Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2014 of 12 June 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 as regards the import tariff quota for garlic originating in China
Date: 2014-06-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, bulb vegetable, common organisation of markets, import (EU), tariff quota




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13.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 174/31








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 628/2014
of 12 June 2014
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 as regards the import tariff quota for garlic originating in China


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular point (a) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 (2) opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries.












(2)


The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (3), approved by Council Decision 2014/116/EU (4), provides for an increase of 12 375 tonnes to the allocation for People's Republic of China under the EU tariff rate quota for garlic.












(3)


The increase in the tariff rate quota should be reflected in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 341/2007. Since the Agreement between the European Union and the People's Republic of China was approved by the Council on 28 January 2014, importers should have access to the increased quantities as from the second sub-period of the import tariff quota period 2014/2015.












(4)


Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 341/2007

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2

Entry into force

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 July 2014.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 June 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 of 29 March 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries (OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 12).

(3)  
            OJ L 64, 4.3.2014, p. 2.

(4)  Council Decision 2014/116/EU of 28 January 2014 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (OJ L 64, 4.3.2014, p. 1).




ANNEX




                     ‘ANNEX I
Tariff quotas opened pursuant to Decisions 2001/404/EC, 2006/398/EC and 2014/116/EU for imports of garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00 
                  











Origin


Order number


Quota (tonnes)




First subperiod (June to August)


Second subperiod (September to November)


Third subperiod (December to February)


Fourth subperiod (March to May)


Total







Argentina



 


 


 


 


 



19 147 





Traditional importers


09.4104


—


—


9 590 


3 813 


 




New importers


09.4099


—


—


4 110 


1 634 


 





Total



 


—


—



13 700 




5 447 



 







China



 


 


 


 


 



46 075 





Traditional importers


09.4105


8 278 


8 278 


7210


8 488 


 




New importers


09.4100


3 547 


3 547 


3090


3 637 


 





Total



 



11 825 




11 825 




10 300 




12 125 



 







Other third countries



 


 


 


 


 



6 023 





Traditional importers


09.4106


941


1 960 


929


386


 




New importers


09.4102


403


840


398


166


 





Total



 



1 344 




2 800 




1 327 




552



 





Total



 



13 169 




14 625 




25 327 




18 124 




71 245 ’