Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2080 of 18 November 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of import tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine and the removal of an import tariff quota for dairy products originating in Moldova
Date: 2015-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Moldova, Ukraine, common organisation of markets, import (EU), import licence, milk product, originating product, tariff quota








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19.11.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 302/77








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/2080
of 18 November 2015
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of import tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine and the removal of an import tariff quota for dairy products originating in Moldova


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 Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Council Decision 2014/668/EU (2), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application, of the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Ukraine, of the other part. Title IV of that Agreement and Annex I-A to Chapter I thereto, provide for the elimination of customs duties on imports of goods originating in Ukraine and for tariff rate quotas three of which relate to dairy products. Pending the entry into force of the Agreement, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), the import tariff rate quotas for dairy products for Ukraine have been included by Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 415/2014 (4) and (EU) No 1165/2014 (5) in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (6) up to 31 December 2015. The Association Agreement will be provisionally applied as of 1 January 2016.












(2)


It is therefore appropriate to complete Part L of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 with the import tariff rate quotas for dairy products for Ukraine for the quota periods from 1 January 2016 onwards.












(3)


By Council Decision 2014/492/EU (7), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of 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. Article 147 of that Agreement provides for the elimination of customs duties on imports into the European Union. Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 (8) introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova and providing for an import quota for dairy products referred to in Article 5(j) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 applies until 31 December 2015. It is therefore appropriate to delete the provisions relating to the import quota for dairy products for Moldova from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001.












(4)


Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 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
Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 5, point (j) is deleted;










(2)


in Article 19(1), point (i) is deleted;










(3)


Annex I is amended as follows:






(a)


Part J is deleted;










(b)


Part L is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.










Article 2
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 for the quota period from 1 January 2016 onwards.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 November 2015.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





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

(2)  Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1).

(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).

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 415/2014 of 23 April 2014 amending and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of the tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 49).

(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1165/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the management of the tariff quotas for dairy products originating in Ukraine (OJ L 314, 31.10.2014, p. 7).

(6)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas (OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29).

(7)  Council Decision 2014/492/EU of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of 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 (OJ L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 1).

(8)  
            OJ L 20, 24.1.2008, p. 1.




ANNEX



                           ‘I.   L

TARIFF QUOTAS REFERRED TO IN THE APPENDIX TO ANNEX I-A TO CHAPTER I TO THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH UKRAINE












Quota Number


CN Code


Description (1)



Country of origin


Import period


Quota quantity
(in tonnes in product weight)


Quota quantity
Six-monthly
(in tonnes in product weight)


Import duty (EUR/100 kg net weight)




09. 4600


0401 
0402 91 
0402 99 
0403 10 11 
0403 10 13 
0403 10 19 
0403 10 31 
0403 10 33 
0403 10 39 
0403 90 51 
0403 90 53 
0403 90 59 
0403 90 61 
0403 90 63 
0403 90 69 


Milk and cream, not in powder, granules or other solid forms; yoghurt, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa; fermented or acidified milk products, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa and not in powder, granules or other solid forms


UKRAINE


Year 2016
Year 2017
Year 2018
Year 2019
Year 2020
Year 2021 and following


8 000 
8 400 
8 800 
9 200 
9 600 
10 000 


4 000 
4 200 
4 400 
4 600 
4 800 
5 000 


0




09. 4601


0402 10 
0402 21 
0402 29 
0403 90 11 
0403 90 13 
0403 90 19 
0403 90 31 
0403 90 33 
0403 90 39 
0404 90 21 
0404 90 23 
0404 90 29 
0404 90 81 
0404 90 83 
0404 90 89 


Milk and cream, in powder, granules or other solid forms; fermented or acidified milk products, in powder, granules or other solid forms, not flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa; products consisting of natural milk constituents, not elsewhere specified or included


UKRAINE


Year 2016
Year 2017
Year 2018
Year 2019
Year 2020
Year 2021 and following


1 500 
2 200 
2 900 
3 600 
4 300 
5 000 


750
1 100 
1 450 
1 800 
2 150 
2 500 


0




09. 4602


0405 10 
0405 20 90 
0405 90 


Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of more than 75 % but less than 80 %


UKRAINE


Year 2016
Year 2017
Year 2018
Year 2019
Year 2020
Year 2021 and following


1 500 
1 800 
2 100 
2 400 
2 700 
3 000 


750
900
1 050 
1 200 
1 350 
1 500 


0







(1)  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 preferential arrangements is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes.’