# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1144/2007

of 1 October 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables [^1] , and in particular Article 34(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 [^2] , approved by Council Decision 2006/930/EC [^3] , provides for the increasing of the existing GATT tariff quota for apples.

**(2)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 of 23 September 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996 [^4] should be amended accordingly.

**(3)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1831/96, the quota volume (tonnes) for Order No 09.0061 for Apples, fresh, other than cider apples is replaced by ‘696’.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 October 2007. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_297_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 ( [OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_007_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 92](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_355_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 91](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_355_R_TOC) .

[^4] [OJ L 243, 24.9.1996 p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_243_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 973/2006 ( [OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 63](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_176_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 ().
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[^4]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 973/2006 ().