 Other redcurr. 1004 00 Oats 2005 90 75 Sauerkraut 973 EUR/t 16,7% 0 43 0 0 603 7 760 14 223 2 983 3 29 36 0 0 7 1 1 141 64% unlimited unlimited 1 429 25% unlimited unlimited 956 20% 66% 33% 625 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited free free free free 30 150 150 400 0 45 45 120 34 230 214 293 143 404 334 922 414 1 295 1 494 8 868 0 - - - 1 201 33% unlimited 603 708 33% 33% unlimited unlimited 173 440 245 3 846 207 3 045 1 263 47% unlimited unlimited free 4 000 1 200 5 052 489 376 750 189 468 12 27 3 0 27 647 527 994 0 2 unlimited free 100 30 72 259 954 41% 41% 42% unlimited unlimited unlimited no no 5,000t 50% unlimited unlimited free free 3 000 100 900 30 1 200 159 0 4 - - - TOTAL 19 051 463 16 676 587 12 446 778 5 854 068 17 Products which (1) are already fully liberalised (free, unlimited) within the framework of the EU-Estonia Europe Agreemnt or (2) for which the EU TDC 1. 1. 2000 is 0 or (3) where there has been no trade in 1996-1998 are not included in this list B. Non-sensitive products (full liberalisation) CN Code Description EU bound rate EU imports from Estonia (average 1996 to 1998) Existing concessions Europe Agreement 1. 7. 2000 Requested by Estonia Proposed concessions Evaluation of the improvement of the concession EUR tonnes Unit value (EUR/t) Tariff % MFN TQ Tariff % TQ 1. 7. 2000* Annual increase** in terms of trade value (EUR) in terms of duty losses (EUR) 0205 00 11 Meat of horses, fresh or 5,1 20 617 chilled 0208 90 80 Fresh, chilled or frozen meat 9 580 and edible offal N,E,S 5,1 490 6,4 833 0601 10 90 Dormant bulbs, tubers, tuber- ous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes (excl. those used for human consumption, hyacinth, narcissi, tulip, gladioli and chicory plants and roots) 0601 20 90 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower (excl. those used for human consumption, orchids, hyacinths, narcissi, tulips and chicory plants and roots) 6 0 0 1 3 380 8 700 2 940 64% unlimited 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited 1 389 0 unlimited 0602 20 90 Trees, shrubs and bushes, 8,3 25 990 10 2 616 64% unlimited grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts (excl. vine slips) 0602 40 10 Roses, grafted or not 0602 90 30 Vegetable and strawberry plants 0602 90 41 Live forest trees 8,3 8,3 8,3 47 43 763 2 360 0 9 2 1 400 50% unlimited 5 050 64% unlimited 1 362 50% unlimited 0 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 18 1 051 52 16 53 1 381 2 2 325 98 0602 90 45 Outdoor rooted cuttings and young plants of trees, shrubs and bushes (excl. fruit, nut and forest trees) 6,5 23 770 14 1 748 50% unlimited 0602 90 49 Outdoor trees, shrubs and 8,3 3 433 bushes, incl. their roots (excl. cuttings, slips and young plants, and fruit, nut and forest trees) 0602 90 51 Perennial outdoor plants 0602 90 59 Live perennial outdoor plants incl. their roots N,E,S 0602 90 70 Indoor rooted cuttings and young plants (excl. cacti) 0602 90 91 Indoor flowering plants with buds or flowers (excl. cacti) 0602 90 99 Live indoor plants and cacti (excl. rooted cuttings, young plants and flowering plants with buds or flowers) 2 2 1 451 50% unlimited 2 717 50% unlimited 5 977 8,3 8,3 362 430 213 1 700 50% unlimited 6,5 30 327 11 2 861 50% unlimited 6,5 154 523 103 1 499 92% unlimited 6,5 17 953 0603 10 11 Fresh cut roses and buds from 1 June to 31 October, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes 12 503 0603 10 25 Fresh cut chrysanthemums 12 117 and buds from 1 June to 31 October, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes 0603 10 29 Fresh cut flowers and buds, 12 303 from 1 June to 31 October, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes (excl. roses, carnations, orchids, gladioli and chrysanthemums) 0603 10 69 Fresh cut flowers and buds 8,5 2 590 from 1 November to 31 May, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes 6 0 0 0 0 2 959 50% unlimited 3 775 1 750 9 100 8 633 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 0 unlimited 773 142 248 15 041 986 9 240 583 60 14 36 220 (excl. roses, carnations, orchids, gladioli and chrysanthemums) 0603 90 00 Dried, dyed, bleached, 10 33 080 impregnated or otherwise prepared cut flowers and buds, for bouquets or for ornamental purposes 0604 10 90 Mosses and lichens, for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared (excl. reindeer moss) 5 3 377 0604 91 21 Nordmann's firs [Abies 2,5 0 nordmanniana [Stev. ] Spach] and noble firs [Abies procera Rehd. ]), for ornamental purposes 0604 91 29 Fresh Christmas trees, for 2,5 1 917 ornamental purposes (excl. fir trees [Abies nordmanniana [Stev. ] Spach] and noble firs [Abies procera Rehd. ]) 0604 91 49 Fresh branches of conifers, for 2,5 27 bouquets or ornamental purposes (excl. fir trees [Abies nordmanniana [Stev. ] Spach] and noble firs [Abies procera Rehd. ]) 0604 91 90 Foliage, branches and other 2 2 670 parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, grasses, fresh, for bouquets or ornamental purposes (excl. Christmas trees and conifer branches) 0703 10 11 Onion sets, fresh or chilled 0703 10 19 Onions, fresh or chilled (excl. sets) 9,6 9,6 7 827 9 7 0 5 1 2 0 3 3 609 20% 65 501 50% unlimited 411 50% unlimited 32 50% unlimited 0 0 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 1 232 0 unlimited 20% 100 100 306 0 0 unlimited unlimited 20 662 169 24 0 53 0 72 0703 20 00 Garlic, fresh or chilled 9,6 1 857 2 0 928 100 10,4 33 3,2 6,4 4 890 6,4 1 163 506 310 175 2 895 2 1 2 096 52% unlimited 1 454 0 0 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 0703 90 00 Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled (excl. onions, shallots and garlic) 0709 51 30 Fresh or chilled chanterelles 0709 51 90 Fresh or chilled mushrooms (excl. cultivated, flap and chanterelles) 0709 60 99 Fresh or chilled fruits of genus capsicum or pimenta (excl. for industrial manufacture of capsicin or capsicum oleoresin dyes, for industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids, and sweet peppers) 0713 90 90 Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excl. for sowing and peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans and horse beans) 3,2 9 847 83 118 0 unlimited 0802 22 00 Fresh or dried hazelnuts, 3,2 27 807 shelled and peeled 0810 40 50 Fresh fruit of species 3,2 36 893 7 38 Vaccinium macrocarpum and Vaccinium corymbosum 4 235 982 74% unlimited 0810 40 90 Fresh fruits of genus 9,6 29 180 27 1 082 Vaccinium (excl. cowberries, foxberries or mountain cranberries, and of species Vaccinium myrtillus, Macrocarpum and Corymbosum) 0810 90 85 Fruits, edible, fresh, N,E,S 0811 90 70 Fruit of species Vaccinium myrtilloides and Vaccinium 8,8 3,2 37 593 87 513 7 64 5 696 42% unlimited 1 365 21 0 0 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 178 3 16 202 163 74 315 890 874 2 801 1 389 2 800 angustifolium, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, unsweetened 0813 10 00 Dried apricots 5,6 6 980 0813 50 91 Mixtures of dried fruits N,E,S 8 13 (excl. prunes or figs) 2 585 3 0 0901 21 00 Roasted coffee (excl. 7,5 242 653 57 4 287 50% unlimited decaffeinated) 0901 22 00 Roasted, decaffeinated coffee 0907 00 00 Cloves, whole fruit, cloves and stems 9 8 0910 20 90 Crushed or ground saffron 8,5 0910 91 90 Crushed or ground mixtures of 12,5 different types of spices 1 587 60 30 80 12,5 7397 2,5 2853 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 520 1 200 3 216 2 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 391 9 100 143 10 92 71 0910 99 99 Crushed or ground spices N,E,S (excl. mixtures of different types of spices) 1209 29 80 Seeds of forage plants, for sowing (excl. wheat, wheat seed, lucerne seed, clover 'Trifolium spp,' seed, fesque seed, Kentucky blue grass 'Poa pratensis L. ' seed, rye grass 'Lolium multiflorum Lam. , Lolium perenne L. ' seed, timothy grass seed, vetch seed, seeds of the genus Poa palustris L. and Poa trivialis L. , Cocksfoot grass 'Dactylis glomerata L. ' seed, bent grass 'Agrostis' seed, and lupine seed) 1209 99 99 Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, mate and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, beets, forage 4 30 0 0 unlimited 22 plants, vegetable seeds, forest- tree seeds and seeds of plants cultivated mainly for flowers or used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes) 1510 00 90 Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 1509 (excl. crude) 493 0 160,3 EUR/ 100 kg 1512 11 91 Crude sunflower-seed oil (excl. for industrial uses) 1515 11 00 Crude linseed oil 1515 50 99 Sesame oil and its fractions, 6,4 3,2 9,6 680 177 1290 1 0 7 680 1 325 188 1518 00 95 whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for industrial uses and crude) Inedible mixtures or preparations 'yellow grease' of animal or of vegetable fats and oils and their fractions 1518 00 99 Mixtures and preparations of animal or vegetable fats and oils and of fractions of various fats and oils, inedible, N,E,S in Chapter 15 2 7200 22 327 7,7 913 15 59 2009 11 99 Frozen orange juice, density of 15,2 267 0 1 600 =< 1,33 g/ccm at 20 C, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweeten- ing matter (excl. fermented, containing spirit, with a value of =< 30 EUR per 100 kg and with > 30 % added sugar) 0 unlimited 0 0 0 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 44 6 124 144 70 41 2309 10 51 Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale, containing > 30 % starch, containing glucose, 102 EUR/ton 107 0 1 067 0 unlimited 23 glucose syrup, maltodextrine and its syrup, and with no or < 10 % milk product content 2309 10 90 Dog or cat food put up for 9,6 70 retail sale, containing no starch, glucose, maltodextrine or their syrups, nor milk products 2309 90 10 Fish or marine mammal solubles, to supplement feedingstuffs produced in the agricultural sector 3,8 47 2309 90 31 Preparations for animal food, 23 EUR/t 570 containing no starch or =< 10% starch, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine and its syrup, and with no or < 10 % milk product content (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale) 55 EUR/ton 3 2309 90 41 Preparations for animal food, containing > 10 % but =< 30% starch, containing glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine and its syrup, and with no or < 10 % milk product content (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale) 3504 00 00 Peptones and their derivatives; 3,4 1610 other albuminous substances and their derivatives N,E,S; hide powder, whether or not chromed 3823 70 00 Fatty alcohols, industrial 3,8 423 TOTAL 1 757 130 0 0 1 0 1 0 420 1 006 2 195 4 233 24 0 0 0 unlimited unlimited unlimited 0 unlimited 0 0 unlimited unlimited 13 55 16 69 312 MILK PRODUCTS : BUDGETARY COSTS BUDGET YEAR 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 12 months 2001 SMP QUANTITIES REFUND 1 100 760 4 100 760 7 100 760 10 100 13 100 760 760 1 100 760 4 100 760 EUR 836 000 3 116 000 5 396 000 7 676 000 9 956 000 836 000 3 116 000 BUTTER QUANTITIES REFUND 1 125 1 700 2 025 1 700 2 925 1 700 3 825 1 700 4 725 1 700 1 125 1 700 2 025 1 700 EUR 1 912 500 3 442 500 4 972 500 6 502 500 8 032 500 1 912 500 3 442 500 CREAM QUANTITIES REFUND 700 600 850 600 1 000 600 1 150 600 1 300 600 700 600 850 600 EUR 420 000 510 000 600 000 690 000 780 000 420 000 510 000 TOTAL M EUR 3,2 7,1 11,0 14,9 18,8 3,2 7,1 EU-exports to Estonia of products included in the "double-zero-approach" The "double-zero-approach" represents a direct saving in export refunds for exports from EU to Estonia of : Budget Post CN code Products Volume of Refund Savings export (t) EUR/t EUR million B1-2300 0203 Meat of swine 3425 B1-2300 1601 00 Sausages B1-2002 0406 Cheese B1-2310 0408 Egg products B1-1500 0808 10 Apples 885 623 24 4056 130 250 740 265 40 Total 0,445 0,221 0,461 0,006 0,162 1,296 25