Regulation (EU) No 1383/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova
Date: 2014-12-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: European neighbourhood policy, Moldova, free-trade agreement, import (EU), originating product, tariff preference, tariff quota








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Official Journal of the European Union


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            REGULATION (EU) No 1383/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
         
of 18 December 2014
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova


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)


Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 (2) established a specific scheme of autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova. That scheme gives all products originating in the Republic of Moldova free access to the Union market, except for certain agricultural products listed in Annex I to that Regulation for which limited concessions have been granted either in the form of exemption from customs duties within the limit of tariff quotas or of reduction of customs duties.












(2)


In the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the EU-Moldova ENP Action Plan and the Eastern Partnership, the Republic of Moldova has adopted an ambitious agenda for political association and further economic integration with the Union. The Republic of Moldova has also already made strong progress on regulatory approximation leading to convergence with Union laws and standards.












(3)


The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (3) (the Association Agreement), including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), was signed on 27 June 2014 and the provisional application was effective from 1 September 2014.












(4)


The specific scheme of autonomous trade preferences will continue to apply until 31 December 2015.












(5)


In order to support the efforts of the Republic of Moldova in accordance with the objectives set out in the ENP, the Eastern Partnership and the Association Agreement, and to provide an attractive and reliable market for its exports of fresh apples, fresh plums and fresh table grapes, further concessions should be made for the import of those products from the Republic of Moldova into the Union, on the basis of duty free tariff quotas.












(6)


It is also necessary to amend certain CN codes in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 in order to reflect the amendments introduced in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (4) by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013 (5).












(7)


In order to allow the operators to benefit from those further concessions as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.












(8)


In view of the seasonal production peak of those products, it is appropriate to apply the further concessions from 1 August 2014.












(9)


Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 55/2008, Table 1 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


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 August 2014.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2014.


For the European Parliament


The President

M. SCHULZ
            



For the Council


The President

S. GOZI
            





(1)  Position of the European Parliament of 17 December 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 18 December 2014.

(2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 of 21 January 2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova and amending Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 and Commission Decision 2005/924/EC (OJ L 20, 24.1.2008, p. 1).

(3)  
            OJ L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 4.

(4)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013 of 4 October 2013 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 290, 31.10.2013, p. 1).




ANNEX

‘1.   PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DUTY FREE TARIFF QUOTAS
















Order No


CN Code


Description


2008 (1)



2009 (1)



2010 (1)



2011 (1)



2012 (1)



2013 (1)



2014 (1)



2015 (1)





09.0504


0201  to 0204 


Fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals, swine and sheep and goats


3 000  (2)



3 000  (2)



4 000  (2)



4 000  (2)



4 000  (2)



4 000  (2)



4 000  (2)



4 000  (2)





09.0505


ex 0207 


Meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen, other than fatty livers of subheading 0207 43 


400  (2)



400  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)





09.0506


ex 0210 


Meat and edible meat offal of swine and bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal of domestic swine and bovine animals


400  (2)



400  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)



500  (2)





09.4210


0401  to 0406 


Dairy products


1 000  (2)



1 000  (2)



1 500  (2)



1 500  (2)



1 500  (2)



1 500  (2)



1 500  (2)



1 500  (2)





09.0507


0407 00 


Birds’ eggs, in shells


90  (3)



95  (3)



100  (3)



110  (3)



120  (3)



120  (3)



120  (3)



120  (3)





09.0508


ex 0408 


Birds’ eggs, not in shells, and egg yolks, other than those unfit for human consumption


200  (2)



200  (2)



300  (2)



300  (2)



300  (2)



300  (2)



300  (2)



300  (2)





09.0515


0806 10 10 


Fresh table grapes


—


—


—


—


—


—


10 000  (2)
 (4)



10 000  (2)





09.0516


0808 10 80 


Fresh apples (at the exception of cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December)


—


—


—


—


—


—


40 000  (2)
 (4)



40 000  (2)





09.0517


0809 40 05 


Fresh plums


—


—


—


—


—


—


10 000  (2)
 (4)



10 000  (2)





09.0509


1001 91 20 
1001 91 90 
1001 99 


Other spelt (other than spelt for sowing), common wheat and meslin


25 000  (2)



30 000  (2)



35 000  (2)



40 000  (2)



50 000  (2)



55 000  (2)



60 000  (2)



65 000  (2)





09.0510


1003 90 00 


Barley


20 000  (2)



25 000  (2)



30 000  (2)



35 000  (2)



45 000  (2)



50 000  (2)



55 000  (2)



60 000  (2)





09.0511


1005 90 


Maize


15 000  (2)



20 000  (2)



25 000  (2)



30 000  (2)



40 000  (2)



45 000  (2)



50 000  (2)



55 000  (2)





09.0512


1601 00 91  and 1601 00 99 


Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products


500  (2)



500  (2)



600  (2)



600  (2)



600  (2)



600  (2)



600  (2)



600  (2)





ex 1602 


Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:






—


of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, uncooked,










—


of domestic swine,










—


of bovine animals, uncooked








09.0513


1701 99 10 


White Sugar


15 000  (2)



18 000  (2)



26 000  (2)



34 000  (2)



34 000  (2)



34 000  (2)



34 000  (2)



34 000  (2)








(1)  From 1 January until 31 December, except for 2008, for which the tariff quotas apply from the first day of application of the Regulation until 31 December.

(2)  Tonnes (net weight).

(3)  Million units.

(4)  For 2014, the tariff quota applies from 1 August until 31 December.’