Text consolidated by Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre) with amending laws of: 12 February 2004 [shall come into force on 1 March 2004]. If a whole or part of a section has been amended, the date of the amending law appears in square brackets at the end of the section. If a whole section, paragraph or clause has been deleted, the date of the deletion appears in square brackets beside the deleted section, paragraph or clause.

The Saeima ¹ has adopted and
the President has proclaimed the following law:

On Protection Measures in Respect of Import of Swine and Pigmeat

Section 1. The purpose of this Law is to protect the domestic market of pigmeat against the losses due to a rising level of imports by determining customs tariff quotas and additional customs duty.

Section 2. Additional customs duty shall be determined for the import of live pigs in the Republic of Latvia in accordance with Annex 1 to this Law.

Section 3. (1) Customs tariff quotas and additional customs duty shall be determined for the import of pigmeat in the Republic of Latvia in accordance with Annex 2 to this Law.

(2) The customs duty rates laid down in the law On Customs Duty (Tariffs) and international agreements shall be applied to the pigmeat which is imported within the framework of the customs tariff quotas.

Section 4. (1) Customs tariff quotas and additional customs duty shall be determined for the import of swine offal in the Republic of Latvia in accordance with Annex 3 to this Law.

(2) The customs duty rates laid down in the law On Customs Duty (Tariffs) and international agreements shall be applied to the swine offal which is imported within the framework of the customs tariff quotas.

Section 5. The customs tariff quotas laid down in Sections 3 and 4 of this Law shall be divided by the Ministry of Agriculture in accordance with the procedures determined by the Cabinet.

Section 6. During the validity of this Law, the customs tariff quota shall not be applied for the import of pigmeat which is classified in accordance with code 0203 of the Combined Nomenclature of Latvia provided for the European Union Member States in the law On Import Duty (Tariff) Rates, Customs Tariff Quotas and Additional Control and Informing Procedures Applicable to the Agricultural Commodities Originating in the European Community.

Section 7. During the validity of this Law, the customs tariff quotas which in conformity with the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part, have been granted in accordance with code 0206 of the Combined Nomenclature of Latvia shall be included in the customs tariff quota which is determined for the European Union Member States and indicated in Annex 3 to this Law.

Section 8. The measures for safeguarding the domestic market laid down in Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Law shall be in force for four years from the day of coming into force of this Law, but they shall become invalid on the day when Latvia accesses to the European Union.

Section 9. In accordance with Section 23 of the law On Safeguarding the Domestic Market, the measures for safeguarding the domestic market shall not be applicable to the countries referred to in Annex 4 to this Law.

The Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 5 June 2003.

President V. Vīķe-Freiberga

Rīga, 19 June 2003

 

Law On Protection Measures in Respect
of the Import of Swine and Pigmeat

Annex 1

Additional Customs Duty Determined for the Import of Live Pigs

[12 February 2004]

Commodities subject to the application of the customs tax		Applicable additional customs tax (LVL/kg)
Code of the Combined Nomenclature of Latvia	Description of the commodity	until 3 July 2004	from the month 13 until the month 24 after the beginning of the application	from the month 25 until the month 36 after the beginning of the application	from the month 37 until the month 48 after the beginning of the application
0103 92 11 0	---sows which have less than one farrowing with the weight less than 160 kg	0.10	0.09	0.06	0.03
0103 92 19 0	---other

 

Law On Protection Measures in Respect
of the Import of Swine and Pigmeat

Annex 2

Customs Tariff Quotas Determined for the Import of Pigmeat

[12 February 2004]

Commodities subject to the application of the customs tariff quota		Country	During the first 12 months after the beginning of the application		From the month 13 until the month 24 after the beginning of the application		From the month 25 until the month 36 after the beginning of the application		From the month 37 until the month 48 after the beginning of the application
Code of the Combined Nomenclature of Latvia	Description of the commodity
			Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import above the amount of customs tariff quota (LVL/kg)	Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import above the amount of customs tariff quota (LVL/kg)	Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import above the amount of customs tariff quota (LVL/kg)	Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import above the amount of customs tariff quota (LVL/kg)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
0203 11 100	---domestic swine	Estonia	03660852		3956801		4270750		4575699
0203 12 110	---hams and cuts thereof
0203 12 190	---shoulders (shoulder arm picnics) and cuts thereof	Lithuania	366433		396957		427481		458005
0203 19 110	---shoulder butts and cuts thereof
0203 19 130	---loins and cuts thereof, with bone-in	Poland	70597		76476		82357		88239
0203 19 150	---briskets and cuts thereof
0203 19 550	-----boneless	Other countries,	1035	0.257	1121	0.2313	1207	0.1542	1294	0.0771
0203 19 590	----other	except EU		(in all indicated countries)		(in all indicated countries)		(in all indicated countries)		(in all indicated countries)
0203 21 100	---domestic swine	Estonia	62464		67667		72870		78073
0203 22 110	---hams and cuts thereof
0203 22 190	---shoulders (shoulder arm picnics) and cuts thereof	Lithuania	33012		35763		38512		41263
0203 29 110	---shoulder butts and cuts thereof
0203 29 130	---loins and cuts thereof, with bone-in	Poland	1307766		1416704		1525641		1634577
0203 29 150	---briskets and cuts thereof
0203 29 550	-----boneless	Other countries,	91358		98968		106578		114188
0203 29 590	----other	except EU
0203 11 100	---domestic swine
0203 12 110	---hams and cuts thereof
0203 12 190	---shoulders (shoulder arm picnics) and cuts thereof
0203 19 110	---shoulder butts and cuts thereof
0203 19 130	---loins and cuts thereof, with bone-in
0203 19 150	---briskets and cuts thereof
0203 19 550	-----boneless	in the EU Member States	2640000	0.257	2860000	0.2313	3080000	0.1542	3300000	0.0771
0203 19 590	----other
0203 21 100	---domestic swine
0203 22 110	---hams and cuts thereof
0203 22 190	---shoulders (shoulder arm picnics) and cuts thereof
0203 29 110	---shoulder butts and cuts thereof
0203 29 130	---loins and cuts thereof, with bone-in
0203 29 150	---briskets and cuts thereof
0203 29 550	-----boneless
0203 29 590	----other

 

Law On Protection Measures in Respect
of the Import of Swine and Pigmeat

Annex 3

Customs Tariff Quotas Determined for the Import of Swine Offal

Commodities subject to the application of the customs tariff quota		Countries	During the first 12 months after the beginning of the application		From the month 13 until the month 24 after the beginning of the application		From the month 25 until the month 36 after the beginning of the application		From the month 37 until the month 48 after the beginning of the application
Code of the Combined Nomenclature of Latvia	Description of the commodity		Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import (LVL/kg)	Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import (LVL/kg)	Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import (LVL/kg)	Amount of customs tariff quota (kg)	Additional customs duty for import (LVL/kg)
				0.257		0.2313		0.1542		0.0771
0206 30 20 0	---liver
0206 30 30 0	---other	Estonia	35174		38691		49243		59795
0206 41 20 0	---domestic swine	Lithuania	8618		9479		12065		14650
0206 49 20 0	---domestic swine	Poland	21711		23882		30395		36909
		EU Member States	389080		427988		544712		661437
		Other countries	0		0		0		0

 

Law On Protection Measures in Respect
of the Import of Swine and Pigmeat

Annex 4

Developing Countries of the World Trade Organisation which are not Subject to the Application of the Market Protection Measures in Accordance with Section 23 of the law On Safeguarding the Domestic Market

1. Angola

2. Antigua and Barbuda

3. The United Arab Emirates

4. Argentina

5. Bahrain

6. Bangladesh

7. Barbados

8. Belize

9. Benin

10. Bolivia

11. Botswana

12. Brazil

13. Brunei

14. Burkina Faso

15. Burundi

16. The Central African Republic

17. Chad

18. Chile

19. Dominica

20. Dominican Republic

21. Djibouti

22. Egypt

23. Ecuador

24. El Salvador

25. Fiji

26. The Philippines

27. Gabon

28. Guyana

29. Gambia

30. Ghana

31. Grenada

32. Guatemala

33. Guinea-Bissau

34. Guinea

35. Haiti

36. Honduras

37. India

38. Indonesia

39. Jamaica

40. Jordan

41. Cameroon

42. Qatar

43. Kenya

44. Columbia

45. Congo

46. Costa Rica

47. Ivory Coast

48. Kuwait

49. Lesotho

50. Madagascar

51. Macao

52. Malaysia

53. Malawi

54. Maldives

55. Mali

56. Morocco

57. Mauritius

58. Mauritania

59. Mexico

60. Myanmar

61. Mozambique

62. Namibia

63. Niger

64. Nigeria

65. Nicaragua

66. Oman

67. Pakistan

68. Panama

69. Papua New Guinea

70. Paraguay

71. Peru

72. Rwanda

73. Senegal

74. Saint Kitts and Nevis

75. Saint Lucia

76. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

77. Sierra Leone

78. Suriname

79. Swaziland

80. Sri Lanka

81. Thailand

82. Tanzania

83. Togo

84. Trinidad and Tobago

85. Tunisia

86. Uganda

87. Uruguay

88. Venezuela

89. Solomon Islands

90. Zambia

91. Zimbabwe

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¹ The Parliament of the Republic of Latvia

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