EU – JAPAN EPAMEATPRODUCTS
This presentation has been prepared with the sole purpose of simplifying the understanding ofsome parts of the EU-Japan EPA and bears no legal standing.

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EPA Process
INCREASE
MARKET SHAREEU PRODUCTSPROMOTION &INFORMATION

July 2018
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OVERVIEW- What the EPA is offering.
- Some trade data …
- Market Access- Bovine- Pork- Horses & Poultry- Safeguard Clauses- Geographical Indications- Rules of Origin- Information sources

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A few highlights of what’s the EPA
is offering
Main Products

Gate Price

EPA End-TariffTransition

Pork meat

Above GP
Below GP

0% AV
0%AV+37.5Yen/kg
Carcasses
0%AV+50.0Yen/kg
Hams & Shoulders

1/4/2027
1/4/2027

Bovine meat

N/A

9.0% AV

1/4/2033

Pork edible offal

Above GP
Below GP

0% AV
0%AV+50.0Yen/kg

1/4/2027
1/4/2027

Pork processed meat

Above GP
Below GP

0% AV
0% AV

1/4/2028
1/4/2028

Pork meat preparations(CH16)Above GP
Below GP

0% AV
0% AV

1/4/2028
1/4/2028

N/A0% AVbetween 1/4/23 and1/4/202028

Poultry meat

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EU AGRI-FOOD 2017 EXPORTS TO JAPAN (MIO €)pork; 1264
other; 1856

pasta; 187
alcoholic bev.; 1106

casein, 194
chocolates; 198
olive oil; 249
prep. of fruit &veg; 258
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tobacco prod.;703

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EU Meat Exports to Japan (mio €)1400

Pork

BovinePoultry

Offal & Fats
1214

1200

Meat Preps
1264

1123
1004

1000

864
800

600

400

200

2154
2
6891
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48

75

544 53 80

332299 81

113

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MARKET ACCESSPORKMost important agri export product:
1.2 bn € and 30 % import market share!
➢➢➢Meat, fresh, chilled & frozen:➢below Gate Price: almost duty elimination as from 1/4/2027 with specific duty divided
by 10 !

➢above Gate Price: duty free as from 1/4/2027.

Edible offal (below GP)➢other than internal organs: same concessions as for Meat➢internal organs: liberalisation between 8 and 11 years

Processed meat➢➢

above and below Gate Price: duties eliminated as from 1/4/2028

Meat preparations➢

duty elimination as from 1/4/2033 at the latest.

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Under the supervision of7MARKET ACCESSBOVINE➢➢Bovine meat: major success of EPA: drastic tariff reduction: 38.5% to 9% in 15 years.

Edible offal: tariff reduction from 50% baserate to 9 % as from 1/4/2023

EPA offers levelplaying field in JapanwithAUS(cheek and head meat) and liberalisation
after 11 or 16 years (other edible offal).

Gradual increase
EU exports afterBSE ban

Managed by➢Processed bovine meat: base rate of 161.5 Yen/kg
gradually reduced by 50% as from 1/4/2028.

➢Bovine meat preparations: gradual duty elimination in
16 annual instalments.

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Duty
Elimination➢Horses➢ Live: gradual duty elimination – free as from 1/4/2033. Current
base rate: 3400 Yen/head➢ Meat: already MFN duty free➢

Poultry➢ Meat, offal & preparations: gradual duty elimination in 6 or 11years.

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Safeguard Measures➢

May be applied on imports of beef and pork
(fresh, frozen, edible offal, pork processed meat)and race horses.

➢Bovine:➢ annual SG with triggers up to 50.500 t in yr. 10, with fixed annual increases afterwards.
Duties decrease to 18% in yr. 15, with possibilities of further decrease in subsequentyears.
➢ trimestral SG (1/4/2028 – 1/4/2032) – triggers: 117% of ¼ of above triggers – duties: asabove.
➢ SG stops if not applied during 4 consecutive years after yr. 15.
Pork➢ pork meat, fresh, frozen and edible offal:➢ triggers based on an increasing percentage of the largest import volume during
the last 3 years, or fixed quantities as from year 5 for low priced imports.
➢ duties for imports above Gate Price: 4% in yr. 1 to 2.2% in yr. 11➢ duties for imports below gate price: max. 125 or 93.75 Yen/kg
No longer(according to product) in yr. 1, to 70 Yen/kg orMFN
52.5 Yen/kg in yr. 11.
safeguards !!
➢ separate SG measure for processed pork
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AllSafeguard Measuresarelimited in Time

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GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
Full protection for 210 EU GIs, among which more than 15 meatproducts.
Direct protection of GIs under the EPA.

Relation between GIs and Trade Marks (TMs):no registration in Japan of subsequent TMs;

coexistence with pre-existing TMs is addressed.

Listed prior uses to expire within 5 or 7 years

Possibility to add new GIs in the future: 7 EU meat GIs will be added thisyear.

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GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
List of EPA protected meat GIs:
-Tiroler Speck (A)Jambon d’Ardenne (B)Canard à foie gras du Sud-Ouest (Chalosse, Gascogne, Gers, Landes, Périgord, Quercy) (F)Jambon de Bayonne (F)Nürnberger Bratwürste / Nürnberger Rostbratwürste (D)Szegedi szalami / Szegedi téliszalami (H)- Bresaola della Valtellina (I)- Mortadella Bologna (I)- Prosciutto di Parma (I)- Prosciutto di San Daniele (I)- Prosciutto Toscano (I)- Zampone Modena (I)- Guijuelo (E)- Jabugo (E)- Jamon de Teruel / Paleta de Teruel (E)New GIs to be added:-Baranjski kulen (Cr)
Dalmatinski prsut (Cr)Drniski prsut (Cr)Medimursko meso ‘z tiblice (Cr)Culatello di Zibello (I)Salam de Sibiu (Ro)Kranjska klobasa (Slo)Managed bywww.eu-japan.eu/epa-helpdesk

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RULES OF ORIGIN➢

Specified by product in the Product Specific Rules of Origin (PSR) –Annex 3-B➢

PSR meat products manufacturing:➢ Chapter 1 – Live animals: wholly obtained: animals must be bornand raised in the EU.
➢ Chapter 2 – Meat and edible offal: all products of Chapters 1and 2 must be wholly obtained, i.e. of EU origin.
➢ Chapter 16 – Meat preparations: all products of Chapters 2, 3,
and 16 and heading 10.06 (Rice) used in the manufacturing ofCH. 16 products, must be wholly obtained.
ExampleEU sausages imported in Japan under EPA preference:
the meat products (CH.2) used in the production must be of EUorigin;the flavourings such as garlic (CH. 7) can be of non-EU origin.

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INFORMATION SOURCES EPA text and Annexes:

http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cf
m?id=1684
Of which:Annex 2-A: Schedule and Notes (TRQ, etc);
Annex 3-B: Product specific rules of origin;Annex 14-B: GIs.

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INFORMATION SOURCES EPA Helpdesk: https://www.eu-japan.eu/epa-helpdesk

 Fiches per sectors andwebinars on EPA outcome
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Wines and Spirits
Geographical Indications

Dairy Products
Meat Products
Processed Agricultural
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INFORMATION SOURCES
Overall import conditions in Japan:➢ European Commission DG TRADE: “Access2Markets Database”:

https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-tomarkets/en/content/welcome-access2markets-market-accessdatabase-users➢ Japan’s Customs:

http://www.customs.go.jp/english/c-answer_e/imtsukan/1524_e.htm➢European Commission DG AGRI “Food and Beverage Handbook –Japan”:
https://ec.europa.eu/chafea/agri/content/food-and-beveragemarket-entry-handbook-japan
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INFORMATION SOURCES European Commission (DG TAXUD) – Rules of Origin: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/calculation-customs-

duties/rules-origin_en https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/international-

affairs/international-customs-cooperation-mutual-administrativeassistance-agreements/japan_en https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/eu_japan_

epa_guidance_claim_verification_denial_en.pdf

 European Commission: Geographical Indications
 https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/food-safety-

and-quality/certification/quality-labels

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Thank you for your attention
Yvan VAN EESBEEK
Consultant at the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

QUESTIONS ?
This presentation has been prepared with the sole purpose of simplifying the understanding ofsome parts of the EU-Japan EPA and bears no legal standing.
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