Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine
Date: 2014-10-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Ukraine, free-trade area, generalised preferences, import (EU), originating product, tariff quota




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31.10.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            REGULATION (EU) No 1150/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
         
of 29 October 2014
         
amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,


After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,


Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),

Whereas:







(1)


Ukraine is a priority partner country within the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership. The European Union has been seeking an increasingly closer relationship with Ukraine in view of the latter's political association and economic integration with the Union. In that respect, between 2007 and 2011 the Union and Ukraine negotiated the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (2) (the Association Agreement), including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which was signed by both parties on 27 June 2014. Under the provisions of the DCFTA, the Union and Ukraine are to establish a free trade area over a transitional period of a maximum of 10 years, starting from the entry into force of the Association Agreement, in accordance with Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.












(2)


In light of the unprecedented security, political and economic challenges faced by Ukraine, and in order to support its economy, it was decided to anticipate the implementation of the Schedule of concessions set out in Annex I-A to the Association Agreement by means of the autonomous trade preferences provided for under Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council (3). In view of the challenges Ukraine still faces, the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 should be extended until 31 December 2015. For the purpose of predictability, the customs duties and access to tariff quotas for the extended period should remain the same as for 2014.












(3)


Article 2 of the Association Agreement provides that respect for democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and respect for the principle of the rule of law constitute essential elements of that Agreement. Furthermore, it provides that the promotion of respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, inviolability of borders and independence, as well as countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, related materials and their means of delivery also constitute essential elements of that Agreement. The autonomous preferences provided for under Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 should also be subject to the respect for those same principles by Ukraine. In order to align Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 with Union practice and other EU trade policy instruments, it is appropriate to introduce the possibility to temporarily suspend the preferences in case of failure to respect the fundamental principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law by Ukraine.












(4)


In view of the urgency of the matter, it is important to apply an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,





HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 is amended as follows:






(1)


Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1
Preferential arrangements
Customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine shall be reduced or eliminated in accordance with Annex I. Where reference is made in Annex I to staging categories, the basic rate of duties for 2014 and 2015 shall be eliminated in the case of staging category 0 and shall be reduced by 25 % in the case of staging category 3, by 16,7 % in the case of staging category 5 and by 12,5 % in the case of staging category 7.’
;









(2)


in Article 2, the following point is added:






‘(e)


respect for democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for the principle of the rule of law provided for in Article 2 of the Association Agreement (*1).





(*1)  
                                       OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3.’
                                    "
                        ;









(3)


in Article 7, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

                              ‘It shall apply until 31 December 2015.’
                           ;









(4)


Annexes II and III are replaced by the text set out respectively in Annexes I and 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 2 November 2014.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 October 2014.


For the European Parliament


The President

M. SCHULZ
            



For the Council


The President

S. GOZI
            





(1)  Position of the European Parliament of 23 October 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 24 October 2014.

(2)  
            OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3.

(3)  Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).




ANNEX I




                        ‘ANNEX II
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 on 23 April 2014.









Order No


CN code


Description of goods


Quantity for the quota period running from 23.4.2014 until 31.12.2014
(in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)


Quantity for the quota period running from 1.1.2015 until 31.12.2015
(in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)




09.3050 


0204 22 50 
0204 22 90 


Sheep legs, other cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half carcasses, short forequarters and chines and/or best ends), fresh or chilled


1 500 


1 500 




0204 23 


Boneless meat of sheep, fresh or chilled




0204 42 30 
0204 42 50 
0204 42 90 


Frozen cuts of sheep, with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses, and short forequarters)




0204 43 10 


Frozen meat of lamb, boneless




0204 43 90 


Frozen meat of sheep, boneless




09.3051 


0409 


Natural honey


5 000 


5 000 




09.3052 


1701 12 


Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter


20 070 


20 070 




1701 91 
1701 99 


Other sugar than raw sugar




1702 20 10 


Maple sugar in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter




1702 90 30 


Isoglucose in solid form, containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose




1702 90 50 


Maltodextrine in solid form and maltodextrine syrup, containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose




1702 90 71 
1702 90 75 
1702 90 79 


Caramel




1702 90 80 


Inulin syrup




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




09.3053 


1702 30 
1702 40 


Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar


10 000 


10 000 




1702 60 


Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar




09.3054 


2106 90 30 


Flavoured or coloured isoglucose syrups


2 000 


2 000 




2106 90 55 


Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup




2106 90 59 


Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups (excl. isoglucose, lactose, glucose and maltodextrine syrups)




09.3055 


ex 1103 19 20 


Barley groats


6 300 


6 300 




1103 19 90 


Groats and meals of cereals (excl. wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice and barley)




1103 20 90 


Cereal pellets (excl. wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice and barley)




1104 19 10 


Rolled or flaked wheat grains




1104 19 50 


Rolled or flaked maize grains




1104 19 61 


Rolled barley grains




1104 19 69 


Flaked barley grains




1104 29 


Worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled), other than of oats, of rye or of maize




1104 30 


Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground




09.3056 


1107 


Malt, whether or not roasted


7 000 


7 000 




1109 


Wheat gluten, whether or not dried




09.3057 


1108 11 


Wheat starch


10 000 


10 000 




1108 12 


Maize starch




1108 13 


Potato starch




09.3058 


3505 10 10 
3505 10 90 


Dextrins and other modified starches (excl. starches, esterified or etherified)


1 000 


1 000 




3505 20 30 
3505 20 50 
3505 20 90 


Glues containing, by weight, 25 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified starches




09.3059 


2302 10 
2302 30 
2302 40 10 
2302 40 90 


Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals (excl. those of rice)


16 000 


16 000 




2303 10 11 


Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product exceeding 40 % by weight




09.3060 


0711 51 


Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption


500


500




2003 10 


Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid




09.3061 


0711 51 


Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption


500


500




09.3062 


2002 


Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid


10 000 


10 000 




09.3063 


2009 61 90 


Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value not exceeding 30, of a value exceeding 18 EUR per 100 kg net weight


10 000 


10 000 




2009 69 11 


Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value exceeding 67, of a value not exceeding 22 EUR per 100 kg net weight




2009 69 71 
2009 69 79 
2009 69 90 


Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value exceeding 30 but not exceeding 67, of a value not exceeding 18 EUR per 100 kg net weight




2009 71 
2009 79 


Apple juice




09.3064 


0403 10 51 
0403 10 53 
0403 10 59 
0403 10 91 
0403 10 93 
0403 10 99 
0403 90 71 
0403 90 73 
0403 90 79 
0403 90 91 
0403 90 93 
0403 90 99 


Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, concentrated or not, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa


2 000 


2 000 




09.3065 


0405 20 10 
0405 20 30 


Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but not exceeding 75 %


250


250




09.3066 


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


Sweetcorn


1 500 


1 500 




09.3067 


1702 50 


Chemically pure fructose


2 000 


2 000 




1702 90 10 


Chemically pure maltose




ex 1704 90 99 


Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose




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 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




2101 12 98 
2101 20 98 


Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or maté




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 %




09.3068 


1903 


Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms


2 000 


2 000 




1904 30 


Bulgur wheat




09.3069 


1806 20 70 


Chocolate milk crumb


300


300




2106 10 80 


Other protein concentrates and textured protein substances




2202 90 99 


Non-alcoholic beverages other than waters, containing 2 % or more by weight of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401  to 0404 




09.3070 


2106 90 98 


Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included


2 000 


2 000 




09.3071 


2207 10 
2208 90 91 
2208 90 99 


Undenatured ethyl alcohol


27 000 


27 000 




2207 20 


Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength




09.3072 


2402 10 


Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco


2 500 


2 500 




2402 20 90 


Cigarettes containing tobacco, not containing cloves




09.3073 


2905 43 


Mannitol


100


100




2905 44 


D-glucitol (sorbitol)




3824 60 


Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44 




09.3074 


3809 10 10 
3809 10 30 
3809 10 50 
3809 10 90 


Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, with a basis of amylaceous substances


2 000 


2 000 




09.3075 


0703 20 


Garlic, fresh or chilled


500


500




09.3076 


1004 


Oats


4 000 


4 000 ’






.




ANNEX II




                        ‘ANNEX III
Tariff rate quotas for specific agricultural products referred to in Article 3(3)








Product


Tariff classification


Quantity for the quota period running from 23.4.2014 until 31.12.2014


Quantity for the quota period running from 1.1.2015 until 31.12.2015




Beef meat


0201.10. (00 )
0201.20. (20 -30 -50 -90 )
0201.30. (00 )
0202.10. (00 )
0202.20. (10 -30 -50 -90 )
0202.30. (10 -50 -90 )


12 000 
tonnes/year expressed in net weight


12 000 
tonnes/year expressed in net weight




Pork meat


0203.11. (10 )
0203.12. (11 -19 )
0203.19. (11 -13 -15 -55 -59 )
0203.21. (10 )
0203.22. (11 -19 )
0203.29. (11 -13 -15 -55 -59 )


20 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
+ 20 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
(for the CN codes 0203.11. (10 ) 0203.12. (19 ) 0203.19. (11 -15 -59 ) 0203.21. (10 ) 0203.22. (19 ) 0203.29. (11 -15 -59 ))


20 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
+ 20 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
(for the CN codes 0203.11. (10 ) 0203.12. (19 ) 0203.19. (11 -15 -59 ) 0203.21. (10 ) 0203.22. (19 ) 0203.29. (11 -15 -59 ))




Poultrymeat and poultrymeat preparations


0207.11. (30 -90 )
0207.12. (10 -90 )
0207.13. (10 -20 -30 -50 -60 -99 )
0207.14. (10 -20 -30 -50 -60 -99 )
0207.24. (10 -90 )
0207.25. (10 -90 )
0207.26. (10 -20 -30 -50 -60 -70 -80 -99 )
0207.27. (10 -20 -30 -50 -60 -70 -80 -99 )
0207.32. (15 -19 -51 -59 -90 )
0207.33. (11 -19 -59 -90 )
0207.35. (11 -15 -21 -23 -25 -31 -41 -51 -53 -61 -63 -71 -79 -99 )
0207.36. (11 -15 -21 -23 -31 -41 -51 -53 -61 -63 -79 -90 )
0210.99. (39 )
1602.31. (11 -19 -30 -90 )
1602.32. (11 -19 -30 -90 )
1602.39. (21 )


16 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
+ 20 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
(for the CN code 0207.12. (10 -90 ))


16 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
+ 20 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
(for the CN code 0207.12. (10 -90 ))




Milk, cream, condensed milk and yogurts


0401.10. (10 -90 )
0401.20. (11 -19 -91 -99 )
0401.30. (11 -19 -31 -39 -91 -99 )
0402.91. (10 -30 -51 -59 -91 -99 )
0402.99. (10 -31 -39 -91 -99 )
0403.10. (11 -13 -19 -31 -33 -39 )
0403.90. (51 -53 -59 -61 -63 -69 )


8 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight


8 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight




Milk powder


0402.10. (11 -19 -91 -99 )
0402.21. (11 -17 -19 -91 -99 )
0402.29. (11 -15 -19 -91 -99 )
0403.90. (11 -13 -19 -31 -33 -39 )
0404.90. (21 -23 -29 -81 -83 -89 )


1 500  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight


1 500  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight




Butter and dairy spreads


0405.10. (11 -19 -30 -50 -90 )
0405.20. (90 )
0405.90. (10 -90 )


1 500  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight


1 500  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight




Eggs and albumins


0407.00. (30 )
0408.11. (80 )
0408.19. (81 -89 )
0408.91. (80 )
0408.99. (80 )
3502.11. (90 )
3502.19. (90 )
3502.20. (91 -99 )


1 500  tonnes/year
expressed in shell-egg equivalent
+ 3 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
(for the CN code 0407.00. (30 ))


1 500  tonnes/year
expressed in shell-egg equivalent
+ 3 000  tonnes/year
expressed in net weight
(for the CN code 0407.00. (30 ))




Common wheat, flours, and pellets


1001.90. (99 )
1101.00. (15 -90 )
1102.90. (90 )
1103.11. (90 )
1103.20. (60 )


950 000  tonnes/year


950 000  tonnes/year




Barley, flour and pellets


1003.00. (90 )
1102.90. (10 )
1103.20. (20 )


250 000  tonnes/year


250 000  tonnes/year




Maize, flour and pellets


1005.90. (00 )
1102.20. (10 -90 )
1103.13. (10 -90 )
1103.20. (40 )
1104.23. (10 -30 -90 -99 )


400 000  tonnes/year


400 000  tonnes/yea’






.