Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/754 of 28 April 2017 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Ecuador
Date: 2017-04-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: Ecuador, beverage, common organisation of markets, food additive, import (EU), originating product, processed foodstuff, sugar, tariff quota, vegetable








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29.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 113/28








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/754
of 28 April 2017
         
opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Ecuador


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) 2016/2369 (2) (‘the Decision’), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol of Accession (‘the Protocol’) to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru (‘the Agreement’), of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador to the Agreement and provided for the provisional application of the Protocol from 1 January 2017 (3).












(2)


The Agreement stipulates that customs duties on imports into the Union of goods originating in Ecuador 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 Ecuador, the reduction or elimination of customs duties is granted within tariff quotas.












(3)


The tariff quotas set out in subsection 3 to Section B of Appendix 1 of Annex I to the Agreement should be managed by the Commission on the basis of the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations for release for free circulation in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (4).












(4)


In order to ensure the smooth application and management of the quota system granted under the Protocol, this Regulation should apply from the same date as that of the provisional application of the Protocol.












(5)


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 Ecuador 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
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 from 1 January 2017.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 April 2017.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





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

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/2369 of 11 November 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador (OJ L 356, 24.12.2016, p. 1).

(3)  
            OJ L 358, 29.12.2016, p. 1.

(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).




ANNEX
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products in the fifth column of the table 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 scope of the CN codes set out in the third column of the table as applicable 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 codes and corresponding descriptions in the fifth column of the table taken together.












Order No


 


CN code


TARIC sub-division


Description of products


Quota period


Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)


Tariff quota duty




09.7525


 


0703 20 00 


 


Garlic, fresh or chilled


1.1-31.12


500


0




09.7526


 


0710 40 00 


 


Sweetcorn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen


1.1-31.12


300


0




2004 90 10 
2005 80 00 


 


Sweetcorn (Zea Mays var. Saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid




09.7527


 


0711 51 00 


 


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


1.1-31.12


100


0




2003 10 20 
2003 10 30 


 


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




09.7528


 


0711 90 30 


 


Sweetcorn provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption


1.1-31.12


400


0




2001 90 30 


 


Sweetcorn (Zea Mays var. Saccharata), prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid




2008 99 85 


 


Maize (corn), prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar (excl. sweetcorn (Zea Mays var. Saccharata))




09.7529


 


1005 90 00 


 


Maize (excl. seed)


1.1-31.12


37 000  (1)



0




1102 20 


 


Maize (corn) flour




09.7530


 


1006 10 30 
1006 10 50 
1006 10 71 
1006 10 79 
1006 20 
1006 30 
1006 40 


 


Rice (at exclusion of rice in the husk, for sowing)


1.1-31.12


5 000 


0




09.7531


 


1108 14 00 


 


Manioc (cassava) starch


1.1-31.12


3 000 


0




09.7532


 


1701 13 
1701 14 


 


Raw cane sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring


1.1-31.12


15 000  (2)



0




09.7533


 


1701 91 
1701 99 


 


Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, other than raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter


1.1-31.12


10 000  tonnes expressed in raw sugar equivalent (3)



0




 


1702 30 


 


Glucose in solid form and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose




 


1702 40 90 


 


Glucose in solid form and glucose syrup, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, and containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose (excl. isoglucose and invert sugar)




 


1702 50 


 


Chemically pure fructose in solid form




 


1702 90 30 
1702 90 50 
1702 90 71 
1702 90 75 
1702 90 79 
1702 90 80 
1702 90 95 


 


Other sugars (excluding lactose and lactose syrups, maple sugar and maple syrup, glucose and glucose syrup, fructose and fructose syrups and chemically pure maltose), including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose




Ex


1704 90 99 


91
99


Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)




 


1806 10 30 
1806 10 90 


 


Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose




Ex


1806 20 95 


90


Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content exceeding 2 kg, containing less than 18 % by weight of cocoa butter (excl. cocoa powder, chocolate flavour coating and chocolate milk crumb), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)




Ex


1901 90 99 


36


Other food preparations, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)




Ex


2006 00 31 


90


Cherries, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)




Ex


2006 00 38 


19
89


Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants (excluding ginger, cherries, tropical fruit and tropical nuts), preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)




Ex
Ex
Ex


2007 91 10 
2007 99 20 
2007 99 31 


90
90
95
99
95
99
95
99
02
04
06
17
19
24
27
30
34
37
40
44
47
52
56
75
85


Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excluding homogenised preparations), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)




Ex


2007 99 33 




Ex


2007 99 35 




Ex


2007 99 39 




Ex


2009 11 11 


19
99


Fruit or vegetable juice, of a value not exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, with an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight




Ex


2009 11 91 
2009 19 11 


29
39
59
79




Ex


2009 19 91 
2009 29 11 


19
99


 




Ex


2009 29 91 
2009 39 11 


19
99


 




Ex


2009 39 51 
2009 39 91 
2009 49 11 


19
99


 




Ex


2009 49 91 
2009 81 11 
2009 81 51 


90


 




Ex


2009 89 11 


19
99
29
39
59
79


 




Ex


2009 89 35 




 


2009 89 61
2009 89 86


 


 




Ex
Ex


2009 90 11 
2009 90 21 


90
19
99


Mixtures of juices, of a value not exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, with an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight




 


2009 90 31 
2009 90 71 
2009 90 94 


 




Ex
Ex


2101 12 98 
2101 20 98 


92
85


Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or maté, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose




Ex


2106 90 98 


26
33
34
38
53
55


Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose




Ex


3302 10 29 


10


Preparations based on odoriferous substances, containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, of a kind used in the drink industries, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 %, containing, by weight, 1,5 % or more of milkfat, 5 % or more of glucose or starch, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose




09.7534


 


2208 40 51 


 


Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance), in containers holding more than 2 litres


1.1-31.12


250 hectolitres (4)



0




2208 40 99 


 


Rum, in containers holding more than 2 litres, of a value not exceeding EUR 2 per litre of pure alcohol






(1)  As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 1 110 metric tonnes each year.

(2)  As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 450 metric tonnes each year.

(3)  As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 150 metric tonnes expressed in raw sugar equivalent each year.

(4)  As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 10 hectolitres each year.