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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 230/3 

19 July 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 266/2005

European Union (EU)* : Tariff Quotas for Certain Agricultural and Industrial Products

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 13/2005 of 7 January 2005, the Council of the EU has adopted a regulation amending the list of products eligible for reduced tariffs under the Community tariff quota mechanism. A copy of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 1151/2005 is attached (pdf format ) for reference.

DETAILS

  1. Tariff quotas allow Community industries to acquire for their production raw materials/components, the supply of which are inadequate or non-existent in the Community. Products eligible for tariff quotas can be imported into the EU at reduced or zero tariff rates up to the quota limit within a specified period of time. The normal tariff rates will resume when imports reach the quota limit or upon expiry of the quota validity period.
  1. The Council's latest amendments increased the amount of quotas for certain articles of leather or of composition leather, and extended the tariff quotas to several new products, such as certain chemicals, and parts and accessories of electrical equipment. They have taken effect since 1 July 2005.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5351.

 

Yours faithfully,


(Ricky CHENG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.



Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.