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| 19.11.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 302/63 |
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19.11.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 302/63

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/2078

of 18 November 2015

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) | By Council Decision 2014/668/EU (2), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (‘the Agreement’). The Agreement provides for the elimination of customs duties on imports of goods originating in Ukraine in accordance with its Annex I-A to Chapter I. The Appendix to that Annex I-A provides for import tariff quotas for poultry meat. |
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(1)

By Council Decision 2014/668/EU (2), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (‘the Agreement’). The Agreement provides for the elimination of customs duties on imports of goods originating in Ukraine in accordance with its Annex I-A to Chapter I. The Appendix to that Annex I-A provides for import tariff quotas for poultry meat.

| (2) | Pending the entry into force of the Agreement, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), import tariff quotas for poultrymeat for 2014 and 2015 were opened and managed in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 (4). |
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(2)

Pending the entry into force of the Agreement, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), import tariff quotas for poultrymeat for 2014 and 2015 were opened and managed in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 (4).

| (3) | The Agreement will be provisionally applied as of 1 January 2016. It is therefore necessary to open annual import tariff quota periods from 1 January 2016 onwards. In order to give due weight to the supply requirements of the existing and emerging production, processing and consumption market in the Union poultrymeat sector in terms of competitiveness, certainty and continuity of supply and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market, it is appropriate that those quotas are administered by the Commission in accordance with Article 184(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. |
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(3)

The Agreement will be provisionally applied as of 1 January 2016. It is therefore necessary to open annual import tariff quota periods from 1 January 2016 onwards. In order to give due weight to the supply requirements of the existing and emerging production, processing and consumption market in the Union poultrymeat sector in terms of competitiveness, certainty and continuity of supply and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market, it is appropriate that those quotas are administered by the Commission in accordance with Article 184(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

| (4) | Article 6(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (5) provides that the Commission Regulations governing a given import tariff quota may provide for the application of a system according to which the quotas are managed by attributing import rights as a first step and issuing import licences as a second. Such a system would allow operators that have obtained import rights to decide during the quota period and based upon their actual trade flows, at what moment they wish to apply for import licences. |
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(4)

Article 6(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (5) provides that the Commission Regulations governing a given import tariff quota may provide for the application of a system according to which the quotas are managed by attributing import rights as a first step and issuing import licences as a second. Such a system would allow operators that have obtained import rights to decide during the quota period and based upon their actual trade flows, at what moment they wish to apply for import licences.

| (5) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 (6) lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products. That Regulation should apply to import licences issued under this Regulation, save where derogations are appropriate. |
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(5)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 (6) lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products. That Regulation should apply to import licences issued under this Regulation, save where derogations are appropriate.

| (6) | Furthermore, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 which concern applications for import rights, the status of applicants and the issue of import licences should apply to import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation, without prejudice to additional conditions laid down in this Regulation. |
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(6)

Furthermore, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 which concern applications for import rights, the status of applicants and the issue of import licences should apply to import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation, without prejudice to additional conditions laid down in this Regulation.

| (7) | For appropriate administration of the tariff quotas, a security should be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application, and at the time of issue of an import licence. |
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(7)

For appropriate administration of the tariff quotas, a security should be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application, and at the time of issue of an import licence.

| (8) | Operators should be obliged to apply for import licences for all the import rights allocated, respecting the obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (7). |
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(8)

Operators should be obliged to apply for import licences for all the import rights allocated, respecting the obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (7).

| (9) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013 (8) has replaced some CN codes in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (9) by new CN codes which now differ from those referred to in the Appendix to Annex I-A to Chapter I of the Agreement. The new CN codes should therefore be reflected in Annex I to this Regulation. |
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(9)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013 (8) has replaced some CN codes in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (9) by new CN codes which now differ from those referred to in the Appendix to Annex I-A to Chapter I of the Agreement. The new CN codes should therefore be reflected in Annex I to this Regulation.

| (10) | 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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(10)

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

Opening and management of tariffs quotas

1.   This Regulation opens and manages, from 2016, annual import tariff quotas for the products indicated in Annex I, for the period from 1 January until 31 December.

2.   The quantity of products covered by the quotas referred to in paragraph 1, the applicable rate of customs duty and the order numbers shall be as set out in Annex I.

3.   The import tariff quota referred to in paragraph 1 shall be managed in accordance with the method referred to in Article 184(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and by attributing import rights as a first step and issuing import licences as a second step.

4.   Regulations (EC) No 1301/2006 and (EC) No 376/2008 shall apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

Article 2

Import tariff quota periods

The quantity of the products set for the annual import tariff quota 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; |
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(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.

Article 3

Import rights applications and allocation of import rights

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.   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 (‘the reference quantity’). Such proof shall relate to the 12 months' period ending one month before their first application. 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 of products covered by an application for import rights submitted in one of the subperiods referred to in Article 2 shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. A competent authority shall reject applications not complying with this rule.

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.   Where the 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 Article 3(2) of this Regulation 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 of each import tariff quota period. Import rights shall not be transferable.

Article 4

Import licence applications and allocation of import licences

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 shall be respected.

3.   Import 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 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.

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

6.   Import 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.   Import 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; |
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(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. |
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(b)

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

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

9.   An import licence shall be valid for 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 validity of the import licence shall, however, expire on 31 December of each import tariff quota period at the latest.

Article 5

Notifications to the Commission

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 3(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod; |
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(a)

together with the notifications referred to in Article 3(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 following the end of each import tariff quota period 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 following the end of each import tariff quota period at the latest.

3.   No later than 30 April following the end of each import tariff quota period, 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.

Article 6

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, 18 November 2015.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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

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(2)  Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1).

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(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).

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(4)  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).

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(5)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13).

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(6)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 of 23 April 2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 3).

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(7)  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).

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(8)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013 of 4 October 2013 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 290, 31.10.2013, p. 1).

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(9)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

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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. Where ‘ex’ CN codes are indicated, the application of the preferential scheme 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) |
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| 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 2016
  Year 2017
  Year 2018
  Year 2019
  Year 2020
  From 2021 | 16 000
  16 800
  17 600
  18 400
  19 200
  20 000 | 0 |
| 09.4274 | 0207 12 | Meat and edible offal of the poultry, not cut in pieces, frozen | | 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 2016

Year 2017

Year 2018

Year 2019

Year 2020

From 2021

16 000

16 800

17 600

18 400

19 200

20 000

0

09.4274

0207 12

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

20 000

0

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

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 4(7)(b)

| — | In Bulgarian: Регламент за изпълнение (ЕC) 2015/2078 |
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In Bulgarian: Регламент за изпълнение (ЕC) 2015/2078

| — | In Spanish: Reglamento de Ejecución (UE) 2015/2078 |
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In Spanish: Reglamento de Ejecución (UE) 2015/2078

| — | In Czech: Prováděcí nařízení (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In Czech: Prováděcí nařízení (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In Danish: Gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In Danish: Gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In German: Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In German: Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In Estonian: Rakendusmäärus (EL) 2015/2078 |
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In Estonian: Rakendusmäärus (EL) 2015/2078

| — | In Greek: Εκτελεστικός κανονισμός (ΕΕ) 2015/2078 |
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In Greek: Εκτελεστικός κανονισμός (ΕΕ) 2015/2078

| — | In English: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In English: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In French: Règlement d'exécution (UE) 2015/2078 |
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In French: Règlement d'exécution (UE) 2015/2078

| — | In Croatian: Provedbena uredba (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In Croatian: Provedbena uredba (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In Italian: Regolamento di esecuzione (UE) 2015/2078 |
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In Italian: Regolamento di esecuzione (UE) 2015/2078

| — | In Latvian: Īstenošanas regula (ES) 2015/2078 |
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In Latvian: Īstenošanas regula (ES) 2015/2078

| — | In Lithuanian: Įgyvendinimo reglamentas (ES) 2015/2078 |
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In Lithuanian: Įgyvendinimo reglamentas (ES) 2015/2078

| — | In Hungarian: (EU) 2015/2078 végrehajtási rendelet |
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In Hungarian: (EU) 2015/2078 végrehajtási rendelet

| — | In Maltese: Regolament ta' Implimentazzjoni (UE) 2015/2078 |
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In Maltese: Regolament ta' Implimentazzjoni (UE) 2015/2078

| — | In Dutch: Uitvoeringsverordening (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In Dutch: Uitvoeringsverordening (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In Polish: Rozporządzenie wykonawcze (UE) 2015/2078 |
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In Polish: Rozporządzenie wykonawcze (UE) 2015/2078

| — | In Portuguese: Regulamento de Execução (UE) 2015/2078 |
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In Portuguese: Regulamento de Execução (UE) 2015/2078

| — | In Romanian: Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2015/2078 |
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In Romanian: Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2015/2078

| — | In Slovak: Vykonávacie nariadenie (EÚ) 2015/2078 |
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In Slovak: Vykonávacie nariadenie (EÚ) 2015/2078

| — | In Slovene: Izvedbena uredba (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In Slovene: Izvedbena uredba (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In Finnish: Täytäntöönpanoasetus (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In Finnish: Täytäntöönpanoasetus (EU) 2015/2078

| — | In Swedish: Genomförandeförordning (EU) 2015/2078 |
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In Swedish: Genomförandeförordning (EU) 2015/2078

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