title: Protocol for the adaptation of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay Round, including the improvements to the existing preferential regime - Exchange of letters between the European Community and Romania regarding entry prices applied to the import of fruit and vegetables into the Community

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text: 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/3 PROTOCOL for the adaptation of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay Round, including the improvements to the existing preferential regime THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITYS, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’ of the one part, and THE GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA, of the other part, WHEREAS 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’, was signed in Brussels on 1 February 1993 and entered into force on 1 February 1995; WHEREAS the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995; WHEREAS, under the terms of Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the 1994 Act of Accession, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden have to apply, as from 1 January 1995, the provisions of the preferential agreements concluded by the Community with certain third countries, among them Romania; WHEREAS the Community has adopted, as from 1 January 1995, transitional measures in the form of autonomous tariff quotas taking into account the preferential tariff concessions applied by the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden towards Romania, and whereas Romania has adopted as from 1 January 1995, transitional measures in the form of tariff quotas taking into account the preferential tariff regime applied by Romania to the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, notably concerning agricultural and processed agricultural products; WHEREAS the commitments of the Community and Romania in the framework of the negotiations of the Uruguay Round require the amendment of the import tariff regimes in the Community and Romania, in particular concerning agricultural and processed agricultural products; WHEREAS the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the implementation of the results of the Uruguay Round are likely to affect the bilateral concessions in the framework of the Europe Agreement, and it is therefore necessary to adapt such Agreement through a protocol for the adaptation of the trade aspects of this Agreement; WHEREAS the Council decided by Decision 95/131/EC (1) to apply on a provisional basis from 1 January 1995 the bilateral Agreement which was negotiated by the Commission on behalf of the Community, amending the Additional Protocol on trade in textiles between the Community and Romania to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union; WHEREAS the Council decided by Decision 96/224/EC (2), to apply on a provisional basis, from 1 January 1996, the bilateral Agreement which was negotiated by the Commission on behalf of the Community following the review and amendment of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Community and Romania, (1) OJ L 94, 26. 4. 1995, p. 1. (2) OJ L 81, 30. 3. 1996, p. 264. L 301/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 HAVE DECIDED to determine by mutual agreement the adaptations to be made on trade provisions of the Agreement following the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the one part, and the entry into force of the results of the Uruguay Round in the agricultural field, of the other part, and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: Manfred SCHEICH Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Austria, Chairman of the Permanent Representative Committee Günther BURGHARDT Director-General of the Directorate-General for External Political Relations of the Commission of the European Communities THE GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA: Constantin ENE Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Head of the Romanian Mission to the European Union WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on trade in textile products shall be amended as follows: 1. the first subparagraph of Article 2(3) shall be replaced by the following: ‘3. The origin of the products covered by this Protocol shall be determined in accordance with the in the rules of non-preferential origin Community. ’; in force 2. Annex II shall be replaced by the text in Annex A to this Protocol; 3. Article 2(3) of Appendix A shall be replaced by the following: AT = Austria BL = Benelux DE = Germany DK = Denmark EL = Greece ES = Spain FI = Finland FR = France GB = United Kingdom IE = Ireland IT = Italy PT = Portugal SE = Sweden’; to referred The certificate of origin ‘3. in paragraph 1 shall not be required for the importation of goods covered by a movement certificate EUR. 1 or a form EUR. 2 issued in conformity with Protocol 4 of the Europe Agreement where it is clear from such documents that Romania may be deemed to be the country of origin under the non-preferential origin rules in force in the Community. ’; 4. the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 14(2) of Appendix A, shall be amended as follows: ‘— two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows: 5. 6. 7. the Annex to Appendix A setting out the model for the certificate of origin shall be replaced by the text in Annex B to this Protocol; the Annex to Appendix A setting out the model for the export licence shall be replaced by the text in Annex C to this Protocol; the Annex to Appendix C setting out the model for the certificate applicable to certain cottage industry and folklore products shall be replaced by the text in Annex D to this Protocol; 8. The Annex to Appendix B setting out the quantitative limits for economic outward processing operations shall be replaced by the text in Annex E to this Protocol. 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/5 Article 2 With regard to processed agricultural products: 1. the text of Protocol 3 to the Europe Agreement shall be replaced by the text in Annex F to this Protocol; 2. Article 9(1) of the Europe Agreement shall be replaced by the following: The provisions of this chapter shall apply to ‘1. products originating in Romania listed in Chapters 25 to 97 of the Combined Nomenclature, with the exception of the products listed in Annex I and Protocol 3’; in the Community and 3. Article 18 of, and Annex X to, the Europe Agreement shall be deleted; 4. Article 19(2) of the Europe Agreement shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. The term “agricultural products” means the products listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and the products listed in Annex I and Protocol 3, but excluding fishery products as defined by Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91. ’ Article 3 With regard to basic agricultural products: for The preferential arrangements granted ‘2. imports into the Community of products originating in Romania are set out in Annex XI. ’; 3. Article 21(4) of the Europe Agreement shall be replaced by the following paragraph: ‘4. for The preferential arrangements granted imports into Romania of products originating in the Community are set out in Annex XII. ’ Article 4 The Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof. This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Europe Agreement. Article 5 This Protocol shall be approved by the Community and the Government of Romania in accordance with their own procedures. The Contracting Parties shall take the necessary measures to implement this Protocol. Article 6 This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of the Contracting Parties’ notification of the accomplishment of the corresponding procedures according to Article 5. 1. Annexes XIa and XIb and Annexes XIIa, XIIb and XIII to the Europe Agreement shall be replaced by the texts in Annexes G and H to this Protocol. 2. Article 21(2) of the Europe Agreement shall be replaced by the following paragraph: Article 7 This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Romanian languages, each of those texts being equally authentic. L 301/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 Hecho en Bruselas, el trece de octubre de mil novecientos noventa y ocho. Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den trettende oktober nitten hundrede og otteoghalvfems. Geschehen zu Brüssel am dreizehnten Oktober neunzehnhundertachtundneunzig. ˛γØν(cid:229) (cid:243)(cid:244)Øς ΒρυŒ(cid:219)λλ(cid:229)ς, (cid:243)(cid:244)Øς (cid:228)(cid:219)κÆ (cid:244)ρ(cid:229)Øς ˆκ(cid:244)ω(cid:226)ρ(cid:221)(cid:239)υ ł(cid:221)λØÆ (cid:229)ννØÆκ(cid:222)(cid:243)ØÆ (cid:229)ν(cid:229)νη(cid:139) ν(cid:244)Æ (cid:239)κ(cid:244)ω(cid:139). Done at Brussels on the thirteenth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight. Fait à Bruxelles, le treize octobre mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-huit. Fatto a Bruxelles, addì tredici ottobre millenovecentonovantotto. Gedaan te Brussel, de dertiende oktober negentienhonderd achtennegentig. Feito em Bruxelas, em treze de Outubro de mil novecentos e noventa e oito. Tehty Brysselissä kolmantenatoista päivänä lokakuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksän- kymmentäkahdeksan. Som skedde i Bryssel den trettonde oktober nittonhundranittioåtta. Intocmit la Bruxelles, la treisprezece octombrie, anul una mie noua sute nouazeci si opt. Por la Comunidad Europea For Det Europæiske Fællesskab Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft ΓØÆ (cid:244)ην Ευρω(cid:240)Æϊκη(cid:139) Κ(cid:239)Øν(cid:222)(cid:244)η(cid:244)Æ For the European Community Pour la Communauté européenne Per la Comunità europea Voor de Europese Gemeenschap Pela Comunidade Europeia Euroopan yhteisön puolesta På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar Pentru Guvernul României 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/7 ANNEX A ‘ANNEX II COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS (The full product description of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I) (in tonnes or 1 000 pieces/pairs) Category 2 2a 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 14 15 17 20 24 118 Unit tonnes tonnes tonnes pieces (*) pieces pieces (*) pieces pieces pairs pieces pieces pieces tonnes pieces tonnes 1996 6 869 4 024 3 158 29 568 19 212 8 919 2 332 11 404 57 145 1 955 3 074 2 051 2 601 12 225 1 011 1997 7 006 4 104 3 316 30 751 20 077 9 320 2 437 11 746 60 002 2 072 3 258 2 174 2 757 12 958 1 071 (*) For the purpose of setting off exports against the agreed quantitative limits, a conversion rate of five garments (other than babies’ garments) of a maximum commercial size of 130 cm, or three garments whose commercial size exceeds 130 cm, may be applied for up to 5 % of the quantitative limits. The export licence concerning these products must bear, in box 9, the words “The conversion rate for garments of a commercial size of not more than 130 cm must be applied”. ’ 1 Exporter (name, full address, country) Exportateur (nom, adresse complète, pays) 5 Consignee (name, full address, country) Destinataire (nom, adresse complète, pays) ANNEX B ‘(Annex I to Appendix A) O R I G I N A L 2 No 3 Quota year Année contingentaire 4 Category number Numéro de catégorie C E R T I F I C A T E O F O R I G I N (Textile products) C E R T I F I C A T D ’ O R I G I N E (Produits textiles) 6 Country of origin Pays d’origine 7 Country of destination Pays de destination 8 Place and date of shipment — Means of transport Lieu et date d’embarquement — Moyen de transport 9 Supplementary details Données supplémentaires 10 Marks and numbers — Number and kind of packages — DESCRIPTION OF GOODS Marques et numéros — Nombre et nature des colis — DÉSIGNATION DES MARCHANDISES 11 Quantity (1) Quantité (1) 12 FOB value (2) Valeur fob (2) 13 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY — VISA DE L’AUTORITÉ COMPÉTENTE I, the undersigned, certify that the goods described above originated in the country shown in box No 6, in accordance with the provisions in force in the European Community. Je soussigné certifie que les marchandises désignées ci-dessus sont originaires du pays figurant dans la case 6, conformément aux dispositions en vigueur dans la Communauté européenne. 14 Competent authority (name, full address, country) Autorité compétente (nom, adresse complète, pays) At — À. , on — le. (Signature) (Stamp — Cachet)’. t e n s d i o p e l s a p t s e n ’ é t i n u e t t e c i s e i r o g é t a c a l r u o p e u v é r p é t i n u ’ l s n a d é t i t n a u q a l e u q i s n i a s e m m a r g o l i k n e t e n s d i o p e l r e u q i d n I — t h g i e w t e n n a h t r e h t o e r e h w y r o g e t a c r o f d e b i r c s e r p t i n u e h t n i y t i t n a u q o s l a d n a ) g k ( t h g i e w t e n w o h S. e t n e v e d t a r t n o c u d e i a n n o m a l s n a D — t c a r t n o c e l a s e h t f o y c n e r r u c e h t n I ) 1 ( ) 2 ( 1 Exporter (name, full address, country) Exportateur (nom, adresse complète, pays) 5 Consignee (name, full address, country) Destinataire (nom, adresse complète, pays) ANNEX C ‘(Annex II to Appendix A) O R I G I N A L 2 No 3 Quota year Année contingentaire 4 Category number Numéro de catégorie E X P O R T L I C E N C E (Textile products) L I C E N C E D ’ E X P O R T A T I O N (Produits textiles) 6 Country of origin Pays d’origine 7 Country of destination Pays de destination 8 Place and date of shipment — Means of transport Lieu et date d’embarquement — Moyen de transport 9 Supplementary details Données supplémentaires 10 Marks and numbers — Number and kind of packages — DESCRIPTION OF GOODS Marques et numéros — Nombre et nature des colis — DÉSIGNATION DES MARCHANDISES 11 Quantity (1) Quantité (1) 12 FOB value (2) Valeur fob (2) 13 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY — VISA DE L’AUTORITÉ COMPÉTENTE I, the undersigned, certify that the goods described above have been charged against the quantitative limit established for the year shown in box No 3 in respect of the category shown in box No 4 by the provisions regulating trade in textile products with the European Community. Je soussigné certifie que les marchandises désignées ci-dessus ont été imputées sur la limite quantitative fixée pour l’année indiquée dans la case 3 pour la catégorie désignée dans la case 4 dans le cadre des dispositions régissant les échanges de produits textiles avec la Communauté européenne. 14 Competent authority (name, full address, country) Autorité compétente (nom, adresse complète, pays) At — À. , on — le. (Signature) (Stamp — Cachet)’. t e n s d i o p e l s a p t s e n ’ é t i n u e t t e c i s e i r o g é t a c a l r u o p e u v é r p é t i n u ’ l s n a d é t i t n a u q a l e u q i s n i a s e m m a r g o l i k n e t e n s d i o p e l r e u q i d n I — t h g i e w t e n n a h t r e h t o e r e h w y r o g e t a c r o f d e b i r c s e r p t i n u e h t n i y t i t n a u q o s l a d n a ) g k ( t h g i e w t e n w o h S. e t n e v e d t a r t n o c u d e i a n n o m a l s n a D — t c a r t n o c e l a s e h t f o y c n e r r u c e h t n I ) 1 ( ) 2 ( 1 Exporter (name, full address, country) Exportateur (nom, adresse complète, pays) O R I G I N A L 2 No ANNEX D ‘(Annex to Appendix C) 3 Consignee (name, full address, country) Destinataire (nom, adresse complète, pays) CERTIFICATE in regard to HANDLOOMS, TEXTILE HANDICRAFTS and TRA- DITIONAL TEXTILE PRODUCTS, OF THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY, issued in conformity with and under the conditions regulating trade in textile products with the European Community. CERTIFICAT relatif aux TISSUS, TISSÉS SUR MÉTIERS À MAIN, aux PRO- DUITS TEXTILES FAITS À LA MAIN, et aux PRODUITS TEXTILES RELEVANT DU FOLKLORE TRADITIONNEL, DE FABRICATION ARTISANALE, délivré en conformité avec et sous les conditions régissant les échanges de produits textiles avec la Communauté européenne. 4 Country of origin Pays d’origine 5 Country of destination Pays de destination 6 Place and date of shipment — Means of transport Lieu et date d’embarquement — Moyen de transport 7 Supplementary details Données supplémentaires 8 Marks and numbers — Number and kind of packages — DESCRIPTION OF GOODS Marques et numéros — Nombre et nature des colis — DÉSIGNATION DES MARCHANDISES 9 Quantity Quantité 10 FOB value (1) Valeur fob (1) 11 CERTIFICATION BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY — VISA DE L’AUTORITÉ COMPÉTENTE I, the undersigned, certify that the consignment described above includes only the following textile products of the cottage industry of the country shown in box No 4: (a) fabrics woven on looms operated solely by hand or foot (handlooms) (2); (b) garments or other textile articles obtained manually from the fabrics described under (a) and sewn solely by hand without the aid of any machine (handicrafts) (2); (c) traditional folklore handicraft textile products made by hand, as defined in the list agreed between the European Community and the country shown in box No 4. Je soussigné certifie que l’envoi décrit ci-dessus contient exclusivement les produits textiles suivants relevant de la fabrication artisanale du pays figurant dans la case 4: (a) tissus tissés sur des métiers actionnés à la main ou au pied (handlooms) (2); (b) vêtements ou autres articles textiles obtenus manuellement à partir de tissus décrits sous (a) et cousus uniquement à la main sans l’aide d’une machine (handicrafts) (2); (c) produits textiles relevant du folklore traditionnel fabriqués à la main, comme définis dans la liste convenue entre la Communauté européenne et le pays indiqué dans la case 4. 12 Competent authority (name, full address, country) Autorité compétente (nom, adresse complète, pays) At — À. , on — le. (Signature) (Stamp — Cachet)’. e t n e v e d t a r t n o c u d e i a n n o m a l s n a D — t c a r t n o c e l a s e h t f o y c n e r r u c e h t n I. ) s ( e l i t u n i ) s ( n o i t n e m ) s e l ( a l r e f f i B — e t a i r p o r p p a s a e t e l e D ) 1 ( ) 2 ( 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/15 ANNEX E ‘Annex to Appendix B (The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I) OUTWARD PROCESSING TRAFFIC Community quantitative limits Category 4 5 6 7 8 12 14 15 17 24 Unit pieces pieces pieces pieces pieces pairs pieces pieces pieces pieces 1996 6 650 12 077 18 117 13 588 19 121 13 105 4 019 9 644 5 624 6 430 (in 1 000 pieces/pairs) 1997 7 049 12 892 19 340 14 505 19 981 14 088 4 381 10 512 6 130 7 009’ L 301/16 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 ANNEX F ‘PROTOCOL 3 on trade between Romania and the Community in processed agricultural products Article 1 The Community and Romania shall apply to 1. processed agricultural products the duties in Annexes I and II respectively, in accordance with the conditions mentioned therein, whether limited by quota or not. listed 2. The Association Council shall decide on: — extensions of the list of processed agricultural products under this Protocol, — amendments Annexes, to the duties referred to in the — increases in or the abolition of tariff quotas. 3. The Association Council may replace the duties established by this Protocol by a system of compensatory amounts established on the basis of the respective market prices of the Community and Romania of the agricultural products actually used in the manufacture of processed agricultural products covered by this Protocol. It shall draw up the list of products to which these amounts apply and the list of basic products; it shall adopt general implementing rules to that end. — when in trade between the Community and Romania the duties applied to the basic products are reduced, or — in response to reductions resulting from mutual agricultural to processed relating concessions products. the part of the agricultural For the purpose of applying paragraph 1, first 2. component indent, corresponding to the basic product which has been subject to a duty reduction shall be reduced, taking into account the extent of the duty reduction to which it will apply. The quantity of the basic product subject to tariff reduction shall also be taken into account either while determining the amount of quota for the reduction of agricultural component or while determining the extent of agricultural component reduction of the processed product in question. Article 3 The Community and Romania shall inform each other of the administrative arrangements adopted for the products covered by this Protocol. Article 2 The duties applied pursuant to Article 1 may be 1. reduced by decision of the Association Council: These arrangements should ensure equal treatment for all interested parties and should be as simple and flexible as possible. 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/17 ANNEX I Table 1: Duties applicable to goods originating in Romania on import into the Community Note: The reduced agricultural component (EAR) applies within the quantitative limit set out in Table 2. Imports exceeding these quantities are subject to the regular agricultural component (EA) set out in the Common Customs Tariff Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 CN code Description 0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or coccoa: 0403 10 — Yoghurt: — — flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: — — — in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 10 51 — — — — not exceeding 1,5 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 10 53 — — — — exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 10 59 — — — — exceeding 27 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA — — — other, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 10 91 — — — — not exceeding 3 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 10 93 — — — — exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 10 99 — — — — exceeding 6 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 90 — other: — — flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: — — — in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 90 71 — — — — not exceeding 1,5 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 90 73 — — — — exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 90 79 — — — — exceeding 27 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA — — — other, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 90 91 — — — — not exceeding 3 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 90 93 — — — — exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0403 90 99 — — — — exceeding 6 % 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads: 0405 20 — dairy spreads: 0405 20 10 — — of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more, 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR but less than 60 % L 301/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0405 20 30 — — of a fat content, by weight, of 60 % or more, 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR but not exceeding 75 % 0505 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers 0710 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen: 0 0 0 0 0 0710 40 00 — Sweetcorn 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0711 Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption: 0711 90 30 — — — Sweetcorn 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 1302 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: — Vegetable saps and extracts: 1302 12 00 — — of liquorice 1302 13 00 — — of hops 1302 14 00 — — of pyrethrum or of the roots of plants containing rotenone 1302 19 — — other: 1302 19 05 — — — Vanilla oleoresin 1302 19 30 — — — Intermixtures of vegetable extracts, for the food manufacture of beverages or of preparations — — — other: 1302 19 91 — — — — medicinal 1302 20 — Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates: 0 3,2 0 0 0 0 0 3,2 0 0 0 0 0 3,2 0 0 0 0 0 3,2 0 0 0 0 0 3,2 0 0 0 0 1302 20 10 — — dry 1302 20 90 — — other 19,2 11,2 19,2 11,2 19,2 11,2 19,2 11,2 19,2 11,2 — Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: 1302 31 00 — — Agar-agar 1302 32 — — Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds 1505 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin): 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/19 Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 3,2 0 3,2 0 3,2 0 3,2 0 3,2 0 CN code Description 1505 10 00 — Wool grease, crude 1505 90 00 — other 1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516: 1517 10 — Margarine, excluding liquid margarine: 1517 10 10 — — containing more than 10 % but not more than 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 15 % by weight of milk fats 1517 90 — Other: 1517 90 10 — — containing more than 10 % but not more than 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 15 % by weight of milk fats 1521 Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceli, whether or not refined or coloured: — Vegetables waxes: 1521 10 10 — — raw 1521 10 90 — — other 1521 90 10 — — Spermaceli, whether or not refined or coloured — — Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured: 1521 90 91 — — — raw 1521 90 99 — — — other 1522 Degras, residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes: 0 0 0 0 2,5 0 0 0 0 2,5 0 0 0 0 2,5 0 0 0 0 2,5 0 0 0 0 2,5 1522 00 10 — Degras 3,8 3,8 3,8 3,8 3,8 1704 Sugar confectionery (incluiding white chocolate), not containing cocoa: 1704 10 — chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated: — — containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): 1704 10 11 — — — Gum in strips 1704 10 19 — — — other 0 + EAR MAX 21,3 0 + EAR MAX 20,5 0 + EAR MAX 19,6 0 + EAR MAX 18,8 0 + EAR MAX 17,9 0 + EAR MAX 21,3 0 + EAR MAX 20,5 0 + EAR MAX 19,6 0 + EAR MAX 18,8 0 + EAR MAX 17,9 — — containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): 1704 10 91 — — — Gum in strips 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 L 301/20 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description 1704 10 99 — — — other 1704 90 — other: Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 0 + EAR MAX 18 1704 90 10 — — Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing other added substances 7,9 7,4 6,8 6,3 5,8 1704 90 30 — — White chocolate — — other: 1704 90 51 — — — Pastes, including marzipan, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or more: — — — — Sugar fondant 0 + EAR MAX 24,3 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 23 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,3 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,9 + AD S/Z — — — — — containing less than 70 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z — — — — — containing 70 % or more by weight of sugar invert sucrose (including expressed as sucrose) — — — — other 1704 90 55 — — — Throat pastilles and cough drops 1704 90 61 — — — Sugar coated (panned) goods — — — other: 1704 90 65 — — — — Gum confectionery jelly confectionery including fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery and 1704 90 71 — — — — Boiled sweets whether or not filled 1704 90 75 — — — — Toffees, caramels and similar sweets — — — — other: 1704 90 81 — — — — — Compressed tablets 0 + EA MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/21 CN code Description — — — — — other: 1704 90 99 — — — — — — containing less than 70 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 1704 90 99 — — — — — — containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EA MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 1803 Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted 1804 00 00 Cocoa butter, fat and oil 1805 00 00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 1806 Chocolate and other food preparation containing cocoa: 1806 10 — Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: 1806 10 15 — — containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 1806 10 20 — — containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose (including 1806 10 30 — — containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of sucrose invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose (including 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1806 10 90 — — containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1806 20 — other preparations in block slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings of a content exceeding 2 kg: 1806 20 10 — — containing 31 % or more by weight of cocoa butter or containing a combined weight of 31 % or more of cocoa butter and milk fat 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 1806 20 30 — — containing a combined weight of 25 % or more, but less than 31 % of cocoa butter and milk fat 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z L 301/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description — — other: Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 1806 20 50 — — — containing 18 % or more by weight of cocoa butter 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 1806 20 70 — — — Chocolate milk crumb 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 1806 20 80 1806 20 80 1806 20 95 1806 20 95 — — — Chocolate flavour coating: — — — — containing less than 70 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z — — — — containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EA MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z — — — other: — — — — containing less than 70 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z — — — — containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EA MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z — other, in blocks, slabs or bars: 1806 31 00 — — filled 1806 32 — — not filled: 1806 32 10 — — — with added cereal, fruit or nuts 1806 32 90 — — — other 1806 90 — other: — — Chocolate and chocolate products: — — — Chocolates, whether or not filled: 1806 90 11 — — — — containing alcohol 1806 90 19 — — — — other — — — other: 1806 90 31 — — — — filled 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/23 CN code Description 1806 90 39 — — — — not filled 1806 90 50 — — Sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor substitution products, sugar made containing cocoa from 1806 90 60 — — Spreads containing cocoa Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 1806 90 70 — — Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 1806 90 90 — — other: — — — containing less than 70 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z — — — containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EA MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 22,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 21,5 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 20,1 + AD S/Z 0 + EA MAX 18,7 + AD S/Z 1901 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included: 1901 10 00 — Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 1901 20 00 — Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA wares of heading No 1905 1901 90 — other: — — Malt extract: 1901 90 11 — — — with a dry extract content of 90 % or more 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA by weight 1901 90 19 — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA — — other: 1901 90 91 — — containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations: in powder form of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404 0 0 0 0 0 L 301/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 1901 90 99 — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared such as lasagne, gnocchi, spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, couscous, whether or not ravioli, prepared: cannelloni, — Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared: 1902 11 00 — — containing eggs 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1902 19 — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1902 20 — Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared: — — other: 1902 20 91 — — — cooked 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1902 20 99 — — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1902 30 — other pasta 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1902 40 — Couscous: 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 1903 1904 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example cornflakes): cereals (other than maize corn)), in grain form, or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included: 1904 10 — Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR roasting of cereals or cereal products 1904 20 — Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals: — — other: 1904 20 91 — — — obtained from maize 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1904 20 95 — — — obtained from rice 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1904 20 99 — — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1904 90 — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products: 1905 10 00 — Crispbread 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/25 CN code Description Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 1905 20 — Gingerbread and the like: 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1905 30 — Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers: — — completely or partially coated or covered with chocolate or other preparations containing cocoa: 1905 30 11 — — — in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 85 g 1905 30 19 — — — other — — other: — — — sweet biscuits: 1905 30 30 — — — — containing 8 % or more by weight of milk fats — — — — other: 1905 30 51 — — — — — sandwich biscuits 1905 30 59 — — — — — other — — — Waffles and wafers: 1905 30 91 — — — — salted, whether or not filled 1905 30 99 — — — — other 0 + EAR MAX 31,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 29,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 27,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 31,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 29,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 27,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 31,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 29,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 27,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 31,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 29,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 27,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 31,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 29,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 27,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26,9 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 25,4 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 23,8 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 22,3 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 20,7 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 31,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 29,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 27,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 1905 40 — Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR products: 1905 90 — other: 1905 90 10 — — Matzos 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1905 90 20 — — Communion waffers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR — — other: 1905 90 30 — — — Bread, not containing added honey, eggs, cheese or fruit, and containing by weight in the dry matter state not more than 5 % of sugars and not more than 5 % of fat 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 1905 90 40 — — — Waffles and wafers with a water content exceeding 10 % by weight 0 + EAR MAX 26,9 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 25,4 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 23,8 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 22,3 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 20,7 + AD F/M L 301/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description 1905 90 45 — — — Biscuits 1905 90 55 — — — Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted — — — other: 1905 90 60 — — — — with added sweetening matter 1905 90 90 — — — — other 2001 Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid: 2001 90 — Other: Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0 + EAR MAX 26,9 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 25,4 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 23,8 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 22,3 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 20,7 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 26,9 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 25,4 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 23,8 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 22,3 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 20,7 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 31,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 29,6 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 27,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 24,2 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 26,9 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 25,4 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 23,8 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 22,3 + AD F/M 0 + EAR MAX 20,7 + AD F/M 2001 90 30 — — Sweetcorn 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2001 90 40 — — Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight of starch 2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading No 2006: 2004 10 — Potatoes: — — other: 2004 10 91 — — — in the form of flour, meal or flakes, based 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA on potatoes 2004 90 10 — — Sweetcorn 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006: 2005 20 — Potatoes: 2005 20 10 — — in the form of flour, meal or flakes 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2005 80 00 — Sweetcorn 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA ex 2005 90 80 — — Preparations based on flour of leguminous vegetables in the form of sun-dried discs or dough, known as “papad” 0 0 0 0 0 2008 Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or incluided: — Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together: 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/27 CN code Description 2008 11 — — Ground-nuts: Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 2008 11 10 — — — Peanut butter 7,2 6,7 6,2 5,7 5,2 — other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19: 2008 91 00 — — Palm hearts 5,8 5,3 4,7 4,1 3,5 2008 99 — — other: — — — not containing added spirit: — — — — not containing added sugar: 2008 99 85 — — — — — Maize (corn), other than sweetcorn 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA (Zea mays var, saccharata) 2008 99 91 — — — — — Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants, containing 5 % or more by weight of starch 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2101 Extracts, essence and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof: — Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee: 2101 12 — — Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee: 2101 12 92 — — — Preparation with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee 0 0 0 0 0 2101 12 98 — — — Other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2101 20 — Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences and concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté: 2101 20 20 — — Extracts, essences or concentrates 3,7 3,3 2,9 2,6 2,2 — — Preparations: 2101 20 92 — — — with a basis of extracts, essences or 0 0 0 0 0 concentrates of tea or maté 2101 20 98 — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2101 30 — Roasted chicory and other roasted essences and concentrates thereof: — — Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes: L 301/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 2101 30 11 — — — Roasted chicory 6,8 6,3 5,9 5,4 4,9 2101 30 19 — — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR — — Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes: 2101 30 91 — — of roasted chicory 7,6 7,1 6,5 6 5,5 2101 30 99 — — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2102 (active or Yeasts single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking powders: inactive); other 2102 10 — Active yeasts: 2102 10 10 — — Culture yeast 6,5 6,1 5,6 5,2 4,7 — — Bakers’ yeast 2102 10 31 — — — dried 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2102 10 39 — — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2102 10 90 — — other 7,7 7,2 6,7 6,2 5,6 2102 20 — Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead — — Inactive yeasts: 2102 20 11 — — — in tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg 2,6 2,5 2,3 2,1 1,9 2102 30 00 — Prepared baking powders 2,6 2,5 2,3 2,1 1,9 2103 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard: 2103 10 00 — Soya sauce 2103 20 00 — Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces 2103 30 — Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard: 3,9 5,3 3,6 4,9 3,3 4,6 3,1 4,2 2,8 3,8 2103 30 90 — — Prepared mustard 5,7 5,3 4,9 4,6 4,2 2103 90 — other: 2103 90 90 — — other 2104 10 10 — — dried 2104 10 90 — — other 2104 20 00 — Homogenised composite food preparations 2105 Ice-cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa: 2105 00 10 — containing no milk fats or containing less than 3 % by weight of such fats 4,4 6,2 6,2 7,6 4,1 5,7 5,7 7,1 3,8 5,3 5,3 6,1 3,5 4,9 4,9 6 3,2 4,5 4,5 5,5 0 + EAR MAX 23,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 19,3 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 17,8 + AD S/Z 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/29 CN code Description — containing by weight of milk fats: 2105 00 91 — — 3 % or more but less than 7 % 2105 00 99 — — 7 % or more 2106 Food preparations not elsewhere included: specified or 2106 10 — Protein concentrates and textured protein substances: 2106 10 20 — — containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch: 2106 10 80 — — other 2106 90 — other: 2106 90 10 — — Cheese fondues — — other: 2106 90 92 — — — containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch: — — — other: Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0 + EAR MAX 23,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 19,3 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 17,8 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 23,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 22,4 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 20,9 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 19,3 + AD S/Z 0 + EAR MAX 17,8 + AD S/Z 7,2 6,7 6,2 5,7 5,2 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR MAX ECU 25/ 100 kg/net 0 + EAR MAX ECU 25/ 100 kg/net 0 + EAR MAX ECU 25/ 100 kg/net 0 + EAR MAX ECU 25/ 100 kg/net 0 + EAR MAX ECU 25/ 100 kg/net 3,9 3,6 3,3 3,1 2,8 2106 90 98 — — — — containing less than 70 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2106 90 98 — — — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2201 2202 2202 10 00 Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including juices of heading No 2009: fruit or vegetable — Waters, including mineral waters and aerated sugar or other added waters, containing sweetening matter or flavoured 2202 90 — other: 2202 90 10 — — not containing products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 301/30 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description 2202 90 10 (cont’d) — — — containing sugar — — — other Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0 5,3 0 4,9 0 4,6 0 4,2 0 3,8 22 02 90 91 — — — less than 0,2 % 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2202 90 95 — — — 0,2 % or more but less than 2 % 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2202 90 99 — — — 2 % or more 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 2203 00 Beer made from malt: 3 3 3 3 3 2905 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: 2905 43 00 — — Mannitol 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2905 44 — — D-Glucitol (sorbitol): — — — in aqueous solution: 2905 44 11 — — — — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2905 44 19 — — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA — — — other: 2905 44 91 — — — — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 2905 44 99 — — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 3302 Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances of a kind used as a raw material in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages: 3302 10 — of a kind used in the food or drink industries: — — of the type used in the drink industries: — — — preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage: — — — — other: 3302 10 21 — — — — — containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose, or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch 3,9 3,6 3,3 3,1 2,8 3302 10 29 — — — — — other 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 0 + EAR 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/31 CN code Description 3505 Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches: 3505 10 — Dextrins and other modified starches: Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 3505 10 10 — — Dextrins 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA — — other modified starches: 3505 10 50 — — — Starches, esterified or etherified 0 0 0 0 0 3505 10 90 — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 3505 20 — Glues: 3505 20 10 — — containing by weight less than 25 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 + EA MAX 15,8 0 + EA MAX 14,8 0 + EA MAX 13,7 0 + EA MAX 12,6 0 + EA MAX 11,5 3505 20 30 3505 20 50 — — containing by weight 25 % or more but less than 55 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 + EA MAX 15,8 0 + EA MAX 14,8 0 + EA MAX 13,7 0 + EA MAX 12,6 0 + EA MAX 11,5 — — containing by weight 55 % or more but less than 80 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 + EA MAX 15,8 0 + EA MAX 14,8 0 + EA MAX 13,7 0 + EA MAX 12,6 0 + EA MAX 11,5 3505 20 90 — — containing by weight 80 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified starches 0 + EA MAX 15,8 0 + EA MAX 14,8 0 + EA MAX 13,7 0 + EA MAX 12,6 0 + EA MAX 11,5 3809 Finishing agent, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included: 3809 10 — with a basis of amylaceous substances: 3809 10 10 — — containing by weight of such substances less than 55 % 0 + EA MAX 18,8 0 + EA MAX 16,4 0 + EA MAX 15,2 0 + EA MAX 14 0 + EA MAX 12,8 3809 10 30 — — containing by weight of such substances 55 % or more but less than 70 % 0 + EA MAX 18,8 0 + EA MAX 16,4 0 + EA MAX 15,2 0 + EA MAX 14 0 + EA MAX 12,8 3809 10 50 — — containing by weight of such substances 70 % or more but less than 83 % 0 + EA MAX 18,8 0 + EA MAX 16,4 0 + EA MAX 15,2 0 + EA MAX 14 0 + EA MAX 12,8 3809 10 90 — — containing by weight of such substances 83 % or more 0 + EA MAX 18,8 0 + EA MAX 16,4 0 + EA MAX 15,2 0 + EA MAX 14 0 + EA MAX 12,8 3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols: — Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining: 3823 11 00 — — Stearic acid 5,1 5,1 5,1 5,1 5,1 L 301/32 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description 3823 12 00 — — Oleic acid 3823 13 00 — — Tail oil fatty acids 3823 19 — — other: 3823 19 10 — — — Distilled fatty acids 3823 19 30 — — — Fatty acid distillate 3823 19 90 — — — other 3823 70 00 — Industrial fatty alcohols 3824 60 — Sorbitol other than that of subheading No 2905 44: — — in aqueous solution: 3824 60 11 — — — containing 2 % or D-mannitol calculated on content less by weight of the D-glucitol Rate of duty From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 0 2,9 2,9 2,9 2,9 3,1 0 2,9 2,9 2,9 2,9 3,1 0 2,9 2,9 2,9 2,9 3,1 0 2,9 2,9 2,9 2,9 3,1 0 2,9 2,9 2,9 2,9 3,1 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 3824 60 19 — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA — — other: 3824 60 91 — — — containing 2 % or D-mannitol calculated on content less by weight of the D-glucitol 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 3824 60 99 — — — other 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 0 + EA 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/33 Table 2 CN code Description 1704 1806 ex 1902 1904 1905 1997 1998 (tonnes) (tonnes) 1999 and after (tonnes) 2 100 2 100 2 100 cocoa; Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing extract excluding containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing other added substances, falling within CN code 1704 90 10 liquorice Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa 1 200 1 440 1 500 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared excluding stuffed pasta falling within CN codes 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30; couscous, whether or not prepared Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example cornflakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)), in grain form, or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products 600 600 600 350 420 438 1 500 1 800 1 875 2101 30 19 Roasted coffee substitutes 163 163 163 2101 30 99 Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee substitutes excluding those of roasted chicory 2105 0405 Ice-cream and other edible containing cocoa ice, whether or not 114 114 114 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads: 1 050 1 050 1 050 0405 20 — Dairy spreads: 0405 20 10 — — of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but less than 60 % 0405 20 30 — — of a fat content, by weight, of 60 % or more but not exceeding 75 % ex 2106 elsewhere specified or Food preparations not included other than those falling within CN codes 2106 10 20, 2106 90 98 (— — — — — — other) and other than flavoured or coloured sugar syrups 2106 90 92 and ex 3302 10 Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as a raw material in industry: 3302 10 29 — — — — other 2202 90 91 Non-alcoholic beverages, not fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009, not containg products of CN codes 0401 to 0404 or obtained from products of CN codes 0401 to 0404 including 2202 90 95 — — — 0,2 % or more but less than 2 % 2202 90 99 — — — 2 % or more 100 100 100 L 301/34 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 Table 3: Basic amounts taken into consideration in calculating the reduced agricultural components and additional duties applicable on importation into the Community as referred to in Table 1 Basic product From 1. 1. 1997 to 30. 6. 1997 From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 From 1. 7. 2000 (ECU/100 kg) Common wheat 2,614 2,435 2,257 2,079 1,901 Durum wheat 14,199 13,231 12,263 11,295 10,326 Rye Barley Maize 8,914 8,751 7,408 8,306 8,306 7,408 7,698 7,698 7,408 7,090 7,090 7,193 6,483 6,483 6,577 Long-grain husked rice 25,441 23,706 21,972 20,237 18,502 Skimmed-milk powder 96,027 93,555 90,090 86,625 83,160 Whole-milk powder 125,541 116,981 108,442 99,862 91,302 Butter White sugar 182,453 170,013 157,574 145,133 132,693 32,565 32,565 31,795 30,573 29,350 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/35 ANNEX II Table 1: Duties applicable to goods originating in the Community on import into Romania Rate of duty 1. 1. 1997 1. 1. 1998 1. 1. 1999 1. 1. 2000 and after CN code Description 0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: 0403 10 — Yoghurt: — — flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa — — — in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 10 51 — — — — not exceeding 1,5 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 10 53 — — — — exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 10 59 — — — — exceeding 27 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 — — — other, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 10 91 — — — — not exceeding 3 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 10 93 — — — — exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 10 99 — — — — exceeding 6 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 90 — other: — — flavoured or containg added fruit, nuts or cocoa: — — — in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 90 71 — — — — not exceeding 1,5 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 90 73 — — — — exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 90 79 — — — — exceeding 27 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 — — — other, of a milk fat content, by weight: 0403 90 91 — — — — not exceeding 3 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 90 93 — — — — exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0403 90 99 — — — — exceeding 6 % 29,75 25,50 21,25 17,00 0710 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen: 0710 40 00 — Sweetcorn 18,90 16,15 12,85 9,00 0711 Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption: 0711 90 30 — Sweetcorn 29,40 24,90 20,40 15,00 1302 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: L 301/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description Rate of duty 1. 1. 1997 1. 1. 1998 1. 1. 1999 1. 1. 2000 and after 1302 31 00 — — Agar-Agar 4,00 4,00 3,00 3,00 1517 10 — Margarine, excluding liquid margarine (1) 18,75 18,75 18,75 18,75 1704 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa: 1704 10 — Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated: — — containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): 1704 10 11 — — — gum in strips 1704 10 19 — — — other 28,60 30,30 24,40 26,00 20,10 21,00 15,00 15,00 — — containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose): 1704 10 91 — — — gum in strips 1704 10 99 — — — other 1704 90 — other: 28,60 28,60 24,40 24,40 20,10 20,10 15,00 15,00 1704 90 30 — — White chocolate 33,60 29,40 25,10 20,00 — — other: 1704 90 55 — — — Throat pastilles and cough drops 1704 90 61 — — — Sugar coated (panned) goods 34,40 38,80 1704 90 65 — — — — Gum confectionery and jelly confectionery including 38,80 fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery 1704 90 71 — — — — Boiled sweets whether or not filled 1704 90 75 — — — — Toffees, caramels and similar sweets 1704 90 81 — — — — — Compressed tablets 1704 90 99 — — — — — other 1803 Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted: 1803 10 00 — not defatted 1803 20 00 — wholly partly defatted 45,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 31,20 31,20 29,90 38,80 38,80 45,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 26,70 26,70 25,40 38,80 38,80 45,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 21,30 21,30 20,00 38,80 38,80 43,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 15,00 15,00 1804 00 00 Cocoa butter, fat and oil 18,90 16,15 12,85 9,00 1805 00 00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 1806 10 — Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: 1806 10 15 1806 10 20 1806 10 30 1806 10 90 — — containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose: — — containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose: — — containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose — — containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose 32,60 29,10 24,90 20,00 32,60 29,10 24,90 20,00 31,20 27,70 24,20 20,00 31,20 27,70 24,20 20,00 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/37 CN code Description 1806 20 10 — — containing 31 % or more by weight of cocoa butter or containing a combined weight of 31 % or more of cocoa butter and milk fat Rate of duty 1. 1. 1997 1. 1. 1998 1. 1. 1999 1. 1. 2000 and after 30,80 27,80 24,20 20,00 1806 20 30 — — containing a combined weight of 25 % or more, but less than 29,60 26,60 23,60 20,00 31 % of cocoa butter 1806 20 50 — — containing 18 % or more by weight of cocoa butter 30,80 27,80 24,20 20,00 1806 20 70 — — — Chocolate milk crumb 29,60 26,60 23,60 20,00 1806 20 80 — — — Chocolate flavour coating 29,60 26,60 23,60 20,00 1806 20 95 — — — other 29,60 26,60 23,60 20,00 — other, in blocks, slabs or bars: 1806 31 00 — — filled (1): 48,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 1806 32 10 — — — with added cereal, fruit or nuts (1) 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 1806 32 90 — — — other (1): 1806 90 — other (1): — — Chocolate and chocolate products: — — — chocolates, whether or not filled: 48,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 1806 90 11 — — — — containing alcohol (1) 48,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 1806 90 19 — — — — other (1) 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 — — — other: 1806 90 31 — — — — filled (1) 1806 90 39 — — — — not filled (1) 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 1806 90 50 — — Sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 substitution products, containing cocoa (1) 1806 90 60 — — Spreads containing cocoa (1) 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 1806 90 70 — — Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages (1) 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 1806 90 90 — — other (1) 43,20 43,20 43,20 43,20 1901 90 — other: — — Malt extract: 1901 90 11 — — — with a dry extract content of 90 % or more by weight 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 1901 90 19 — — — other 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni, couscous, whether or not prepared: — Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared: 1902 11 00 — — containing eggs 35,50 31,75 27,25 22,00 1902 19 — — other: 1902 19 10 — — — containing no common wheat flour or meal 31,50 28,00 23,00 18,00 L 301/38 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description 1902 19 90 — — — other — — other: 1902 20 91 — — — cooked 1902 20 99 — — — other 1902 30 — other pasta: 1902 30 10 — — dried 1902 30 90 — — other 1902 40 — Couscous: 1902 40 10 — — unprepared 1902 40 90 — — other Rate of duty 1. 1. 1997 1. 1. 1998 1. 1. 1999 1. 1. 2000 and after 31,50 28,00 23,00 18,00 27,60 27,60 34,60 34,60 38,20 38,20 24,10 24,10 31,10 31,10 33,70 33,70 19,90 19,90 26,90 26,90 28,30 28,30 15,00 15,00 22,00 22,00 22,00 22,00 1905 30 — Sweet biscuits; waffles, and wafers: — — completely or partially coated or covered with chocolate or other preparations containing cocoa: 1905 30 11 — — — in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 38,50 34,75 30,25 25,00 85 g 1905 30 19 — — — other — — other: — — — Sweet biscuits: 38,50 34,75 30,25 25,00 1905 30 30 — — — — containing 8 % or more by weight of milk fats 37,00 33,25 29,50 25,00 — — — — other: 1905 30 51 — — — — — Sandwich biscuits 1905 30 59 — — — — — other — — — Waffles and wafers: 1905 30 91 — — — — salted, whether or not filled 1905 30 99 — — — — other 27,00 28,50 31,20 36,40 1905 90 40 — — — Waffles and wafers with a water content exceeding 10 % 31,20 by weight 1905 90 45 — — — Biscuits 1905 90 55 — — — Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted — — — other: 1905 90 60 — — — — with added sweetening matter 1905 90 90 — — — — other 2001 Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid 2001 90 — other: 28,50 28,50 28,50 34,00 23,25 24,75 26,70 31,90 26,70 24,75 24,75 24,75 30,25 19,50 20,25 21,30 27,40 21,30 20,25 20,25 20,25 26,50 15,00 15,00 15,00 22,00 15,00 15,00 15,00 15,00 22,00 2001 90 30 — — Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 2101 30 — Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee subistutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof: — — Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes 2101 30 11 — — — Roasted chicory 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/39 CN code Description Rate of duty 1. 1. 1997 1. 1. 1998 1. 1. 1999 1. 1. 2000 and after 2101 30 19 — — — other 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 — — Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes: 2101 30 91 — — — of roasted chicory 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 2101 30 99 — — — other 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 2102 Yeasts (active or inactive); other single cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking powders: 2102 10 — Active yeasts: 2102 10 10 — — Culture yeast — — Bakers’ yeast: 2102 10 31 — — — dried 2102 10 39 — — — other 2102 10 90 — — other 30,30 26,05 21,00 15,00 37,00 33,25 29,50 25,00 37,00 33,25 29,50 25,00 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 2102 20 — Inactive yeasts; other single cell micro-organisms, dead — — Inactive yeasts: 2102 20 11 — — — in tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 a net content not exceeding 1 kg 2102 20 19 — — — other 31,20 26,70 21,30 15,00 2102 30 00 — Prepared baking powders 30,30 26,05 21,00 15,00 2103 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard: 2103 20 00 — Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces (1): 48,00 48,00 48,00 48,00 2103 30 90 — — Prepared mustard 51,20 51,20 51,20 51,20 2105 00 Ice-cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa: 2105 00 10 — containing no milk fats or containing less than 3 % by weight of 41,30 41,30 41,30 41,30 such fats (1) — containing by weight of milkfats: 2105 00 91 — — 3 % or more but less than 7 % (1) 45,00 45,00 45,00 45,00 2105 00 99 — — 7 % or more (1) 45,00 45,00 45,00 45,00 2106 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: 2106 10 20 — — containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch 18,90 16,15 12,85 9,00 2106 10 80 — — other 18,90 16,15 12,85 9,00 2203 00 Beer made from malt (1): — in containers holding 10 litres or less: 2203 00 01 — — in bottles 55,00 55,00 55,00 55,00 L 301/40 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code Description 2203 00 09 — — other 2203 00 10 — in containers holding more than 10 litres: 2905 43 00 — — Mannitol (2) 2905 44 — — D-glucitol (sorbitol): — — — in aqueous solution (2): 2905 44 11 — — — — containing 2 % or less by weight (2) of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content 2905 44 19 — — — — other (2) — — — other: Rate of duty 1. 1. 1997 1. 1. 1998 1. 1. 1999 55,00 55,00 55,00 55,00 55,00 55,00 1. 1. 2000 and after 55,00 55,00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2905 44 91 — — — — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, 16,00 16,00 16,00 16,00 calculated on the D-glucitol content 2905 44 99 — — — — other 16,00 16,00 16,00 16,00 3302 Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages: 3302 10 — of a kind used in the food or drink industries: — — of the type used in the dring industries: — — — preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage: — — — — other: 3302 10 21 — — — — — containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose, or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch 19,40 19,40 19,40 19,40 3302 10 29 — — — — — other 19,40 19,40 19,40 19,40 3505 Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches: 3505 10 — Dextrins and other modified starches: 3505 10 10 — — Dextrins 20,50 20,50 20,50 20,50 — — other modified starches: 3505 10 90 — — — other 3505 20 — Glues: 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 3505 20 10 — — containing, by weight, less than 25 % of starches or dextrins 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 or other modified starches 3505 20 30 — — containing, by weight, 25 % or more but less than 55 % of 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 starches or dextrins or other modified starches 3505 20 50 — — containing, by weight, 55 % or more but less than 80 % of 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 starches or dextrins or other modified starches 3505 20 90 — — containing by weight 80 % or more of starches or dextrins or 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 other modified starches 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/41 CN code Description 3809 Finishing agent, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included: 3809 10 — with a basis of amylaceous substances: Rate of duty 1. 1. 1997 1. 1. 1998 1. 1. 1999 1. 1. 2000 and after 3809 10 10 — — containing by weight of such substances less than 55 % 3809 10 30 — — containing by weight of such substances 55 % or more but less than 70 % 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 3809 10 50 — — containing by weight of such substances 70 % or more but 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 less than 83 % 3809 10 90 — — containing by weight of such substances 83 % or more 8,00 8,00 8,00 8,00 3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols: — Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining: 3823 11 00 — — Stearic acid 3823 12 00 — — Oleic acid 3823 13 00 — — Tall oil fatty acids 3823 19 — — other: 3823 19 10 — — — Distilled fatty acids 3823 19 30 — — — Fatty acid distillate 3823 19 90 — — — other (3) 3823 70 00 — Industrial fatty alcohols (3) 3824 60 — Sorbitol, other than that of subheading 2905 44: — — in aqueous solution: 3824 60 11 — — — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol calculated on the D-glucitol content (4) 3824 60 19 — — — other (4) — — other: 3824 60 91 — — — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol calculated on the D-glucitol content (4) 3824 60 99 — — — other (4) (1) The duties apply within the quantitative limits set out in Annex II, Table 2. (2) Maximum 20 %. (3) Maximum 24,4 %. (4) Maximum 10 %. 24,40 20,00 24,40 24,40 24,40 24,40 20,00 24,40 24,40 24,40 24,40 20,00 24,40 24,40 24,40 24,40 20,00 24,40 24,40 24,40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 301/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 Table 2 CN code Description 1997 1998 and after 1517 10 — Margarine, excluding liquid margarine: 1 000 (tonnes) 1 000 (tonnes) — other, in blocks, slabs or bars: 900 (tonnes) 900 (tonnes) 1806 31 00 — — filled 1806 32 10 — — — with added cereal, fruit or nuts 1806 32 90 — — — other: — — Chocolate and chocolate products: 1806 90 11 — — — containing alcohol: 1806 90 19 — — — — other — — — other: 1806 90 31 — — — — filled 1806 90 39 — — — — not filled 1806 90 50 — — Sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor substitution products, sugar from made containing cocoa 1806 90 60 — — Spreads containing cocoa 1806 90 70 — — Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages 1806 90 90 — — other 2103 20 — Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces 100 (tonnes) 100 (tonnes) 2105 00 10 — Containing no milk fats or containing less than 160 (tonnes) 160 (tonnes) 3 % by weight of such fats: — containing by weight of milk fats 2105 00 91 — — 3 % ore more but less than 7 % 2105 00 99 — — 7 % or more — in containers holding 10 litres or less: 60 000 hl 70 000 hl’ 2203 00 01 — — in bottles 2203 00 09 — — other 2203 00 10 — in containers holding more than 10 litres ANNEX G ‘ANNEX XI List of EC concessions referred to in Article 21(2) 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 (1) 0101 19 10 Live horses, for slaughter 0101 19 90 Other Live bovine animals: Applicable duty (% of MFN) (2) Free 67 Annual quantities From 1. 7. 1996 to 30. 6. 1997 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 2000 (tonnes) Specific provisions Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 0102 90 05 of a live weight not exceeding 80 kg 20 178 000 heads 178 000 heads 178 000 heads 178 000 heads 178 000 heads (3) of a live weight exceeding 80 kg, but not exceeding 300 kg 153 000 heads 153 000 heads 153 000 heads 153 000 heads 153 000 heads 0102 90 21 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 breed 6 % ad valorem 7 000 heads 7 000 heads 7 000 heads 7 000 heads 7 000 heads (4) Live sheep or goats Free 1 320 1 740 2 160 2 330 2 500 (5) (6) Meat of sheep or goats Meat of bovines, fresh, chilled or frozen Meat of domestic swine Free 20 20 315 1 795 330 1 650 345 1 725 360 1 800 375 1 875 (5) (6) 15 125 13 750 14 375 15 000 15 625 (7) 0104 10 30 0104 10 80 0104 20 90 0204 0201 0202 0203 11 10 0203 12 11 0203 12 19 0203 19 11 0203 19 13 0203 19 15 0203 19 55 0203 19 59 0203 21 10. 1 1 1 1 9 8. E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s L 3 0 1 / 4 3 CN code Description (1) Applicable duty (% of MFN) (2) Annual quantities From 1. 7. 1996 to 30. 6. 1997 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 2000 (tonnes) Specific provisions 0203 22 11 0203 22 19 0203 29 11 0203 29 13 0203 29 15 0203 29 55 0203 29 59 0203 11 90 0203 12 90 0203 19 90 0203 21 90 0203 22 90 0203 29 90 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, other than domestic Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 0205 00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies Free 210 220 230 240 250 Edible offal of bovines animals fresh, chilled or frozen Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 0206 10 99 0206 21 00 0206 29 99 0207 11 90 65 % chickens, fresh or chilled 20 1 212 1 100 1 150 1 200 1 250 0207 12 90 65 % chickens, frozen Cuts of chicken, frozen Geese 20 338 330 345 360 375 0207 14 60 0207 14 70 0207 14 99 0207 32 59 0207 33 51 0207 33 59 0207 35 11 0207 35 23 0207 35 51 0207 35 61 0207 36 11 0207 36 23 0207 36 51 0207 36 61 ex 0207 35 31 ex 0207 36 31 Whole wings of geese, with or without tips, fresh, chilled or frozen ex 0207 35 41 ex 0207 36 41 Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips of geese, fresh, chilled of frozen L 3 0 1 / 4 4 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s 1 1. 1 1. 9 8 ex 0207 35 71 ex 0207 36 71 ex 0207 35 99 ex 0207 36 90 Goose, paletots, fresh, chilled or frozen Offal of geese, other than livers fresh, chilled or frozen ex 0207 35 79 ex 0207 36 79 Breasts and cuts thereof of geese, the ribs of which have been partially or completely removed, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 % of the MFN duty applicable to products falling within CN code 0207 35 51 0207 34 0207 36 81 0207 36 85 0208 10 11 0208 10 19 Fatty liver of geese or ducks Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Other meat and edible meat offal of domestic rabbits 70 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 0208 10 90 of non domestic rabbits 0208 20 00 of frog’s legs 0208 90 20 0208 90 40 of game, other than rabbits or hares Free 0406 Cheese and curd 20 1 709 1 784 1 859 1 800 1 875 0409 00 00 Natural honey 0409 00 00 Natural honey 0602 90 59 Other outdoor plants other than perennial plants 0603 90 00 Cut flowers, other than fresh Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwises prepared: 0604 91 21 fresh 0604 91 29 17 % ad valorem 93 92 35 70 70 190 190 190 190 190 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited. 1 1 1 1 9 8. E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s L 3 0 1 / 4 5 CN code Description (1) 0604 91 41 0604 91 49 0604 99 10 not further prepared than dried 0604 99 90 other Applicable duty (% of MFN) (2) 70 70 Free 82 Annual quantities From 1. 7. 1996 to 30. 6. 1997 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 2000 (tonnes) Specific provisions 0702 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 20 8 190 8 580 8 970 9 360 9 750 (9) 0703 10 19 Onions, other than sets Free 170 170 170 170 170 0704 10 10 Cauliflowers and headed broccoli, from 15 April to 30 November 20 2 730 2 860 2 990 3 120 3 250 0704 90 10 White cabbages and red cabbages 0704 90 90 other 0707 00 10 0707 00 15 0707 00 20 0707 00 35 0707 00 40 0707 00 25 0707 00 30 0707 00 25 0707 00 30 Cucumbers, from 1 November to 15 May 20 3 360 3 520 3 680 3 840 4 000 Cucumbers, from 16 May to 31 October 80 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Cucumbers, from 16 May to 31 October 12 % ad valorem 330 330 330 330 330 (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) 0708 20 Beans Free 210 220 230 240 250 0709 60 10 Sweet peppers Free 2 520 2 640 2 760 2 880 3 000 ex 0709 30 00 Aubergines, from 1 January to 31 March 0709 60 99 Peppers of the genus Pimenta ex 0709 90 90 Pumpkins and other gourds, from 1 January to 31 March ex 0709 90 90 Other, except parsley, from 1 January to 31 March 56 50 56 56 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited L 3 0 1 / 4 6 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s 1 1. 1 1. 9 8 0710 21 00 Peas, frozen 0710 22 00 Beans, frozen 0710 29 00 Other leguminous, frozen Mushrooms, of the genus Agaracus 0711 90 40 2003 10 20 2003 10 30 0712 20 00 Dried onions ex 0712 30 00 Mushrooms, except cultivated mushrooms ex 0712 90 90 Horse-radish 20 210 220 230 240 250 420 440 460 480 500 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 8,4 % ad valorem 50 38 Free Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 0713 10 90 Peas, not for sowing 0713 33 90 Kidney beans, other than for sowing ex 0713 39 00 Other beans, other than for sowing 0802 31 00 Common walnuts, in shell 0802 32 00 Common walnuts, shelled ex 0807 11 00 Watermelons, from 1 November to 30 April Apples, other than cider apples 0808 10 51 0808 10 53 0808 10 59 0808 10 92 0808 10 94 0808 10 98 0809 10 Apricots Sour cherries, fresh 0809 20 11 0809 20 21 0809 20 31 0809 20 41 0809 20 51 0809 20 61 0809 20 71 Free 420 440 460 480 500 59 20 20 73 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 210 220 230 240 250 2 100 2 200 2 300 2 400 2 500 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited. 1 1 1 1 9 8. E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s L 3 0 1 / 4 7 (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) (9) CN code Description (1) Plums 0809 40 10 0809 40 20 0809 40 30 0809 40 40 0809 40 90 Sloes 0810 10 10 Strawberries 0810 10 05 0810 10 80 0810 20 10 Raspberries 0810 20 90 Other 0810 30 10 Blackcurrants, fresh 0810 30 30 Redcurrants, fresh 0810 40 30 Bilberries (fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus) 0810 40 50 Fruits of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum 0810 40 90 Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium 0810 90 Other fruits 0811 10 90 Strawberries, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 0811 20 31 Raspberries 0811 20 39 Blackcurrants 0811 20 59 Blackberries and mulberries 0811 20 90 Other berries 0811 90 50 Bilberries ex 0811 90 95 Quinces Applicable duty (% of MFN) (2) Annul quantities From 1. 7. 1996 to 30. 6. 1997 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 (tonnes) 20 3 570 3 740 3 910 4 080 From 1. 7. 2000 Specific provisions (tonnes) 4 250 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 2 710 485 2 710 485 2 710 485 2 710 485 2 710 485 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 210 220 230 240 250 210 525 220 550 230 575 240 600 250 625 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited (9) (9) (8) (8) (8) (8) (8) (8) (8) (8) (8) 47 20 41 42 41 41 Free Free Free Free 36 39 28 53 33 47 56 L 3 0 1 / 4 8 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s 1 1. 1 1. 9 8 ex 0811 90 95 Fruits falling within CN codes 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples), 0805 40, 0807 20 00, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 90 30, 0810 90 40 and 0810 90 85 ex 0811 90 95 Rose-hips 0812 10 00 Cherries, provisionally preserved 0812 20 00 Strawberries, provisionally preserved 0813 10 00 Apricots, dried 0813 20 00 Plums, dried 0813 30 00 Apples, dried 0813 40 70 0813 40 95 Other fruits, dried 33 Free Free Free 210 105 220 110 230 115 240 120 250 125 Free 1 050 1 100 1 150 1 200 1 250 0813 40 30 Pears, dried 50 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 0904 20 90 Fruits of genus Capsicum or Pimenta, crushed or ground Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 1001 90 99 Common wheat 20 24 200 22 000 23 000 24 000 25 000 ex 1106 30 90 Flour, meal and powder of chestnuts ex 1106 30 90 Other than chestnuts Seeds, fruit and spores 1209 25 90 1209 29 80 1209 91 90 1209 99 91 1209 99 99 58 Free Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 525 550 575 600 625 1212 99 10 Chicory roots Free 525 550 575 600 625 1506 00 00 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 1512 11 91 1512 19 91 Sunflowerseed oil Free 3 990 4 180 4 370 4 560 4 750 1522 00 99 Other residues of fatty substances Free Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited. 1 1 1 1 9 8. E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s L 3 0 1 / 4 9 CN code Description (1) 1601 00 91 1601 00 99 Sausages, other than of liver 1602 31 11 Prepared meat of turkeys 1602 39 Other prepared meat of poultry 1602 20 11 1602 20 19 1602 41 90 1602 42 90 1602 49 90 ex 1602 50 39 ex 1602 50 80 Goose or duck liver Prepared or preserved meat of swine other than domestic swine Prepared or preserved tongue of bovine animals ex 1602 90 31 Preparations of game Preserved meat of domestic swine 1602 41 10 1602 42 10 1602 49 11 1602 49 13 1602 49 15 1602 49 19 1602 49 30 1602 49 50 Applicable duty (% of MFN) (2) 20 20 69 47 65 47 20 Annul quantities From 1. 7. 1996 to 30. 6. 1997 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1997 to 30. 6. 1998 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1998 to 30. 6. 1999 (tonnes) From 1. 7. 1999 to 30. 6. 2000 (tonnes) 1 145 990 1 035 1 080 From 1. 7. 2000 Specific provisions (tonnes) 1 125 630 660 690 720 750 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 2 118 1 870 1 955 2 040 2 125 2001 10 00 Cucumbers and gherkins, preserved 20 210 220 230 240 250 2001 90 60 to 2001 90 96 2002 90 31 2002 90 39 2002 90 91 2002 90 99 2003 10 20 2003 10 30 Other preserved fruits and vegetables Tomatoes, preserved 20 700 700 700 700 700 Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus Free 210 220 230 240 250 L 3 0 1 / 5 0 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s 1 1. 1 1. 9 8 2005 40 00 Peas ex 2007 91 90 Other, with the exception of orange jams and marmalades 2007 99 10 Plum purées and paste 2007 99 31 Cherry jams, jellies, marmalades, purée and pastes with a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight ex 2007 99 39 with a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight. Fruit coming under CN codes 0801, 0803, 0804 (except figs and pineapples), 0807 20 00, 0810 20 90, 0810 30 90, 0810 40 10, 0810 40 50, 0810 40 90, 0810 90 20 70 86 83 27 210 220 230 240 250 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited (9) (9) 2008 60 61 Sour cherries, containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg 70 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 2009 70 19 Apple juice, concentrated, other Apple juice of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20 °C 20 48 1 995 2 090 2 185 2 280 2 375 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Tobacco 20 3 675 3 850 4 025 4 200 4 375 2009 70 30 2009 70 93 2009 70 99 2401 10 60 2401 10 70 2401 20 60 2401 20 70 (1) 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 togehter. (2) 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. (3) The quota for this product is opened for the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Where imports into the Community of live bovine domestic animals 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. (4) The quota for this product is opened for the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (5) 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. (6) Possibility of converting limited quantities between meat and live animals. (7) Excluding tenderloin presented alone. (8) Subject to minimum import price arrangements contained in the Appendix to Annex XI. (9) The concession applies only to the ad valorem part of the duty. 1 1 1 1 9 8. E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s L 3 0 1 / 5 1 L 301/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 Appendix to Annex XI 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 Romania: CN code Description ex 0810 10 05 Strawberries, fresh, from 1 January to 30 April ex 0810 10 10 Strawberries, fresh, from 1 May to 31 July ex 0810 10 80 Strawberries, fresh, from 1 August to 31 December ex 0810 20 10 Raspberries, fresh ex 0810 30 10 Blackcurrents, fresh ex 0810 30 30 Redcurrants, fresh ex 0811 10 90 Frozen strawberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: whole fruit ex 0811 10 90 Frozen strawberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other ex 0811 20 31 Frozen raspberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: whole fruit ex 0811 20 31 Frozen raspberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other ex 0811 20 39 Frozen blackcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: whithout stalk ex 0811 20 39 Frozen blackcurrents, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other Minimum import price (ECU/100 kg net) 51,4 51,4 51,4 63,1 38,5 23,3 75,0 57,6 99,5 79,6 62,8 44,8 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 equal to the difference between the minimum import price ans the customs declaration value will be charged. 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 Romanian authorities in order to enable them to correct the situation. 4. At the request of either the Communiy or Romania, the Association Committee shall examine the functioning of the system or the revision of the level of the minimum import prices. If appropriate, the Association Committee 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 will be organised three months before the beginning of each marketing year in the 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 the 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. ’ 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/53 ANNEX H ‘ANNEX XII List of Romanian concessions referred to in Article 21 (4) Imports into Romania of the following products originating in the Community will be subject to the concessions set out below: CN code Description (1) 0101 11 00 Live horses, pure-bred breeding animals Live bovine animals, pure-bred breeding animals Applicable customs duty (% ad valorem) Annual quantity (tonnes) 2,3 2,3 Unlimited Unlimited Heifers (female bovines that have never calved), weighing more than 220 kg 18,8 Unlimited 0102 10 10 0102 10 30 0102 10 90 ex 0102 90 41 ex 0102 90 49 0102 90 51 0102 90 59 0103 10 00 Live swine, pure-bred breeding animals 0104 10 10 0104 20 10 Live sheep and goats, pure-bred breeding animals 0210 90 90 Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal 0402 10 19 Milk and cream, in powder or other solid forms 0402 21 11 0402 21 19 0402 21 91 0403 10 11 to 0403 10 39 0403 90 11 to 0403 90 69 Yogurt, not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa Other, not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa 2,3 2,3 18,8 15,0 18,8 18,8 18,8 18,8 18,8 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 1 500 Unlimited Unlimited 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 10 0405 90 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk 18,8 1 900 0406 Cheese and curd 15,0 1 400 0601 10 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant 18,8 Unlimited 0602 10 Unrooted cuttings and slips 0602 30 00 Rhododendrons and azaleas 0602 90 10 Mushroom spawn 15,0 Unlimited L 301/54 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 CN code 0701 90 51 0701 90 59 0701 90 90 Description (1) Applicable customs duty (% ad valorem) Annual quantity (tonnes) Potatoes, fresh or chilled other than seed and other than for the manufacture of starch 18,8 20 000 0709 10 Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled 0709 20 00 Asparagus, fresh or chilled 0709 90 39 Olives, for the production of oil 0710 80 10 Olives, frozen 0801 11 00 0801 19 00 0801 21 00 0801 22 00 0801 31 00 0801 32 00 0802 11 0802 12 0802 21 00 0802 22 00 Coconuts Brazil nuts Cashew nuts Almonds Hazelnuts or filberts 0802 50 00 Pistachios 0802 90 30 Areca (or betel) and cola 0802 90 50 Pine nuts 0802 90 60 Macadamia nuts 0802 90 85 Other nuts 18,8 Unlimited 18,8 Unlimited 18,8 Unlimited 18,8 18,8 18,8 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited ex 0803 00 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried, from 1 November to 30 April 15,0 Unlimited 0804 10 00 Dates 0804 20 Figs 0804 30 00 Pineapples 0804 40 20 Avocados, from 1 December to 31 May 0804 40 95 0804 50 00 Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens Unlimited 18,8 15,0 15,0 18,8 18,8 18,8 Sweet oranges, fresh, from 16 October to 31 March 15,0 Unlimited 0805 10 01 0805 10 05 0805 10 09 0805 10 51 0805 10 55 0805 10 59 0805 10 61 0805 10 65 0805 10 69 ex 0805 20 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, from 1 November to 30 April 0805 30 Lemons and limes 0805 40 20 Grapefruit, from 1 November to 30 April 0805 40 95 15,0 18,8 15,0 15,0 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/55 CN code Description (1) Applicable customs duty (% ad valorem) Annual quantity (tonnes) ex 0805 90 00 Other citrus fruit, from 1 November to 30 April 15 (2) 0806 20 Grapes, dried 0807 20 00 Papaws (papayas) ex 0810 50 10 Kiwis, from 1 November to 30 April ex 0810 50 20 ex 0810 50 30 18,8 Unlimited 18,8 Unlimited Unlimited 15 (2) 15 (2) 18,8 ex 0810 90 30 Tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums from 1 November to 30 April 15 (2) Unlimited ex 0810 90 40 Passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, from 1 November to 30 April ex 0810 90 85 Other, from 1 November to 30 April 0813 40 50 Papaws (papayas), dried 0813 40 60 Tamarinds, dried 0813 40 70 0813 40 95 Other dried fruits 15,0 Unlimited 0901 21 00 Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated 18,8 Unlimited ex 1001 10 00 Durum wheat, seed 1001 90 91 1001 90 99 Common wheat and meslin 1002 00 00 Rye 1003 00 10 Barley, seed 1003 00 90 Barley, other than seed free (2) Unlimited 18,8 125 000 18,8 30 000 18,8 1 118 55 882 1005 10 11 Maize (corn), seed, double hybrids and top cross hybrids 2,3 1 000 1005 10 13 Maize (corn), seed, three-cross hybrids 1005 10 15 Maize (corn), seed, simple hybrids 1006 30 Semi-milled or wholly milled rice 18,8 10 000 1202 10 90 1202 20 00 Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, other than for sowing 18,8 Unlimited 1204 00 10 Linseed, for sowing free (2) Unlimited 1207 40 90 Sesamum seeds, other than for sowing 18,8 Unlimited 1209 11 00 Sugar beet seed free (3) Unlimited L 301/56 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 Applicable customs duty (% ad valorem) Annual quantity (tonnes) 15,0 Unlimited CN code Description (1) 1209 21 00 Lucerne (alfalfa) seed 1209 22 Clover (Trifolium spp. ) seed 1209 23 11 Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds. ) seed 1209 23 15 Red fescue (Festuca rubra L. ) seed 1209 24 00 Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L. ) seed 1209 25 Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam. , Lolium perenne L. ) seed 1209 29 50 Lupine seed 1209 30 00 Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated for their flowers 1209 99 10 Forest-tree seeds ex 1211 90 Plants used primarily in perfumery, pharmacy, etc. , other than cinchona bark 18,8 Unlimited 1509 Olive oil 1515 11 00 Crude linseed oil 1515 30 Castor oil and its fractions 18,8 Unlimited 18,8 Unlimited 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 50 Meat preparations, of bovine animals 1701 11 1701 12 1701 99 Raw cane sugar Raw beet sugar White or other sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring 18,8 20 000 1801 00 00 Cocoa beans, whole or broken free (2) Unlimited 2005 70 Olives, prepared or conserved 18,8 5 000 2007 91 Jams, fruit jellies, etc. , of citrus fruits 18,8 Unlimited 2007 99 35 Of raspberries 2007 99 51 Chestnut purée and paste 2008 11 2008 30 Ground-nut preparations Citrus fruit preparations 2009 11 2009 19 2009 20 11 2009 20 91 2009 20 99 2009 30 11 to 2009 30 59 Frozen orange juice Orange juice, other Grapefruit juice Other citrus fruit juice 2009 40 Pineapple juice 18,8 Unlimited 18,8 Unlimited 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/57 CN code Description (1) 2301 10 00 Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal; greaves 2301 20 00 Flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans Applicable customs duty (% ad valorem) Annual quantity (tonnes) 18,8 15,0 Unlimited 2304 00 00 Soya oil-cake free (2) Unlimited Unmanufactured tobacco 18,8 2 500 2401 10 10 2401 10 20 2401 10 60 2401 10 70 2401 20 10 2401 20 20 (1) 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. (2) In the event of an increase in the customs duty applicable erga omnes, the preferential duty applicable to imports originating in the Community may be set at 75 % of the customs duty applicable erga omnes, subject to a maximum of 18,8 % ad valorem. (3) In the event of an increase in the customs duty applicable erga omnes, the preferential duty applicable to imports originating in the Community may be set at 75 % of the customs duty applicable erga omnes, subject to a maximum of 15 % ad valorem. L 301/58 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 Exchange of letters between the European Community and Romania regarding entry prices applied to the import of fruit and vegetables into the Community A. Letter from the Community Sir, The Agreement on the adaptation of the agricultural part of the Europe Agreement following the implementation of the Uruguay Round and the enlargement of the European Community signed today between the European Community and Romania does not contain any provisions regarding the entry price regime applied to the import of fruit and vegetables into the Community. It has been agreed that the Parties will continue consultations on this sector in order to find a solution. Taking into account, inter alia, the experience of the last marketing years, the solution should allow the continuation of trade relations traditionally established between the Community and Romania for the products concerned. In the meantime, Romania will not be treated less favourably than other associated countries in this context. In addition, both Parties will continue talks in the framework of the relevant procedures of the Europe Agreement on any other unresolved issues in order to find as soon as possible mutually acceptable solutions. I should be obliged if you would confirm the agreement of the Government of Romania to the contents of this letter. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. On behalf of the Council of the European Union 11. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/59 B. Letter from the Government of Romania Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date which reads as follows: “The Agreement on the adaptation of the agricultural part of the Europe Agreement following the implementation of the Uruguay Round and the enlargement of the European Community signed today between the European Community and Romania does not contain any provisions regarding the entry price regime applied to the import of fruit and vegetables into the Community. It has been agreed that the Parties will continue consultations on this sector in order to find a solution. Taking into account, inter alia, the experience of the last marketing years, the solution should allow the continuation of trade relations traditionally established between the Community and Romania for the products concerned. In the meantime, Romania will not be treated less favourably than other associated countries in this context. In addition, both Parties will continue talks in the framework of the relevant procedures of the Europe Agreement on any other unresolved issues in order to find as soon as possible mutually acceptable solutions. I should be obliged if you would confirm the agreement of the Government of Romania to the contents of this letter. ” I have the honour to confirm that the Government of Romania is in agreement with the contents of this letter. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. For the Government of Romania’