Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002 of 13 March 2002 adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1799/2001, (EC) No 2125/95 and (EC) No 3223/94 as regards the combined nomenclature codes for certain fruits and vegetables

• Published date: 14 March 2002
• Subject Matter: Customs duties: Community tariff quotas,Commercial policy,Fruit and vegetables,Processed fruit and vegetables
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 72, 14 March 2002

2002R0453 — EN — 01.01.2002 — 000.001

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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 453/2002 of 13 March 2002 adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1799/2001, (EC) No 2125/95 and (EC) No 3223/94 as regards the combined nomenclature codes for certain fruits and vegetables (OJ L 072, 14.3.2002, p.9)

Corrected by:

►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 052, 25.2.2005, p. 64 (453/02)

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▼B

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 453/2002

of 13 March 2002

adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1799/2001, (EC) No 2125/95 and (EC) No 3223/94 as regards the combined nomenclature codes for certain fruits and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( 3 ) has amended the Combined Nomenclature for certain fruits and vegetables and products processed from fruit and vegetables.

(2) The following should therefore be adapted: — the table in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products ( 4 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1239/2001 ( 5 ); — Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1799/2001 of 12 September 2001 laying down the marketing standard for citrus fruit ( 6 ); — Article 1(1) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 of 6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms ( 7 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2541/2001 ( 8 ); — the table in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables ( 9 ), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2000 ( 10 ).

(3) The above adaptations should enter into force at the same time as Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Meeting of Management Committees for fresh fruit and vegetables and for processed fruit and vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the table in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96:

‘ex08 12 Fruit and nuts, 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, excluding bananas provisionally preserved falling within subheading ex081290 95’

is replaced by:

‘ex08 12 Fruit and nuts, 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, excluding bananas provisionally preserved falling within subheading ►C1 ex081290 99 ◄ ’

and the text:

‘ex20 09 Fruit juices

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