Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1167/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine
Date: 2014-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ukraine, import (EU), import licence, originating product, poultry, poultrymeat, tariff preference, tariff quota




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31.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 314/17








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1167/2014
of 31 October 2014
         
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine


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 points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 (3) opened and provided for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014.












(3)


Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014.












(4)


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 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 is amended as follows:






(1)


Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2
Import tariff quota periods

1.   The import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be opened from 25 April to 31 December 2014 and from 1 January to 31 December 2015.


2.   The quantity set for the annual import tariff quota for 2015 and for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:






(a)


25 % from 1 January to 31 March;










(b)


25 % from 1 April to 30 June;










(c)


25 % from 1 July to 30 September;










(d)


25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’





;









(2)


Article 3 is amended as follows:






(a)


the title is replaced by the following: ‘Import rights application for the quota period 2014’;










(b)


in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’;














(3)


the following Article 3a is inserted:

‘Article 3a
Import rights applications for the quota period 2015

1.   Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2(2).


2.   A security of EUR 35 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.


3.   Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of poultry products falling under CN codes 0207 , 0210 99 39 , 1602 31 , 1602 32  or 1602 39 21  has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions, during the 12-month period immediately prior to their first application (hereinafter “the reference quantity”). A company formed by the merger of companies, each having an imported reference quantity, may combine those reference quantities as a basis for its application.


4.   The total quantity covered by an application for import rights submitted in the import tariff quota subperiod shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.


5.   Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.


6.   Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.


7.   If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be released proportionally without delay.


8.   Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December 2015. Import rights shall not be transferable.’

;









(4)


Article 4 is amended as follows:






(a)


the title is replaced by the following: ‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’;










(b)


in paragraph 9, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’;














(5)


the following Article 4a is inserted:

‘Article 4a
Issue of import licences for the quota period 2015

1.   The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.
Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (*1) shall be respected.


2.   Licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1).


3.   A security of EUR 75 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of submission of the import licence application. Each issue of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged for import rights shall be released proportionally without delay.


4.   Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.


5.   Licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.


6.   Licence applications and import licences shall contain:






(a)


in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and box “yes” marked by a cross;










(b)


in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.






7.   Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.


8.   In accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 30 days from the actual day of issue of the licence. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.



(*1)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 18).’
                                       "
                        ;









(6)


Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5
Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2014

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission:






(a)


no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014;










(b)


no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.






2.   No later than 30 April 2015, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during the quota period 2014.


3.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms and broken down by order number.’

;









(7)


the following Article 5a is inserted:

‘Article 5a
Notifications to the Commission for the quota period 2015

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.


2.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:






(a)


together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod;










(b)


for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest.






3.   No later than 30 April 2016, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that quota period.


4.   In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.’

;









(8)


Annex I shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.






Article 2

Entry into force and application

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, 31 October 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





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

(2)  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).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 37).

(4)  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 (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).




ANNEX




                     ‘ANNEX I
Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of products shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the import tariff quotas is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes. Where “ex” CN codes are indicated, the application of the import tariff quota is to be determined on the basis of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.










Order number


CN codes


Description


Import period


Quantity in tonnes (net weight)


Duty applicable
(EUR/t)




09.4273


0207 11 30 
0207 11 90 
0207 12 
0207 13 10 
0207 13 20 
0207 13 30 
0207 13 50 
0207 13 60 
0207 13 99 
0207 14 10 
0207 14 20 
0207 14 30 
0207 14 50 
0207 14 60 
0207 14 99 
0207 24 
0207 25 
0207 26 10 
0207 26 20 
0207 26 30 
0207 26 50 
0207 26 60 
0207 26 70 
0207 26 80 
0207 26 99 
0207 27 10 
0207 27 20 
0207 27 30 
0207 27 50 
0207 27 60 
0207 27 70 
0207 27 80 
0207 27 99 
0207 41 30 
0207 41 80 
0207 42 
0207 44 10 
0207 44 21 
0207 44 31 
0207 44 41 
0207 44 51 
0207 44 61 
0207 44 71 
0207 44 81 
0207 44 99 
0207 45 10 
0207 45 21 
0207 45 31 
0207 45 41 
0207 45 51 
0207 45 61 
0207 45 81 
0207 45 99 
0207 51 10 
0207 51 90 
0207 52 90 
0207 54 10 
0207 54 21 
0207 54 31 
0207 54 41 
0207 54 51 
0207 54 61 
0207 54 71 
0207 54 81 
0207 54 99 
0207 55 10 
0207 55 21 
0207 55 31 
0207 55 41 
0207 55 51 
0207 55 61 
0207 55 81 
0207 55 99 
0207 60 05 
0207 60 10 
ex 0207 60 21  (1)

0207 60 31 
0207 60 41 
0207 60 51 
0207 60 61 
0207 60 81 
0207 60 99 
0210 99 39 
1602 31 
1602 32 
1602 39 21 


Meat and edible offal of poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen; other prepared or preserved meat of turkeys and of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus



Year 2014
Year 2015


16 000 
16 000 


0




09.4274


0207 12 


Meat and edible offal of the poultry, not cut in pieces, frozen


Year 2014
Year 2015


20 000 
20 000 


0









(1)  Fresh or chilled, halves or quarters of guinea fowls.’