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| 31.7.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 204/43 |
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31.7.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 204/43

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 741/2013

of 30 July 2013

opening and providing for the administration of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Colombia

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2012/735/EU of 31 May 2012 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

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Whereas:

| (1) | By Decision 2012/735/EU, the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (‘the Agreement’). Pursuant to Decision 2012/735/EU, the Agreement is to be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion. The Agreement applies on a provisional basis from 1 August 2013. |
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(1)

By Decision 2012/735/EU, the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (‘the Agreement’). Pursuant to Decision 2012/735/EU, the Agreement is to be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion. The Agreement applies on a provisional basis from 1 August 2013.

| (2) | Subsection 1 of Section B of Appendix 1 to Annex I to the Agreement concerns the tariff elimination schedule of the EU party for goods originating in Colombia. For a number of specific products, it provides for the application of tariff quotas. It is therefore necessary to open tariff quotas for such products. |
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(2)

Subsection 1 of Section B of Appendix 1 to Annex I to the Agreement concerns the tariff elimination schedule of the EU party for goods originating in Colombia. For a number of specific products, it provides for the application of tariff quotas. It is therefore necessary to open tariff quotas for such products.

| (3) | The tariff quotas should be managed by the Commission on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2). |
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(3)

The tariff quotas should be managed by the Commission on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).

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| (4) | Entitlement to benefit from the tariff concessions should be subject to the presentation of the relevant proof of origin to the customs authorities, as provided for in the Agreement. |
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(4)

Entitlement to benefit from the tariff concessions should be subject to the presentation of the relevant proof of origin to the customs authorities, as provided for in the Agreement.

| (5) | Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 927/2012 (4), contains new CN codes which are different from those referred to in the Agreement. The new codes should therefore be reflected in the Annex to this Regulation. |
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(5)

Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 927/2012 (4), contains new CN codes which are different from those referred to in the Agreement. The new codes should therefore be reflected in the Annex to this Regulation.

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| (6) | Since the Agreement takes effect on 1 August 2013, this Regulation should apply from the same date. |
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(6)

Since the Agreement takes effect on 1 August 2013, this Regulation should apply from the same date.

| (7) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, |
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(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Union tariff quotas are opened for the goods originating in Colombia and listed in the Annex.

Article 2

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Union of goods originating in Colombia and listed in the Annex shall, within the respective tariff quota set out in the Annex to this Regulation, be suspended.

Article 3

The tariff quotas in the Annex shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 4

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

Official Journal of the European Union

It shall apply from 1 August 2013.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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(1)  OJ L 354, 21.12.2012, p. 1.

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(2)  OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

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(3)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

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(4)  OJ L 304, 31.10.2012, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the scope of the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation.

| Order No | CN code | Description of goods | Quota period | Annual quota volume
  (in tonnes net weight if not otherwise specified) |
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| 09.7230 | 0201 30
  0202 30 | Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen, boneless | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 2 334 |
| From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 6 160 (1) |
| 09.7231 | 0711 51 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 42 |
| 2003 10 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 105 (2) |
| 09.7232 | 2208 40 51
  2208 40 99 | Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, in containers holding more than 2 litres | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 625 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) |
| From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 1 600 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) (3) |
| 09.7233 | 0710 40
  0711 90 30
  2001 90 30
  2004 90 10
  2005 80 | Sweetcorn | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 84 |
| 2008 99 85 | Maize (corn), other than sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit and added sugar | From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 210 (4) |
| 09.7234 | 0403 10 | Yogurt | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 42 |
| From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 105 (2) |
| 09.7235 | 1701 13
  1701 14
  1701 91
  1701 99 | Cane sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, other than raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 25 834 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) |
| From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 63 860 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) (5) |
| 09.7236 | Ex17049099 | Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 8 334 |
| 1806 10 30
  1806 10 90 | Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by weight of sucrose or isoglucose expressed as sucrose | From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 20 600 (6) |
| Ex18062095 | Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg, containing less than 18 % by weight of cocoa butter and 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | | |
| Ex19019099 | Other food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | | |
| Ex20060031
  Ex20060038 | Fruit (excluding tropical fruit and ginger), vegetables, nuts (excluding tropical nuts), fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | | |
| Ex20079110
  Ex20079920
  Ex20079931
  Ex20079933
  Ex20079935
  Ex20079939 | Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | | |
| Ex20 09 | Fruit juices (excluding tomato juice, juices of tropical fruit and mixtures of juices of tropical fruit) and vegetable juices of a value not exceeding 30 EUR per 100 kg net weight, unfermented and not containing added spirit, containing 30 % or more by weight of added sugar | | |
| Ex21011298
  Ex21012098 | Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or mate, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | | |
| Ex21069098 | Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | | |
| Ex33021029 | Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the drink industries, containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 %, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose | | |
| 09.7237 | 0402 99 | Milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not in powder, granules or other solid forms | From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013 | 42 |
| From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12. | 105 (2) |

Order No

CN code

Description of goods

Quota period

Annual quota volume

(in tonnes net weight if not otherwise specified)

09.7230

0201 30

0202 30

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen, boneless

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

2 334

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

6 160 (1)

09.7231

0711 51

Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

42

2003 10

Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

105 (2)

09.7232

2208 40 51

2208 40 99

Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, in containers holding more than 2 litres

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

625 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol)

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

1 600 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) (3)

09.7233

0710 40

0711 90 30

2001 90 30

2004 90 10

2005 80

Sweetcorn

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

84

2008 99 85

Maize (corn), other than sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit and added sugar

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

210 (4)

09.7234

0403 10

Yogurt

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

42

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

105 (2)

09.7235

1701 13

1701 14

1701 91

1701 99

Cane sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, other than raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

25 834 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent)

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

63 860 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) (5)

09.7236

Ex17049099

Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

8 334

1806 10 30

1806 10 90

Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by weight of sucrose or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

20 600 (6)

Ex18062095

Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg, containing less than 18 % by weight of cocoa butter and 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

Ex19019099

Other food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

Ex20060031

Ex20060038

Fruit (excluding tropical fruit and ginger), vegetables, nuts (excluding tropical nuts), fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

Ex20079110

Ex20079920

Ex20079931

Ex20079933

Ex20079935

Ex20079939

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

Ex20 09

Fruit juices (excluding tomato juice, juices of tropical fruit and mixtures of juices of tropical fruit) and vegetable juices of a value not exceeding 30 EUR per 100 kg net weight, unfermented and not containing added spirit, containing 30 % or more by weight of added sugar

Ex21011298

Ex21012098

Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or mate, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

Ex21069098

Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

Ex33021029

Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the drink industries, containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 %, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose

09.7237

0402 99

Milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not in powder, granules or other solid forms

From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013

42

From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

105 (2)

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(1)  With an increase of 560 metric tonnes each year as from 2015.

(2)  With an increase of 5 metric tonnes each year as from 2015.

(3)  With an increase of 100 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) each year as from 2015.

(4)  With an increase of 10 metric tonnes each year as from 2015.

(5)  With an increase of 1 860 metric tonnes (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) each year as from 2015.

(6)  With an increase of 600 metric tonnes each year as from 2015.

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