Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2253 of 14 December 2016 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in South Africa
Date: 2016-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Southern Africa, alcoholic beverage, common organisation of markets, fruit juice, fruit product, import (EU), milk product, originating product, sugar, tariff quota








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15.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 340/48








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2253
of 14 December 2016
         
opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in South Africa


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 58(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Decision (EU) 2016/1623 of 1 June 2016 (2), the Council authorised the signing and the provisional application of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (3) (‘the Agreement’).












(2)


The Agreement stipulates that customs duties on imports into the Union of goods originating in the SADC EPA States are to be reduced or eliminated in accordance with the tariff elimination schedule in Annex I to the Agreement. Annex I provides that for certain goods originating in South Africa the reduction or elimination of customs duties is granted within tariff quotas.












(3)


Part 1, Section B, of Annex I to the Agreement stipulates that the Union is to manage those tariff quotas on a first-come, first-served basis. The Commission shall manage those tariff quotas in accordance with the rules on the management of tariff quotas laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (4).












(4)


Protocol 4 to the Agreement stipulates that, in the case of provisional application of this Agreement by the EU and ratification by South Africa, the application of the Articles of the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement with South Africa (5) which are laid down in Title II on trade and Title III on trade-related issues and its corresponding annexes and Protocols, with the exception of its Article 31 on maritime transport, shall be suspended. Therefore, Council Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 (6) should be suspended as of the date of provisional application of the Agreement.












(5)


Article 16 of Protocol 3 of the Agreement stipulates that the agricultural market access concessions shall only be granted to the Party that lodges the notification pursuant to Article 3(3) of this Protocol from the first day of the month following receipt by the other Party of such notification. As the related notification has been received in October 2016, the related concessions should be granted as from 1 November 2016.
In order to ensure the effective application and management of the tariff quotas granted under the Agreement which the Commission shall manage on a first-come first-served basis, this Regulation should apply from 1 November 2016.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Union tariff quotas are opened for goods originating in South Africa as set out in the Annex.


Article 2
The tariff quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.


Article 3
In accordance with Protocol 4 of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 shall be suspended.


Article 4
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 1 November 2016.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2016.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1.

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/1623 of 1 June 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and provisional application of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p. 1).

(3)  
            OJ L 250, 16.9.2016, p. 3.

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).

(5)  
            OJ L 311, 4.12.1999, p. 3.

(6)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 of 17 December 1999 on certain procedures for applying the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa (OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 29).




ANNEX
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value. The preferential scheme is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.











Order No


CN code


TARIC subdivision


Description of products


Quota period


Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)


Tariff quota duty (% reduction)




09.1801


0402 10 


 


Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or in other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1,5 %


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


83,3


0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


500




09.1802


0405 10 


 


Butter


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


83,3


0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


500




09.1804


0811 10 90 


 


Strawberries, frozen


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


377,5 (1)



0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


385 (2)





09.1806


1701 13 10 
1701 14 10 
1701 99 10 


 


Cane sugar for refining and white sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


8 333 


0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


50 000 




09.1808


1701 13 10 
1701 14 10 


 


Cane sugar for refining, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


16 667 


0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


100 000 




09.1818


1702 30 50 


 


Glucose and glucose syrup, in the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


83,3


0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


500




09.1820


2007 91 30 


 


Jams, jellies, marmalades, purée or pastes of citrus fruit, with a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30 % by weight


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


16,7


50 % MFN




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


100




09.1822


ex 2007 99 39 


16
17
18
19
22
24
26
27
29
30
32
34
39
40
46
47
54
56


Fruit purées of pears, apricots, peaches (incl. nectarines) or mixtures (excluding tropical fruit) obtained by sieving then brought to the boil in a vacuum, the texture and chemical composition of which have not been changed by the heat treatment; pears, apricots, peaches (incl. nectarines) or mixtures (excluding tropical fruit), prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


57 156  (3)



From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016: 45 % MFN
From 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2017: 41 % MFN
From 1.1.2018 to 31.12.2018: 36 % MFN
From 1.1.2019 to 31.12.2019: 32 % MFN
From 1.1.2020 to 31.12.2020: 27 % MFN
From 1.1.2021 to 31.12.2021: 23 % MFN
From 1.1.2022 to 31.12.2022: 18 % MFN
From 1.1.2023 to 31.12.2023: 14 % MFN
From 1.1.2024 to 31.12.2024: 9 % MFN
From 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2025: 5 % MFN
From 1.1.2026 to 31.12.2026:0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


57 156 




ex 2007 99 50 


41
42
43
45
47
49
51
52
53
62
64
67




2007 99 97 


32
33
35
37
38
39
40
41
42
44
46
48
52
57
62




2008 40 51 
2008 40 59 
2008 40 71 
2008 40 79 
2008 40 90 
2008 50 61 
2008 50 69 
2008 50 71 
2008 50 79 
2008 50 92 
2008 50 98 
2008 70 61 
2008 70 69 
2008 70 71 
2008 70 79 
2008 70 92 
2008 70 98 
2008 97 59 
2008 97 74 
2008 97 78 
2008 97 98 


 




09.1824


ex 2007 99 39 


43
44


Fruit purées of tropical fruit obtained by sieving then brought to the boil in a vacuum, the texture and chemical composition of which have not been changed by the heat treatment; tropical fruit, prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


2 960  (4)



50 % MFN




2008 97 72 


 


For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


3 020  (5)





09.1826


2009 11 99 


 


Frozen orange juice


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


1 036  (6)



0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


1 057  (7)





09.1829


2009 71 
2009 79 


 


Apple juice


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


3 478  (8)



50 % MFN




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


3 595  (9)





09.1830


2102 10 90 


 


Active yeasts, other than culture yeast and baker's yeast


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


58,3


0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


350




09.1891


ex 2204 21 93 


19
29
31


Wines of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 18 % vol.


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


60 105 000  litres (10)



0




ex 2204 21 94 


19
29
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 21 95 


11
21
31




ex 2204 21 96 


11
21
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 21 97 


11
21
31




ex 2204 21 98 


11
21
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 29 93 


10
20
30




ex 2204 29 94 


21
31
71
81




ex 2204 29 95 


10
20
30




ex 2204 29 96 


21
31
71
81




ex 2204 29 97 


10
20
30




ex 2204 29 98 


21
31
71
81




09.1892


ex 2204 21 93 


19
29
31


Wines, in containers holding 2 litres or less, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 18 % vol. (11)



From 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2017 and, for each year thereafter, from 1.1 to 31.12


77 741 300  (12)



0




ex 2204 21 94 


19
29
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 21 95 


11
21
31




ex 2204 21 96 


11
21
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 21 97 


11
21
31




ex 2204 21 98 


11
21
31
61
71
81




09.1893


ex 2204 21 93 


19
29
31


Wines of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 18 % vol.


From 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2017 and, for each year thereafter, from 1.1 to 31.12


33 317 700  litres (13)



0




ex 2204 21 94 


19
29
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 21 95 


11
21
31




ex 2204 21 96 


11
21
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 21 97 


11
21
31




ex 2204 21 98 


11
21
31
61
71
81




ex 2204 29 93 


10
20
30




ex 2204 29 94 


21
31
71
81




ex 2204 29 95 


10
20
30




ex 2204 29 96 


21
31
71
81




ex 2204 29 97 


10
20
30




ex 2204 29 98 


21
31
71
81




09.1894


2207 


 


Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength


From 1.11.2016 to 31.12.2016


13 333 


0




For each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12


80 000 






(1)  The tariff quota volume shall be reduced by the quantity imported, in 2016, under the tariff quota 09.1811.

(2)  From 1.1.2018, the volume shall be increased by 7,5 metric tonnes annually.

(3)  The tariff quota volume shall be reduced by the quantity imported, in 2016, under the tariff quotas 09.1813 and 09.1815.

(4)  The tariff quota volume shall be reduced by the quantity imported, in 2016, under the tariff quota 09.1817.

(5)  From 1.1.2018, the volume shall be increased by 60 metric tonnes annually.

(6)  The tariff quota volume shall be reduced by the quantity imported, in 2016, under the tariff quota 09.1819.

(7)  From 1.1.2018, the volume shall be increased by 21 metric tonnes annually.

(8)  The tariff quota volume shall be reduced by the quantity imported, in 2016, under the tariff quotas 09.1821.

(9)  From 1.1.2018 until 31.12.2026, the volume shall be increased by 117 metric tonnes annually. From 1.1.2027, the volume shall be increased by 70,5 metric tonnes annually.

(10)  The tariff quota volume shall be reduced by the quantity imported, in 2016, under the tariff quota 09.1825.

(11)  From 1.9 to 31.12 each year, this tariff quota is also available for wines, in any volume of container, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 18 % vol.

(12)  From 1.1.2018, the volume shall be increased by 741 300 litres annually.

(13)  From 1.1.2018, the volume shall be increased by 317 700 litres annually.