# Official Journal L 314/2014

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| English edition | Legislation | Volume 5731 October 2014 |

ISSN 1977-0677

Official Journal

of the European Union

L 314

English edition

Legislation

Volume 5731 October 2014

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| | | REGULATIONS |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1164/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014 opening and providing for the administration of a Union import tariff quota for fresh and frozen beef and veal originating in Ukraine | 1 |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1165/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of the tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine | 7 |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1166/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for eggs, egg products and albumins originating in Ukraine | 12 |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1167/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine | 17 |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1168/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat originating in Ukraine | 23 |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1169/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 opening and providing for the administration of import tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine | 28 |

Contents

II   Non-legislative acts

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REGULATIONS

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1164/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014 opening and providing for the administration of a Union import tariff quota for fresh and frozen beef and veal originating in Ukraine

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1165/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of the tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine

7

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1166/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for eggs, egg products and albumins originating in Ukraine

12

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1167/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1168/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat originating in Ukraine

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1169/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 opening and providing for the administration of import tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine

28

| EN | Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.
  The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
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Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.

The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk.

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II Non-legislative acts

REGULATIONS

| 31.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 314/1 |
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31.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 314/1

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1164/2014

of 31 October 2014

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014 opening and providing for the administration of a Union import tariff quota for fresh and frozen beef and veal originating in Ukraine

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 points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014 (3) opened and provided for administration of Union tariff import quota for beef and veal originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014 (3) opened and provided for administration of Union tariff import quota for beef and veal originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014.

| (3) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014. |
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(3)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, |
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(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014 is amended as follows:

| (1) | Article 2 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 2
  Import tariff quota periods
  1.   The import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.
  2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 for the order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:






  (a) | 25 % from 1 January to 31 March; |
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(1)

Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Import tariff quota periods

1.   The import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.

2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 for the order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:

(a)

25 % from 1 January to 31 March;

| (b) | 25 % from 1 April to 30 June; |
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(b)

25 % from 1 April to 30 June;

| (c) | 25 % from 1 July to 30 September; |
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(c)

25 % from 1 July to 30 September;

| (d) | 25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’ |
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(d)

25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’

| (2) | Article 3 is amended as follows:






  (a) | the title is replaced by the following:
  ‘Import rights applications for the quota period 2014’; |
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(2)

Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a)

the title is replaced by the following:

‘Import rights applications for the quota period 2014’

| (b) | in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’. |
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(b)

in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’.

| (3) | The following Article 3a is inserted:
  ‘Article 3a
  Import rights applications for the quota period 2015
  1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).
  2.   A security of EUR 6 per 100 kilograms net weight shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.
  3.   Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of beef falling under CN codes 0201 or 0202 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having imported reference quantities, may use those reference quantities as basis for its application.
  4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.
  5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight.
  6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.
  7.   If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.
  8.   Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’ |
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(3)

The following Article 3a is inserted:

‘Article 3a

Import rights applications for the quota period 2015

1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).

2.   A security of EUR 6 per 100 kilograms net weight shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.

3.   Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of beef falling under CN codes 0201 or 0202 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having imported reference quantities, may use those reference quantities as basis for its application.

4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.

5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight.

6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.

7.   If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.

8.   Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’

| (4) | Article 4 is amended as follows:






  (a) | the title is replaced by the following:
  ‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’; |
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(4)

Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a)

the title is replaced by the following:

‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’

| (b) | in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’. |
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(b)

in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’.

| (5) | The following Article 4a is inserted:
  ‘Article 4a
  Issue of import licences for the quota period 2015
  1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.
  2.   Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (5) shall be respected.
  3.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1).
  4.   Each issuing of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged in accordance with Article 3a(2) shall be released proportionally without delay.
  5.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.
  6.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.
  7.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:






  (a) | in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and the box “yes” marked by a cross; |
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(5)

The following Article 4a is inserted:

‘Article 4a

Issue of import licences for the quota period 2015

1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

2.   Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (5) shall be respected.

3.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the import tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1).

4.   Each issuing of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged in accordance with Article 3a(2) shall be released proportionally without delay.

5.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.

6.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.

7.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:

(a)

in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and the box “yes” marked by a cross;

| (b) | in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II. |
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(b)

in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.

8.   Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.

9.   By way of derogation from Article 5(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 382/2008, the import licences shall be valid 30 days from the actual day of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.

(5)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 18).’"

| (6) | Article 5 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 5
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:






  (a) | no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period; |
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(6)

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:

(a)

no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period;

| (b) | no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued. |
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(b)

no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.

2.   No later than 30 April 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during the import tariff quota period 2014.

3.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms.’

| (7) | The following Article 5a is inserted:
  ‘Article 5a
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.
  2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:






  (a) | together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod of the import tariff quota period 2015; |
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(7)

The following Article 5a is inserted:

‘Article 5a

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.

2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:

(a)

together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod of the import tariff quota period 2015;

| (b) | for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest. |
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(b)

for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest.

3.   No later than 30 April 2016, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that import tariff quota period.

4.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms of product weight.’

| (8) | Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. |
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(8)

Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply as of 2 November 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

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(2)  Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).

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(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 411/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of a Union import tariff quota for fresh and frozen beef and veal originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 27).

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(4)  Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of products shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes.

| Order number | CN codes | Description | Import period | Quantity in tonnes (net weight) | Duty applicable
  (EUR/t) |
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| 09.4270 | 0201 10 00
  0201 20 20
  0201 20 30
  0201 20 50
  0201 20 90
  0201 30 00
  0202 10 00
  0202 20 10
  0202 20 30
  0202 20 50
  0202 20 90
  0202 30 10
  0202 30 50
  0202 30 90 | Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 12 000
  12 000 | 0’ |

Order number

CN codes

Description

Import period

Quantity in tonnes (net weight)

Duty applicable

(EUR/t)

09.4270

0201 10 00

0201 20 20

0201 20 30

0201 20 50

0201 20 90

0201 30 00

0202 10 00

0202 20 10

0202 20 30

0202 20 50

0202 20 90

0202 30 10

0202 30 50

0202 30 90

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Year 2014

Year 2015

12 000

12 000

0’

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31.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 314/7

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1165/2014

of 31 October 2014

amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of the tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine

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 point (a) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (3) has been amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 415/2014 (4) to include the tariff quotas for dairy products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 which are open until 31 October 2014. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (3) has been amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 415/2014 (4) to include the tariff quotas for dairy products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 which are open until 31 October 2014.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and in fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the management of the tariff quotas referred to in Article 5(l) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 for 2015. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and in fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the management of the tariff quotas referred to in Article 5(l) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 for 2015.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, |
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(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, Part L is replaced by the text which is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

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(2)  Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).

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(3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas (OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29).

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(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 415/2014 of 23 April 2014 amending and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of the tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 49).

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(5)  Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).

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ANNEX

‘I.   L

TARIFF QUOTAS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX III TO REGULATION (EU) No 374/2014

Annual quota from 1 January to 31 December

| Quota Number | CN Code | Description (1) | Country of origin | Import period | Quota quantity
  (in tonnes in product weight) | Quota quantity
  Six-monthly
  (in tonnes in product weight) | Import duty (EUR/100 kg net weight) |
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| 09.4600 | 0401 | Milk and cream, not in powder, granules or other solid forms; yoghurt, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa; fermented or acidified milk products, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa and not in powder, granules or other solid forms | UKRAINE | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 8 000
  8 000 | —
  4 000 | 0
  0 |
| 0402 91 | | | | | | |
| 0402 99 | | | | | | |
| 0403 10 11 | | | | | | |
| 0403 10 13 | | | | | | |
| 0403 10 19 | | | | | | |
| 0403 10 31 | | | | | | |
| 0403 10 33 | | | | | | |
| 0403 10 39 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 51 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 53 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 59 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 61 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 63 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 69 | | | | | | |
| 09.4601 | 0402 10 | Milk and cream, in powder, granules or other solid forms; fermented or acidified milk products, in powder, granules or other solid forms, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa; products consisting of natural milk constituents, not elsewhere specified or included | UKRAINE | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 1 500
  1 500 | —
  750 | 0
  0 |
| 0402 21 | | | | | | |
| 0402 29 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 11 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 13 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 19 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 31 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 33 | | | | | | |
| 0403 90 39 | | | | | | |
| 0404 90 21 | | | | | | |
| 0404 90 23 | | | | | | |
| 0404 90 29 | | | | | | |
| 0404 90 81 | | | | | | |
| 0404 90 83 | | | | | | |
| 0404 90 89 | | | | | | |
| 09.4602 | 0405 10 | Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of more than 75 % but less than 80 % | UKRAINE | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 1 500
  1 500 | —
  750 | 0
  0 |
| 0405 20 90 | | | | | | |
| 0405 90 | | | | | | |

Quota Number

CN Code

Description (1)

Country of origin

Import period

Quota quantity

(in tonnes in product weight)

Quota quantity

Six-monthly

(in tonnes in product weight)

Import duty (EUR/100 kg net weight)

09.4600

0401

Milk and cream, not in powder, granules or other solid forms; yoghurt, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa; fermented or acidified milk products, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa and not in powder, granules or other solid forms

UKRAINE

Year 2014

Year 2015

8 000

8 000

—

4 000

0

0

0402 91

0402 99

0403 10 11

0403 10 13

0403 10 19

0403 10 31

0403 10 33

0403 10 39

0403 90 51

0403 90 53

0403 90 59

0403 90 61

0403 90 63

0403 90 69

09.4601

0402 10

Milk and cream, in powder, granules or other solid forms; fermented or acidified milk products, in powder, granules or other solid forms, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa; products consisting of natural milk constituents, not elsewhere specified or included

UKRAINE

Year 2014

Year 2015

1 500

1 500

—

750

0

0

0402 21

0402 29

0403 90 11

0403 90 13

0403 90 19

0403 90 31

0403 90 33

0403 90 39

0404 90 21

0404 90 23

0404 90 29

0404 90 81

0404 90 83

0404 90 89

09.4602

0405 10

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of more than 75 % but less than 80 %

UKRAINE

Year 2014

Year 2015

1 500

1 500

—

750

0

0

0405 20 90

0405 90

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(1)  Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of products shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes.’

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| 31.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 314/12 |
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31.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 314/12

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1166/2014

of 31 October 2014

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for eggs, egg products and albumins originating in Ukraine

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 points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 187 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (2), and in particular points (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 (4) opened and provided for administration of Union tariff import quota for eggs, eggs products and albumins originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 (4) opened and provided for administration of Union tariff import quota for eggs, eggs products and albumins originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014.

| (3) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, |
| --- | --- |

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 is amended as follows:

| (1) | Article 2 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 2
  Import tariff quota periods
  1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.
  2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:






  (a) | 25 % from 1 January to 31 March; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(1)

Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Import tariff quota periods

1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.

2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:

(a)

25 % from 1 January to 31 March;

| (b) | 25 % from 1 April to 30 June; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

25 % from 1 April to 30 June;

| (c) | 25 % from 1 July to 30 September; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

25 % from 1 July to 30 September;

| (d) | 25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’ |
| --- | --- |

(d)

25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’

| (2) | the title of Article 3 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Import licence applications and import licences for the quota period 2014’; |
| --- | --- |

(2)

the title of Article 3 is replaced by the following:

‘Import licence applications and import licences for the quota period 2014’

| (3) | the following Article 3a is inserted:
  ‘Article 3a
  Import licence applications and import licences for the quota period 2015
  1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.
  2.   A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of the submission of an import licence application.
  3.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively. In the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I, the total quantity shall be converted into the shell egg equivalent.
  4.   Licence applications and licences shall contain:






  (a) | in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and the box “yes” marked by a cross; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(3)

the following Article 3a is inserted:

‘Article 3a

Import licence applications and import licences for the quota period 2015

1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

2.   A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of the submission of an import licence application.

3.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively. In the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I, the total quantity shall be converted into the shell egg equivalent.

4.   Licence applications and licences shall contain:

(a)

in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and the box “yes” marked by a cross;

| (b) | in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II. |
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(b)

in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.

5.   Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.

6.   Applications for import licences shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month which precedes each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).

7.   Licence applications shall be made for a minimum quantity of 1 tonne and a maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the quota concerned in the quota subperiod concerned.

8.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms egg shell equivalent weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I and in kilograms product weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4276, and broken down by order number.

9.   Import licences shall be issued as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.

10.   The Commission shall set, where appropriate, the quantity for which no applications for licenses were received and which are automatically added to the quantity set for the next quota subperiod.’

| (4) | Article 4 is amended as follows:






  (a) | the title is replaced by the following:
  ‘Validity of import licences for the quota period 2014’; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(4)

Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a)

the title is replaced by the following:

‘Validity of import licences for the quota period 2014’

| (b) | in paragraph 1, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in paragraph 1, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’;

| (5) | the following Article 4a is inserted:
  ‘Article 4a
  Validity of import licences for the quota period 2015
  By way of derogation from Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the first day of the subperiod for which they have been issued. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.’; |
| --- | --- |

(5)

the following Article 4a is inserted:

‘Article 4a

Validity of import licences for the quota period 2015

By way of derogation from Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the first day of the subperiod for which they have been issued. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.’

| (6) | Article 5 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 5
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:






  (a) | no later than 14 November 2014, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(6)

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:

(a)

no later than 14 November 2014, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014;

| (b) | no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.

2.   No later than 30 April 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during the import tariff quota period 2014.

3.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms egg shell equivalent weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I and in kilograms of product weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4276 and broken down by order number.’

| (7) | the following Article 5a is inserted:
  ‘Article 5a
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day following the month of application, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued.
  2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:






  (a) | together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(8) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod of the quota period for 2015; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(7)

the following Article 5a is inserted:

‘Article 5a

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day following the month of application, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued.

2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:

(a)

together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(8) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod of the quota period for 2015;

| (b) | for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest.

3.   No later than 30 April 2016, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that import tariff quota period.

4.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms egg shell equivalent weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I and in kilograms of product weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4276 and broken down by order number.’

| (8) | Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. |
| --- | --- |

(8)

Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 2 November 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

1

(2)  OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1.

2

(3)  Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).

3

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of a Union import tariff quota for eggs, eggs products and albumins originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 32).

4

(5)  Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of products shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes.

| Order number | CN codes | Description | Import period | Quantity in tonnes | Duty applicable
  (EUR/t) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4275 | 0407 21 00
  0407 29 10
  0407 90 10
  0408 11 80
  0408 19 81
  0408 19 89
  0408 91 80
  0408 99 80
  3502 11 90
  3502 19 90
  3502 20 91
  3502 20 99 | Poultry eggs in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked; Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fit for human consumption; eggs albumins and milk albumins, fit for human consumption | Year 2014 | 1 500 (expressed in shell egg equivalent) | 0 |
| Year 2015 | 1 500 (expressed in shell egg equivalent) |
| 09.4276 | 0407 21 00
  0407 29 10
  0407 90 10 | Poultry eggs in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked | Year 2014 | 3 000 (expressed in net weight) | 0’ |
| Year 2015 | 3 000 (expressed in net weight) |

Order number

CN codes

Description

Import period

Quantity in tonnes

Duty applicable

(EUR/t)

09.4275

0407 21 00

0407 29 10

0407 90 10

0408 11 80

0408 19 81

0408 19 89

0408 91 80

0408 99 80

3502 11 90

3502 19 90

3502 20 91

3502 20 99

Poultry eggs in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked; Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fit for human consumption; eggs albumins and milk albumins, fit for human consumption

Year 2014

1 500 (expressed in shell egg equivalent)

0

Year 2015

1 500 (expressed in shell egg equivalent)

09.4276

0407 21 00

0407 29 10

0407 90 10

Poultry eggs in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked

Year 2014

3 000 (expressed in net weight)

0’

Year 2015

3 000 (expressed in net weight)

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| 31.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 314/17 |
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31.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 314/17

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1167/2014

of 31 October 2014

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine

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 points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 (3) opened and provided for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 (3) opened and provided for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014.

| (3) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, |
| --- | --- |

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 is amended as follows:

| (1) | Article 2 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 2
  Import tariff quota periods
  1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.
  2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 and for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:






  (a) | 25 % from 1 January to 31 March; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(1)

Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Import tariff quota periods

1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.

2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 and for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:

(a)

25 % from 1 January to 31 March;

| (b) | 25 % from 1 April to 30 June; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

25 % from 1 April to 30 June;

| (c) | 25 % from 1 July to 30 September; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

25 % from 1 July to 30 September;

| (d) | 25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’ |
| --- | --- |

(d)

25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’

| (2) | Article 3 is amended as follows:






  (a) | the title is replaced by the following: ‘Import rights application for the quota period 2014’; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(2)

Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a)

the title is replaced by the following: ‘Import rights application for the quota period 2014’;

| (b) | in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’;

| (3) | the following Article 3a is inserted:
  ‘Article 3a
  Import rights applications for the quota period 2015
  1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).
  2.   A security of EUR 35 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.
  3.   Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of poultry products falling under CN codes 0207, 0210 99 39, 1602 31, 1602 32 or 1602 39 21 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having an imported reference quantity, may combine those reference quantities as a basis for its application.
  4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.
  5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.
  6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.
  7.   If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.
  8.   Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’; |
| --- | --- |

(3)

the following Article 3a is inserted:

‘Article 3a

Import rights applications for the quota period 2015

1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).

2.   A security of EUR 35 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.

3.   Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of poultry products falling under CN codes 0207, 0210 99 39, 1602 31, 1602 32 or 1602 39 21 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having an imported reference quantity, may combine those reference quantities as a basis for its application.

4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.

5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.

6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.

7.   If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.

8.   Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’

| (4) | Article 4 is amended as follows:






  (a) | the title is replaced by the following: ‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(4)

Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a)

the title is replaced by the following: ‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’;

| (b) | in paragraph 9, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in paragraph 9, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’;

| (5) | the following Article 4a is inserted:
  ‘Article 4a
  Issue of import licences for the quota period 2015
  1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.
  Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (5) shall be respected.
  2.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1).
  3.   A security of EUR 75 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of submission of the import licence application. Each issue of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged for import rights shall be released proportionally without delay.
  4.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.
  5.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.
  6.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:






  (a) | in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and box “yes” marked by a cross; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(5)

the following Article 4a is inserted:

‘Article 4a

Issue of import licences for the quota period 2015

1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (5) shall be respected.

2.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1).

3.   A security of EUR 75 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of submission of the import licence application. Each issue of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged for import rights shall be released proportionally without delay.

4.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.

5.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.

6.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:

(a)

in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and box “yes” marked by a cross;

| (b) | in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.

7.   Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.

8.   In accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 30 days from the actual day of issue of the licence. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.

(5)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 18).’"

| (6) | Article 5 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 5
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:






  (a) | no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(6)

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:

(a)

no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014;

| (b) | no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.

2.   No later than 30 April 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during the quota period 2014.

3.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms and broken down by order number.’

| (7) | the following Article 5a is inserted:
  ‘Article 5a
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.
  2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:






  (a) | together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(7)

the following Article 5a is inserted:

‘Article 5a

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.

2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:

(a)

together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod;

| (b) | for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest.

3.   No later than 30 April 2016, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that quota period.

4.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.’

| (8) | Annex I shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. |
| --- | --- |

(8)

Annex I shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 2 November 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

1

(2)  Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).

2

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 37).

3

(4)  Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).

4

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of products shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the import tariff quotas is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes. Where “ex” CN codes are indicated, the application of the import tariff quota is to be determined on the basis of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

| Order number | CN codes | Description | Import period | Quantity in tonnes (net weight) | Duty applicable
  (EUR/t) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4273 | 0207 11 30
  0207 11 90
  0207 12
  0207 13 10
  0207 13 20
  0207 13 30
  0207 13 50
  0207 13 60
  0207 13 99
  0207 14 10
  0207 14 20
  0207 14 30
  0207 14 50
  0207 14 60
  0207 14 99
  0207 24
  0207 25
  0207 26 10
  0207 26 20
  0207 26 30
  0207 26 50
  0207 26 60
  0207 26 70
  0207 26 80
  0207 26 99
  0207 27 10
  0207 27 20
  0207 27 30
  0207 27 50
  0207 27 60
  0207 27 70
  0207 27 80
  0207 27 99
  0207 41 30
  0207 41 80
  0207 42
  0207 44 10
  0207 44 21
  0207 44 31
  0207 44 41
  0207 44 51
  0207 44 61
  0207 44 71
  0207 44 81
  0207 44 99
  0207 45 10
  0207 45 21
  0207 45 31
  0207 45 41
  0207 45 51
  0207 45 61
  0207 45 81
  0207 45 99
  0207 51 10
  0207 51 90
  0207 52 90
  0207 54 10
  0207 54 21
  0207 54 31
  0207 54 41
  0207 54 51
  0207 54 61
  0207 54 71
  0207 54 81
  0207 54 99
  0207 55 10
  0207 55 21
  0207 55 31
  0207 55 41
  0207 55 51
  0207 55 61
  0207 55 81
  0207 55 99
  0207 60 05
  0207 60 10
  ex 0207 60 21 (1)

  0207 60 31
  0207 60 41
  0207 60 51
  0207 60 61
  0207 60 81
  0207 60 99
  0210 99 39
  1602 31
  1602 32
  1602 39 21 | Meat and edible offal of poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen; other prepared or preserved meat of turkeys and of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 16 000
  16 000 | 0 |
| 09.4274 | 0207 12 | Meat and edible offal of the poultry, not cut in pieces, frozen | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 20 000
  20 000 | 0 |

Order number

CN codes

Description

Import period

Quantity in tonnes (net weight)

Duty applicable

(EUR/t)

09.4273

0207 11 30

0207 11 90

0207 12

0207 13 10

0207 13 20

0207 13 30

0207 13 50

0207 13 60

0207 13 99

0207 14 10

0207 14 20

0207 14 30

0207 14 50

0207 14 60

0207 14 99

0207 24

0207 25

0207 26 10

0207 26 20

0207 26 30

0207 26 50

0207 26 60

0207 26 70

0207 26 80

0207 26 99

0207 27 10

0207 27 20

0207 27 30

0207 27 50

0207 27 60

0207 27 70

0207 27 80

0207 27 99

0207 41 30

0207 41 80

0207 42

0207 44 10

0207 44 21

0207 44 31

0207 44 41

0207 44 51

0207 44 61

0207 44 71

0207 44 81

0207 44 99

0207 45 10

0207 45 21

0207 45 31

0207 45 41

0207 45 51

0207 45 61

0207 45 81

0207 45 99

0207 51 10

0207 51 90

0207 52 90

0207 54 10

0207 54 21

0207 54 31

0207 54 41

0207 54 51

0207 54 61

0207 54 71

0207 54 81

0207 54 99

0207 55 10

0207 55 21

0207 55 31

0207 55 41

0207 55 51

0207 55 61

0207 55 81

0207 55 99

0207 60 05

0207 60 10

ex 0207 60 21 (1)

0207 60 31

0207 60 41

0207 60 51

0207 60 61

0207 60 81

0207 60 99

0210 99 39

1602 31

1602 32

1602 39 21

Meat and edible offal of poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen; other prepared or preserved meat of turkeys and of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

Year 2014

Year 2015

16 000

16 000

0

09.4274

0207 12

Meat and edible offal of the poultry, not cut in pieces, frozen

Year 2014

Year 2015

20 000

20 000

0

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(1)  Fresh or chilled, halves or quarters of guinea fowls.’

1

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| 31.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 314/23 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

31.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 314/23

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1168/2014

of 31 October 2014

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat originating in Ukraine

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 points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 (3) opened and provided for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigment originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 (3) opened and provided for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigment originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014.

| (3) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, |
| --- | --- |

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 is amended as follows:

| (1) | Article 2 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 2
  Import tariff quota periods
  1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.
  2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:






  (a) | 25 % from 1 January to 31 March; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(1)

Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Import tariff quota periods

1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.

2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:

(a)

25 % from 1 January to 31 March;

| (b) | 25 % from 1 April to 30 June; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

25 % from 1 April to 30 June;

| (c) | 25 % from 1 July to 30 September; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

25 % from 1 July to 30 September;

| (d) | 25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’ |
| --- | --- |

(d)

25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’

| (2) | Article 3 is amended as follows:






  (a) | The title is replaced by the following: ‘Import rights application for the quota period 2014’; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(2)

Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a)

The title is replaced by the following: ‘Import rights application for the quota period 2014’;

| (b) | in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’.

| (3) | The following Article 3a is inserted:
  ‘Article 3a
  Import rights applications for the quota period 2015
  1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).
  2.   A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.
  3.   Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of pigmeat products falling under CN codes 0203 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having an imported reference quantity, may combine those reference quantities as a basis for its application.
  4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.
  5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.
  6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.
  7.   If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.
  8.   Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’ |
| --- | --- |

(3)

The following Article 3a is inserted:

‘Article 3a

Import rights applications for the quota period 2015

1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).

2.   A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.

3.   Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of pigmeat products falling under CN codes 0203 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having an imported reference quantity, may combine those reference quantities as a basis for its application.

4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.

5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.

6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.

7.   If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.

8.   Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’

| (4) | Article 4 is amended as follows:






  (a) | the title is replaced by the following: ‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(4)

Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a)

the title is replaced by the following: ‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’;

| (b) | in paragraph 9, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2014’. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in paragraph 9, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2014’.

| (5) | The following Article 4a is inserted:
  ‘Article 4a
  Issue of import licences for the quota period 2015
  1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.
  2.   Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (5) shall be respected.
  3.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1).
  4.   A security of EUR 50 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of submission of the import licence application. Each issue of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged for import rights shall be released proportionally without delay.
  5.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.
  6.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.
  7.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:






  (a) | in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and box “yes” marked by a cross; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(5)

The following Article 4a is inserted:

‘Article 4a

Issue of import licences for the quota period 2015

1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

2.   Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (5) shall be respected.

3.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1).

4.   A security of EUR 50 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of submission of the import licence application. Each issue of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged for import rights shall be released proportionally without delay.

5.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.

6.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.

7.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:

(a)

in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and box “yes” marked by a cross;

| (b) | in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.

8.   Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.

9.   In accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 30 days from the actual day of issue of the licence. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.

(5)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 18).’"

| (6) | Article 5 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 5
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:






  (a) | no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(6)

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:

(a)

no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014;

| (b) | no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.

2.   No later than 30 April 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during the quota period 2014.

3.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms and broken down by order number.’

| (7) | The following Article 5a is inserted:
  ‘Article 5a
  Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015
  1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.
  2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:






  (a) | together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(7)

The following Article 5a is inserted:

‘Article 5a

Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.

2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:

(a)

together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod;

| (b) | for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest.

3.   No later than 30 April 2016, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that quota period.

4.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.’

| (8) | Annex I shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. |
| --- | --- |

(8)

Annex I shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply as of 2 November 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

1

(2)  Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).

2

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 44).

3

(4)  Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).

4

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of products shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the import tariff quotas is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes.

| Order number | CN codes | Description of goods | Import period | Quantity in tonnes (net weight) | Duty applicable
  (EUR/t) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4271 | 0203 11 10
  0203 12 11
  0203 12 19
  0203 19 11
  0203 19 13
  0203 19 15
  0203 19 55
  0203 19 59
  0203 21 10
  0203 22 11
  0203 22 19
  0203 29 11
  0203 29 13
  0203 29 15
  0203 29 55
  0203 29 59 | Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 20 000
  20 000 | 0 |
| 09.4272 | 0203 11 10
  0203 12 19
  0203 19 11
  0203 19 15
  0203 19 59
  0203 21 10
  0203 22 19
  0203 29 11
  0203 29 15
  0203 29 59 | Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding hams, loins and boneless cuts | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 20 000
  20 000 | 0’ |

Order number

CN codes

Description of goods

Import period

Quantity in tonnes (net weight)

Duty applicable

(EUR/t)

09.4271

0203 11 10

0203 12 11

0203 12 19

0203 19 11

0203 19 13

0203 19 15

0203 19 55

0203 19 59

0203 21 10

0203 22 11

0203 22 19

0203 29 11

0203 29 13

0203 29 15

0203 29 55

0203 29 59

Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

Year 2014

Year 2015

20 000

20 000

0

09.4272

0203 11 10

0203 12 19

0203 19 11

0203 19 15

0203 19 59

0203 21 10

0203 22 19

0203 29 11

0203 29 15

0203 29 59

Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding hams, loins and boneless cuts

Year 2014

Year 2015

20 000

20 000

0’

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| 31.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 314/28 |
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31.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 314/28

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1169/2014

of 31 October 2014

amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 opening and providing for the administration of import tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine

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(a) and (c) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements as regards the customs duties for the import of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation, agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements as regards the customs duties for the import of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation, agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 (3) opened import tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014 and provided for their administration. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 (3) opened import tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014 and provided for their administration.

| (3) | Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment consists mainly in extending the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and setting the quantities of the quotas for 2015. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment consists mainly in extending the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and setting the quantities of the quotas for 2015.

| (4) | Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.

| (5) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, |
| --- | --- |

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 is amended as follows:

| (1) | In Article 1(1), ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2015’; |
| --- | --- |

(1)

In Article 1(1), ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2015’;

| (2) | In Article 2(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
  ‘Import licence applications shall be submitted to the competent authorities of the Member States each week no later than Friday at 13:00 (Brussels time). Such applications may not be submitted after:






  (a) | 13:00 (Brussels time) on Friday 12 December 2014, for the year 2014; |
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(2)

In Article 2(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘Import licence applications shall be submitted to the competent authorities of the Member States each week no later than Friday at 13:00 (Brussels time). Such applications may not be submitted after:

(a)

13:00 (Brussels time) on Friday 12 December 2014, for the year 2014;

| (b) | 13:00 (Brussels time) on Friday 11 December 2015, for the year 2015.’ |
| --- | --- |

(b)

13:00 (Brussels time) on Friday 11 December 2015, for the year 2015.’

| (3) | Article 3 is replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 3
  Validity of import licences
  Import licences shall be valid from the period running from the actual day of issue, in accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, until the end of the second month following the month of that day. In any event, the period of validity expires at the latest on 31 December 2014 for the year 2014 and on 31 December 2015 for the year 2015.’; |
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(3)

Article 3 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

Validity of import licences

Import licences shall be valid from the period running from the actual day of issue, in accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, until the end of the second month following the month of that day. In any event, the period of validity expires at the latest on 31 December 2014 for the year 2014 and on 31 December 2015 for the year 2015.’

| (4) | The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto. |
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(4)

The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 2 November 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

1

(2)  Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).

2

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of import tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 53).

3

(4)  Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).

4

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the product description shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined, within the context of this Annex, by virtue of the CN codes. When the CN code is preceded by “ex”, the application of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the description of the product.

| Order number | CN code | Product description | Period | Quantity in tonnes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4306 | 1001 99 (00) | spelt, common wheat and meslin, other than seed | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 950 000
  950 000 |
| 1101 00 (15-90) | common wheat flour and spelt flour, meslin flour |
| 1102 90 (90) | cereal flour other than wheat, meslin, rye, maize, barley, oat, rice |
| 1103 11 (90) | groats and meal of common wheat and spelt |
| 1103 20 (60) | wheat pellets |
| 09.4307 | 1003 90 (00) | barley, other than seed | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 250 000
  250 000 |
| 1102 90 (10) | barley flour |
| ex 1103 20 (25) | barley pellets |
| 09.4308 | 1005 90 (00) | maize other than seed | Year 2014
  Year 2015 | 400 000
  400 000’ |
| 1102 20 (10-90) | maize flour |
| 1103 13 (10-90) | groats and meal of maize |
| 1103 20 (40) | maize pellets |
| 1104 23 (40-98) | worked grains of maize |

Order number

CN code

Product description

Period

Quantity in tonnes

09.4306

1001 99 (00)

spelt, common wheat and meslin, other than seed

Year 2014

Year 2015

950 000

950 000

1101 00 (15-90)

common wheat flour and spelt flour, meslin flour

1102 90 (90)

cereal flour other than wheat, meslin, rye, maize, barley, oat, rice

1103 11 (90)

groats and meal of common wheat and spelt

1103 20 (60)

wheat pellets

09.4307

1003 90 (00)

barley, other than seed

Year 2014

Year 2015

250 000

250 000

1102 90 (10)

barley flour

ex 1103 20 (25)

barley pellets

09.4308

1005 90 (00)

maize other than seed

Year 2014

Year 2015

400 000

400 000’

1102 20 (10-90)

maize flour

1103 13 (10-90)

groats and meal of maize

1103 20 (40)

maize pellets

1104 23 (40-98)

worked grains of maize

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