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
Date: 2013-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Colombia, agricultural product, import (EU), originating product, tariff quota








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31.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 204/43








            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,

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.












(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).












(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.












(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,





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.
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
            





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

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

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

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




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)




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


Ex 1704 90 99 


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)





Ex 1806 20 95 


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


 


 




Ex 1901 90 99 


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


 


 




Ex 2006 00 31 
Ex 2006 00 38 


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


 


 




Ex 2007 91 10 
Ex 2007 99 20 
Ex 2007 99 31 
Ex 2007 99 33 
Ex 2007 99 35 
Ex 2007 99 39 


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


 


 




Ex 2009 


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


 


 




Ex 2101 12 98 
Ex 2101 20 98 


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


 


 




Ex 2106 90 98 


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


 


 




Ex 3302 10 29 


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)







(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.