Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 924/2013 of 25 September 2013 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Central America
Date: 2013-09-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central America, agricultural product, import (EU), originating product, suspension of customs duties, tariff quota








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26.9.2013   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 254/6








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 924/2013
of 25 September 2013
         
opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Central America


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Decision 2012/734/EU of 25 June 2012 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other, and the provisional application of Part IV thereof concerning trade matters (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Decision 2012/734/EU authorised the signature, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other (‘the Agreement’). Pursuant to Decision 2012/734/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)


Appendix 2 to Annex I to the Agreement concerns the EU’s import tariff-rate quotas for goods originating in Central America. 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). In order to benefit from the tariff concessions provided for in this Regulation, the products listed in the Annex should be accompanied by a proof of origin as provided for in the Agreement. 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.












(4)


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












(5)


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 Central America and listed in the Annex.


Article 2
The customs duties applicable to imports into the Union of goods originating in Central America and listed in the Annex shall, within the respective tariff quotas set out in the Annex to this Regulation, be suspended.


Article 3
The products listed in the Annex shall be accompanied by a proof of origin as set out in Appendix 3 of Annex II of the Agreement.


Article 4
The tariff quotas in the Annex shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.


Article 5
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, 25 September 2013.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, 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 unless otherwise specified)




09.7300


0201 
0202 


Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen


From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013


3 959  (1)





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


9 975  (1)
 (2)





09.7301


0703 20 


Garlic


From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013


230 




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


550 




09.7302


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


115 




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.


275 




09.7303


1006 20 15 
1006 20 17 
1006 20 96 
1006 20 98 


Husked rice, long grain


From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013


8 334 




1006 30 25 
1006 30 27 
1006 30 46 
1006 30 48 
1006 30 65 
1006 30 67 
1006 30 96 
1006 30 98 


Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, long grain


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


21 000  (3)





09.7304 (4)



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


2 917  hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol)




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


7 300  hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) (5)





09.7305


0710 40 
0711 90 30 
2001 90 30 
2004 90 10 
2005 80 


Sweetcorn


From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013


600 




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


1 560  (6)





09.7306


1108 14 00 


Manioc (cassava) starch


From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013


2 084 




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


5 000 




09.7307 (4)



1701 13 
1701 14 
1701 91 
1701 99 


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


62 500  (expressed in raw sugar equivalent)




1702 30 


Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose


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


154 500  (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) (7)





1702 40 90 


Glucose and glucose syrup other than isoglucose, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar




1702 50 


Chemically pure fructose




1704 90 99 


Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa




1702 90 30 
1702 90 50 
1702 90 71 
1702 90 75 
1702 90 79 
1702 90 80 
1702 90 95 


Other sugars, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding chemically pure maltose




1806 10 30 
1806 10 90 


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




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 1806 90 90 


Other chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)




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,; other food preparations of goods of headings 0401  to 0404 , not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis




2006 00 31 
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)




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


Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking




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




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 %






(1)  Expressed in carcase weight equivalent as follows: 100 kg of bone-in meat shall be equivalent to 70 kg of boneless meat.

(2)  With an increase of 475 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.

(3)  With an increase of 1 000 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.

(4)  Applicable to Central American countries except Panama.

(5)  With an increase of 300 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) each year as from 1.1.2015.

(6)  With an increase of 120 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.

(7)  With an increase of 4 500 tonnes (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) each year as from 1.1.2015.