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Council Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 of 17 December 2013 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain            agricultural and industrial products and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011         

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# Council Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013                     

# of 17 December 2013

# suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products and repealing Regulation                        (EU) No 1344/2011                     

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)The Union production of the agricultural and industrial products set out in Annex I is currently inadequate or non-existent,                              and thus the needs of user industries in the Union cannot be met.

(2)It is therefore in the interests of the Union to suspend partially or totally the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties                              for those products.

(3)Council Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011(1) has been amended many times. In addition, following its amendment by Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012(2), fishery products were removed from the scope of Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011. In the interest of transparency, Regulation                              (EU) No 1344/2011 should therefore be replaced in its entirety.

(4)Regulations suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products have renewed                              previous measures to a great extent. Therefore, in the interests of rationalising the implementation of the measures concerned,                              it is appropriate not to limit the period of validity of this Regulation, as its scope can be adapted and products can be                              added to or removed from Annex I to this Regulation by means of a Council Regulation.

(5)In view of their temporary nature, the suspensions listed in Annex I to this Regulation should be reviewed systematically,                              and at the latest five years after their date of application or renewal. Moreover, it might be necessary at any time to close                              certain suspensions, following a proposal of the Commission on the basis of a review carried out on its own initiative or                              at the request of one or more Member States if it is no longer in the Union's interest to maintain the suspensions or due                              to technical product developments, changed circumstances or economic trends on the market.

(6)Statistics for certain products listed in Annex I to this Regulation are frequently expressed in pieces, square meters or                              measurement units other than weight. However, there are no such supplementary units in the Combined Nomenclature laid down                              in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87(3). It is therefore necessary to provide that not only the weight in kilograms or tonnes, but also the relevant supplementary                              units for the imports of the products concerned, are entered in the declaration for release for free circulation.

(7)Since the suspensions laid down in this Regulation must take effect on 1 January 2014, this Regulation should enter into force                              immediately upon its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union and* should apply from 1 January 2014.

(8)In accordance with the principle of proportionality, it is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objectives                              of improving the competitive capacity of the Union industry, thereby enabling that industry to maintain or create employment                              and modernise its structures, to lay down rules on the suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duties for the products set                              out in Annex I. In accordance with Article 5(4) of the Treaty on European Union, this Regulation does not go beyond what is                              necessary to achieve the objectives pursued,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the agricultural and industrial products listed in Annex I are hereby suspended.

# Article 2U.K.

1.The Commission may at any time review the suspensions for the products listed in Annex I in the following cases:                  

(a)at its own initiative;                  

(b)at the request of Member States.                  

2.The Commission shall review the suspensions in the year set out in Annex I.                  

# Article 3U.K.

Where a declaration for release for free circulation is presented in respect of the products falling under the CN codes or                     TARIC codes listed in Annex II, the supplementary unit provided in that Annex shall be entered in the relevant field of that                     declaration.                  

# Article 4U.K.

Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 is hereby repealed.

# Article 5U.K.

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2014.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2013.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

L. Linkevičius                            

## ANNEX IU.K.

## ANNEX IIU.K.

1

Council Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 of 19 December 2011 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain                              agricultural, fishery and industrial products and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 (OJ L 349, 31.12.2011, p. 1).                           

2

Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012 of 3 December 2012 on trade related measures to guarantee the supply of certain fishery                              products to Union processors from 2013 to 2015, amending Regulations (EC) No 104/2000 and (EU) No 1344/2011 (OJ L 349, 19.12.2012, p. 4).                           

3

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).