EN Official Journal of the European Union L 162/3

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2018/913

of 25 June 2018

amending Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products

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) In order to ensure the sufficient and uninterrupted supply of certain goods insufficiently produced in the Union and to avoid disturbances on the market for certain agricultural and industrial products, autonomous tariff quotas were opened by Council Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 (1). Products within those tariff quotas can be imported into the Union at reduced or zero duty rates.

(2) For those reasons, it is necessary to open, with effect from 1 July 2018, tariff quotas at zero duty rates for an appropriate volume as regards seven new products.

(3) In the case of eight additional products, the quota volumes should be increased, as an increase is in the interest of economic operators of the Union.

(4) In the case of three products, the description should be amended.

(5) Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) In order to avoid any interruption of the application of the quota scheme and to comply with the guidelines set out in the Communication from the Commission concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (2), the changes provided for in this Regulation regarding the quotas for the products concerned have to apply from 1 July 2018. The Regulation should therefore enter into force as a matter of urgency,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 is amended as follows:

(1) in the table, all asterisks are deleted from the order numbers in the first column;

(2) the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.2726, 09.2728, 09.2684, 09.2730, 09.2732, 09.2734 and 09.2736 set out in Annex I to this Regulation are inserted into the table according to the order of the CN codes indicated in the second column;

(3) in the table, the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.2700, 09.2624, 09.2647, 09.2648, 09.2682, 09.2696, 09.2697, 09.2676, 09.2876, 09.2721 and 09.2643 are replaced by the corresponding rows set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

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 1 July 2018.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2018. For the Council The President N. DIMOV

(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 of 17 December 2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 319).

(2) OJ C 363, 13.12.2011, p. 6.

ANNEX I In the table in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013, the following rows are inserted according to the order of the CN codes indicated in the second column of that table: Order number CN code TARIC Description Quota period Quota volume Quota duty (%) ‘09.2726 ex 2906 11 00 10 Levomenthol (INN) (CAS RN 2216-51-5) 1.7.-31.12 185 tonnes 0 % 09.2728 ex 2915 90 70 85 Ethyl trifluoroacetate (CAS RN 383-63-1) 1.7.-31.12 200 tonnes 0 % 09.2684 ex 2916 39 90 28 2,5-dimethylphenylacetyl chloride (CAS RN 55312-97-5) 1.7.-31.12 125 tonnes 0 % 09.2730 ex 2921 59 90 80 4,4′-Methanediyldianiline (CAS RN 101-77-9) in form of granules, for use in the manufacture of prepolymers (2) 1.7.-31.12 100 tonnes 0 % 09.2732 ex 2933 39 99 66 Fluazinam (ISO) (CAS RN 79622-59-6), with a purity by weight of 98,5 % or more 1.7.-31.12 100 tonnes 0 % 09.2734 ex 7409 19 00 20 Plates or sheets consisting of: — a layer of a silicon nitride ceramic with a thickness of 0,32 mm (± 0,1 mm) or more, but not more than 1,0 mm (± 0,1 mm), — covered on both sides with a foil of refined copper with a thickness of 0,8 mm (± 0,1 mm), and — on one side partially covered with a coating of silver 1.7.-31.12 3 500 000 pieces 0 % 09.2736 ex 7607 11 90 83 Aluminium and magnesium alloy strip or foil: — of an alloy conforming to standards 5182-H19 or 5052-H19, — in rolls with an outside diameter of not more than 1 350 mm, — of a thickness (tolerance - 0,006 mm) of 0,15 mm, 0,16 mm, 0,18 mm or 0,20 mm, — a width (tolerance ± 0,3 mm) of 12,5 mm, 15,0 mm, 16,0 mm, 25,0 mm, 35,0 mm, 50,0 mm or 356 mm, — a camber tolerance of not more than 0,5 mm/750 mm, — a flatness measurement of I-unit ± 5, — a tensile strength of more than (5182-H19) 365MPa or (5052-H19) 320MPa, and — an elongation at break of more than (5182-H19) 3 % or (5052-H19) 2,5 %, for use in the manufacture of slats for blinds (2) 1.7.-31.12.2018 300 tonnes 0 % (2) Suspension of duties is subject to end-use customs supervision in accordance with Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).’