Council Regulation (EU) No 713/2014 of 24 June 2014 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
Date: 2014-06-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, EU production, import (EU), industrial product, tariff quota, underproduction








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28.6.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 190/2








            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 713/2014
of 24 June 2014
         
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 any disturbances on the market for certain agricultural and industrial products, autonomous tariff quotas have been opened by Council Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 (1). Products falling within those tariff quotas can be imported into the Union at reduced or zero duty rates. For the reasons indicated, it is necessary to open, with effect from 1 July 2014, tariff quotas at zero duty rates for an appropriate volume as regards six additional products.












(2)


Moreover, in certain cases, the existing autonomous tariff quotas of the Union should be adapted. In the case of two products, the product description needs to be modified for clarification purposes and in order to take into account the most recent product developments. In the case of another product, one of the TARIC codes needs to be deleted as the double classification has become obsolete. In the case of three other products, the quota volumes need to be increased as such increase is in the interest of economic operators and of the Union.












(3)


Finally, in the case of two products, the autonomous tariff quotas of the Union should be closed with effect from 1 July 2014 and 1 January 2015, respectively, as it is not in the Union's interest to continue granting them as from those dates.












(4)


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












(5)


As some of the adaptations to the autonomous tariff quotas pursuant to this Regulation must take effect from 1 July 2014, this Regulation should apply from that date and enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The table in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 is amended as follows:






(1)


the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.2830, 09.2831, 09.2832, 09.2834, 09.2835 and 09.2836 set out in Annex I to this Regulation are inserted following the order of the CN codes indicated in the second column of the table in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013;










(2)


the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.2629, 09.2631, 09.2639, 09.2668, 09.2669, 09.2806 and 09.2818 are replaced by the rows set out in Annex II to this Regulation;










(3)


the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.2930 is deleted;










(4)


the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.2639 is deleted.






Article 2
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 July 2014, with the exception of point (4) of Article 1, which shall apply from 1 January 2015.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 2014.


For the Council


The President

E. VENIZELOS
            





(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).




ANNEX I
TARIFF QUOTAS OF THE UNION REFERRED TO IN POINT (1) OF ARTICLE 1











Order number


CN code


TARIC


Description


Quota period


Quota volume


Quota duty (%)




09.2830


ex 2906 19 00 


40


Cyclopropylmethanol (CAS RN 2516-33-8)


1.7-31.12


10 tonnes


0




09.2831


ex 2932 99 00 


40


1,3:2,4-Bis-O-(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene)-D-glucitol (CAS RN 135861-56-2)


1.7-31.12


300 tonnes


0




09.2832


ex 3808 92 90 


40


Preparation containing 38 % or more but not more than 50 % by weight of pyrithione zinc (INN) (CAS RN 13463-41-7) in an aqueous dispersion


1.7-31.12


250 tonnes


0




09.2834


ex 7604 29 10 


20


Aluminium alloy rods with a diameter of 200 mm or more, but not exceeding 300 mm


1.7-31.12


500 tonnes


0




09.2835


ex 7604 29 10 


30


Aluminium alloy rods with a diameter of 300,1 mm or more, but not more than 533,4 mm


1.7-31.12


250 tonnes


0




09.2836


ex 9003 11 00 
ex 9003 19 00 


10
20


Spectacle frames of plastic or base metal for use in the manufacture of corrective glasses (1)



1.7-31.12


2 900 000  pieces


0






(1)  Suspension of duties is subject to Articles 291 to 300 of 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 (OJ L 253 11.10.1993, p. 1).





ANNEX II
TARIFF QUOTAS OF THE UNION REFERRED TO IN POINT (2) OF ARTICLE 1











Order number


CN code


TARIC


Description


Quota period


Quota volume


Quota duty (%)




09.2806


ex 2825 90 40 


30


Tungsten trioxide, including blue tungsten oxide (CAS RN 1314-35-8 or CAS RN 39318-18-8)


1.1-31.12


12 000  tonnes


0




09.2639


3905 30 00 


 


Poly(vinyl alcohol), whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups


1.1-31.12


18 000  tonnes


0




09.2818


ex 6902 90 00 


10


Refractory bricks with






—


an edge length of more than 300 mm, and










—


a TiO2 content of not more than 1 % by weight, and










—


a Al2O3 content of not more than 0,4 % by weight, and










—


a change in volume of less than 9 % at 1 700  °C






1.1-31.12


225 tonnes


0




09.2629


ex 8302 49 00 


91


Aluminium telescopic handle for use in the manufacture of luggage (1)



1.7-31.12


800 000  pieces


0




09.2668


ex 8714 91 10 
ex 8714 91 10 


21
31


Bicycle frame, constructed from carbon fibres and artificial resin, painted, lacquered and/or polished, for use in the manufacture of bicycles (1)



1.1-31.12


125 000  pieces


0




09.2669


ex 8714 91 30 
ex 8714 91 30 


21
31


Bicycle front fork, constructed from carbon fibres and artificial resin, painted, lacquered and/or polished, for use in the manufacture of bicycles (1)



1.1-31.12


97 000  pieces


0




09.2631


ex 9001 90 00 


80


Unmounted glass lenses, prisms and cemented elements for use in the manufacture or repair of goods of CN codes 9002 , 9005 , 9013 10  and 9015  (1)



1.1-31.12


5 000 000  pieces


0






(1)  Suspension of duties is subject to Articles 291 to 300 of 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 (OJ L 253 11.10.1993, p. 1).