Document ID: 32023R2791
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><img/></td><td><p>Official Journal<br/>of the European Union</p></td><td><p>EN</p><p>Series L</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td/><td><p>2023/2791</p></td><td><p>14.12.2023</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2791
of 13 December 2023
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 as regards the quantities that may be imported under certain tariff quotas for sheepmeat and goatmeat following the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 187, first paragraph, points (a) to (e), thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)&#160;2020/1988&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> lays down the rules for the administration of import tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations (&#8216;first come, first served&#8217; principle).</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom`s withdrawal from the European Union, concluded by Council Decision (EU)&#160;2023/1796&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a>, amends the quantities of products to be imported under tariff quotas 09.1922, 09.2115 and&#160;09.2116 opened in favour of Chile.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The amendments made by that Agreement should be reflected in Annex&#160;I, section &#8216;Tariff quotas in the sector of sheepmeat and goatmeat&#8217;, to Implementing Regulation (EU)&#160;2020/1988.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>Implementing Regulation (EU)&#160;2020/1988 should therefore be amended accordingly.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>The amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU)&#160;2020/1988 should apply to the tariff quota periods starting from 1&#160;January 2024 onwards.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(6)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply to the tariff quota periods starting from 1 January 2024 onwards.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2023.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
( 1 ) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 .
( 2 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 of 11 November 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the administration of import tariff quotas in accordance with the ‘first come, first served’ principle ( OJ L 422, 14.12.2020, p. 4 ).
( 3 ) Council Decision (EU) 2023/1796 of 18 September 2023 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union ( OJ L 233, 21.9.2023, p. 1 ).
ANNEX
In Annex I, section ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of sheepmeat and goatmeat’, to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988, in the table relating to the tariff quota with order number 09.1922, 09.2115 and 09.2116, the row ‘Quantity’ is replaced by the following:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8216;<span>Quantity</span></p></td><td><p>Year 2024: 8&#160;727&#160;000  kg of carcass weight equivalent.</p><p>The volume increases by 200&#160;000  kg per annum&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2791/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)