CELEX: 32014R1150
Language: en
Date: 2014-10-29 00:00:00
Title: 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

31.10.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 313/1
            
         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
   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)
            
            
               Ukraine is a priority partner country within the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership. The European Union has been seeking an increasingly closer relationship with Ukraine in view of the latter's political association and economic integration with the Union. In that respect, between 2007 and 2011 the Union and Ukraine negotiated the Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (2) (the Association Agreement), including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which was signed by both parties on 27 June 2014. Under the provisions of the DCFTA, the Union and Ukraine are to establish a free trade area over a transitional period of a maximum of 10 years, starting from the entry into force of the Association Agreement, in accordance with Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In light of the unprecedented security, political and economic challenges faced by Ukraine, and in order to support its economy, it was decided to anticipate the implementation of the Schedule of concessions set out in Annex I-A to the Association Agreement by means of the autonomous trade preferences provided for under Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council (3). In view of the challenges Ukraine still faces, the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 should be extended until 31 December 2015. For the purpose of predictability, the customs duties and access to tariff quotas for the extended period should remain the same as for 2014.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Article 2 of the Association Agreement provides that respect for democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and respect for the principle of the rule of law constitute essential elements of that Agreement. Furthermore, it provides that the promotion of respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, inviolability of borders and independence, as well as countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, related materials and their means of delivery also constitute essential elements of that Agreement. The autonomous preferences provided for under Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 should also be subject to the respect for those same principles by Ukraine. In order to align Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 with Union practice and other EU trade policy instruments, it is appropriate to introduce the possibility to temporarily suspend the preferences in case of failure to respect the fundamental principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law by Ukraine.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               In view of the urgency of the matter, it is important to apply an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
            
         HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 is amended as follows:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Article 1 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 1
               Preferential arrangements
               Customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine shall be reduced or eliminated in accordance with Annex I. Where reference is made in Annex I to staging categories, the basic rate of duties for 2014 and 2015 shall be eliminated in the case of staging category 0 and shall be reduced by 25 % in the case of staging category 3, by 16,7 % in the case of staging category 5 and by 12,5 % in the case of staging category 7.’;
         
               (2)
            
            
               in Article 2, the following point is added:
               
                           ‘(e)
                        
                        
                           respect for democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for the principle of the rule of law provided for in Article 2 of the Association Agreement (4).
                        
                     ;
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               in Article 7, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
               ‘It shall apply until 31 December 2015.’;
         
               (4)
            
            
               Annexes II and III are replaced by the text set out respectively in Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
            
         Article 2
   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, 29 October 2014.
      
         
            For the European Parliament
         
         
            The President
         
         M. SCHULZ
      
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         S. GOZI
      
   
   
      (1)  Position of the European Parliament of 23 October 2014 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 24 October 2014.
   
      (2)  OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3.
   
      (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)  OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3.’
   
      ANNEX I
      
         
            ‘ANNEX II
            Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the scope of the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by CN codes as they exist on 23 April 2014.
            
                        Order No
                     
                     
                        CN code
                     
                     
                        Description of goods
                     
                     
                        Quantity for the quota period running from 23.4.2014 until 31.12.2014
                        (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)
                     
                     
                        Quantity for the quota period running from 1.1.2015 until 31.12.2015
                        (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)
                     
                  
                        09.3050
                     
                     
                        0204 22 50
                        0204 22 90
                     
                     
                        Sheep legs, other cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half carcasses, short forequarters and chines and/or best ends), fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                        1 500
                     
                     
                        1 500
                     
                  
                        0204 23
                     
                     
                        Boneless meat of sheep, fresh or chilled
                     
                  
                        0204 42 30
                        0204 42 50
                        0204 42 90
                     
                     
                        Frozen cuts of sheep, with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses, and short forequarters)
                     
                  
                        0204 43 10
                     
                     
                        Frozen meat of lamb, boneless
                     
                  
                        0204 43 90
                     
                     
                        Frozen meat of sheep, boneless
                     
                  
                        09.3051
                     
                     
                        0409
                     
                     
                        Natural honey
                     
                     
                        5 000
                     
                     
                        5 000
                     
                  
                        09.3052
                     
                     
                        1701 12
                     
                     
                        Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
                     
                     
                        20 070
                     
                     
                        20 070
                     
                  
                        1701 91
                        1701 99
                     
                     
                        Other sugar than raw sugar
                     
                  
                        1702 20 10
                     
                     
                        Maple sugar in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter
                     
                  
                        1702 90 30
                     
                     
                        Isoglucose in solid form, containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
                     
                  
                        1702 90 50
                     
                     
                        Maltodextrine in solid form and maltodextrine syrup, containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
                     
                  
                        1702 90 71
                        1702 90 75
                        1702 90 79
                     
                     
                        Caramel
                     
                  
                        1702 90 80
                     
                     
                        Inulin syrup
                     
                  
                        1702 90 95
                     
                     
                        Other sugars, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
                     
                  
                        09.3053
                     
                     
                        1702 30
                        1702 40
                     
                     
                        Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                  
                        1702 60
                     
                     
                        Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
                     
                  
                        09.3054
                     
                     
                        2106 90 30
                     
                     
                        Flavoured or coloured isoglucose syrups
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                  
                        2106 90 55
                     
                     
                        Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup
                     
                  
                        2106 90 59
                     
                     
                        Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups (excl. isoglucose, lactose, glucose and maltodextrine syrups)
                     
                  
                        09.3055
                     
                     
                        ex 1103 19 20
                     
                     
                        Barley groats
                     
                     
                        6 300
                     
                     
                        6 300
                     
                  
                        1103 19 90
                     
                     
                        Groats and meals of cereals (excl. wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice and barley)
                     
                  
                        1103 20 90
                     
                     
                        Cereal pellets (excl. wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice and barley)
                     
                  
                        1104 19 10
                     
                     
                        Rolled or flaked wheat grains
                     
                  
                        1104 19 50
                     
                     
                        Rolled or flaked maize grains
                     
                  
                        1104 19 61
                     
                     
                        Rolled barley grains
                     
                  
                        1104 19 69
                     
                     
                        Flaked barley grains
                     
                  
                        1104 29
                     
                     
                        Worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled), other than of oats, of rye or of maize
                     
                  
                        1104 30
                     
                     
                        Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
                     
                  
                        09.3056
                     
                     
                        1107
                     
                     
                        Malt, whether or not roasted
                     
                     
                        7 000
                     
                     
                        7 000
                     
                  
                        1109
                     
                     
                        Wheat gluten, whether or not dried
                     
                  
                        09.3057
                     
                     
                        1108 11
                     
                     
                        Wheat starch
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                  
                        1108 12
                     
                     
                        Maize starch
                     
                  
                        1108 13
                     
                     
                        Potato starch
                     
                  
                        09.3058
                     
                     
                        3505 10 10
                        3505 10 90
                     
                     
                        Dextrins and other modified starches (excl. starches, esterified or etherified)
                     
                     
                        1 000
                     
                     
                        1 000
                     
                  
                        3505 20 30
                        3505 20 50
                        3505 20 90
                     
                     
                        Glues containing, by weight, 25 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified starches
                     
                  
                        09.3059
                     
                     
                        2302 10
                        2302 30
                        2302 40 10
                        2302 40 90
                     
                     
                        Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals (excl. those of rice)
                     
                     
                        16 000
                     
                     
                        16 000
                     
                  
                        2303 10 11
                     
                     
                        Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product exceeding 40 % by weight
                     
                  
                        09.3060
                     
                     
                        0711 51
                     
                     
                        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
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                  
                        2003 10
                     
                     
                        Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
                     
                  
                        09.3061
                     
                     
                        0711 51
                     
                     
                        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
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                  
                        09.3062
                     
                     
                        2002
                     
                     
                        Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                  
                        09.3063
                     
                     
                        2009 61 90
                     
                     
                        Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value not exceeding 30, of a value exceeding 18 EUR per 100 kg net weight
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                     
                        10 000
                     
                  
                        2009 69 11
                     
                     
                        Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value exceeding 67, of a value not exceeding 22 EUR per 100 kg net weight
                     
                  
                        2009 69 71
                        2009 69 79
                        2009 69 90
                     
                     
                        Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value exceeding 30 but not exceeding 67, of a value not exceeding 18 EUR per 100 kg net weight
                     
                  
                        2009 71
                        2009 79
                     
                     
                        Apple juice
                     
                  
                        09.3064
                     
                     
                        0403 10 51
                        0403 10 53
                        0403 10 59
                        0403 10 91
                        0403 10 93
                        0403 10 99
                        0403 90 71
                        0403 90 73
                        0403 90 79
                        0403 90 91
                        0403 90 93
                        0403 90 99
                     
                     
                        Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, concentrated or not, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                  
                        09.3065
                     
                     
                        0405 20 10
                        0405 20 30
                     
                     
                        Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but not exceeding 75 %
                     
                     
                        250
                     
                     
                        250
                     
                  
                        09.3066
                     
                     
                        0710 40
                        0711 90 30
                        2001 90 30
                        2004 90 10
                        2005 80
                     
                     
                        Sweetcorn
                     
                     
                        1 500
                     
                     
                        1 500
                     
                  
                        09.3067
                     
                     
                        1702 50
                     
                     
                        Chemically pure fructose
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                  
                        1702 90 10
                     
                     
                        Chemically pure maltose
                     
                  
                        ex 1704 90 99
                     
                     
                        Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
                     
                  
                        1806 10 30
                        1806 10 90
                     
                     
                        Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by weight of sucrose or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
                     
                  
                        ex 1806 20 95
                     
                     
                        Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg, containing less than 18 % by weight of cocoa butter and 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
                     
                  
                        ex 1901 90 99
                     
                     
                        Other food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
                     
                  
                        2101 12 98
                        2101 20 98
                     
                     
                        Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or maté
                     
                  
                        3302 10 29
                     
                     
                        Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the drink industries, containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 %
                     
                  
                        09.3068
                     
                     
                        1903
                     
                     
                        Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                  
                        1904 30
                     
                     
                        Bulgur wheat
                     
                  
                        09.3069
                     
                     
                        1806 20 70
                     
                     
                        Chocolate milk crumb
                     
                     
                        300
                     
                     
                        300
                     
                  
                        2106 10 80
                     
                     
                        Other protein concentrates and textured protein substances
                     
                  
                        2202 90 99
                     
                     
                        Non-alcoholic beverages other than waters, containing 2 % or more by weight of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401 to 0404
                     
                  
                        09.3070
                     
                     
                        2106 90 98
                     
                     
                        Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                  
                        09.3071
                     
                     
                        2207 10
                        2208 90 91
                        2208 90 99
                     
                     
                        Undenatured ethyl alcohol
                     
                     
                        27 000
                     
                     
                        27 000
                     
                  
                        2207 20
                     
                     
                        Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength
                     
                  
                        09.3072
                     
                     
                        2402 10
                     
                     
                        Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco
                     
                     
                        2 500
                     
                     
                        2 500
                     
                  
                        2402 20 90
                     
                     
                        Cigarettes containing tobacco, not containing cloves
                     
                  
                        09.3073
                     
                     
                        2905 43
                     
                     
                        Mannitol
                     
                     
                        100
                     
                     
                        100
                     
                  
                        2905 44
                     
                     
                        D-glucitol (sorbitol)
                     
                  
                        3824 60
                     
                     
                        Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44
                     
                  
                        09.3074
                     
                     
                        3809 10 10
                        3809 10 30
                        3809 10 50
                        3809 10 90
                     
                     
                        Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, with a basis of amylaceous substances
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                     
                        2 000
                     
                  
                        09.3075
                     
                     
                        0703 20
                     
                     
                        Garlic, fresh or chilled
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                     
                        500
                     
                  
                        09.3076
                     
                     
                        1004
                     
                     
                        Oats
                     
                     
                        4 000
                     
                     
                        4 000’
                     
                  
      
   
   
      ANNEX II
      
         
            ‘ANNEX III
            Tariff rate quotas for specific agricultural products referred to in Article 3(3)
            
                        Product
                     
                     
                        Tariff classification
                     
                     
                        Quantity for the quota period running from 23.4.2014 until 31.12.2014
                     
                     
                        Quantity for the quota period running from 1.1.2015 until 31.12.2015
                     
                  
                        Beef meat
                     
                     
                        0201.10.(00)
                        0201.20.(20-30-50-90)
                        0201.30.(00)
                        0202.10.(00)
                        0202.20.(10-30-50-90)
                        0202.30.(10-50-90)
                     
                     
                        12 000
                        tonnes/year expressed in net weight
                     
                     
                        12 000
                        tonnes/year expressed in net weight
                     
                  
                        Pork meat
                     
                     
                        0203.11.(10)
                        0203.12.(11-19)
                        0203.19.(11-13-15-55-59)
                        0203.21.(10)
                        0203.22.(11-19)
                        0203.29.(11-13-15-55-59)
                     
                     
                        20 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        + 20 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        (for the CN codes 0203.11.(10) 0203.12.(19) 0203.19.(11-15-59) 0203.21.(10) 0203.22.(19) 0203.29.(11-15-59))
                     
                     
                        20 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        + 20 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        (for the CN codes 0203.11.(10) 0203.12.(19) 0203.19.(11-15-59) 0203.21.(10) 0203.22.(19) 0203.29.(11-15-59))
                     
                  
                        Poultrymeat and poultrymeat preparations
                     
                     
                        0207.11.(30-90)
                        0207.12.(10-90)
                        0207.13.(10-20-30-50-60-99)
                        0207.14.(10-20-30-50-60-99)
                        0207.24.(10-90)
                        0207.25.(10-90)
                        0207.26.(10-20-30-50-60-70-80-99)
                        0207.27.(10-20-30-50-60-70-80-99)
                        0207.32.(15-19-51-59-90)
                        0207.33.(11-19-59-90)
                        0207.35.(11-15-21-23-25-31-41-51-53-61-63-71-79-99)
                        0207.36.(11-15-21-23-31-41-51-53-61-63-79-90)
                        0210.99.(39)
                        1602.31.(11-19-30-90)
                        1602.32.(11-19-30-90)
                        1602.39.(21)
                     
                     
                        16 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        + 20 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        (for the CN code 0207.12.(10-90))
                     
                     
                        16 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        + 20 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        (for the CN code 0207.12.(10-90))
                     
                  
                        Milk, cream, condensed milk and yogurts
                     
                     
                        0401.10.(10-90)
                        0401.20.(11-19-91-99)
                        0401.30.(11-19-31-39-91-99)
                        0402.91.(10-30-51-59-91-99)
                        0402.99.(10-31-39-91-99)
                        0403.10.(11-13-19-31-33-39)
                        0403.90.(51-53-59-61-63-69)
                     
                     
                        8 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                     
                     
                        8 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                     
                  
                        Milk powder
                     
                     
                        0402.10.(11-19-91-99)
                        0402.21.(11-17-19-91-99)
                        0402.29.(11-15-19-91-99)
                        0403.90.(11-13-19-31-33-39)
                        0404.90.(21-23-29-81-83-89)
                     
                     
                        1 500 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                     
                     
                        1 500 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                     
                  
                        Butter and dairy spreads
                     
                     
                        0405.10.(11-19-30-50-90)
                        0405.20.(90)
                        0405.90.(10-90)
                     
                     
                        1 500 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                     
                     
                        1 500 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                     
                  
                        Eggs and albumins
                     
                     
                        0407.00.(30)
                        0408.11.(80)
                        0408.19.(81-89)
                        0408.91.(80)
                        0408.99.(80)
                        3502.11.(90)
                        3502.19.(90)
                        3502.20.(91-99)
                     
                     
                        1 500 tonnes/year
                        expressed in shell-egg equivalent
                        + 3 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        (for the CN code 0407.00.(30))
                     
                     
                        1 500 tonnes/year
                        expressed in shell-egg equivalent
                        + 3 000 tonnes/year
                        expressed in net weight
                        (for the CN code 0407.00.(30))
                     
                  
                        Common wheat, flours, and pellets
                     
                     
                        1001.90.(99)
                        1101.00.(15-90)
                        1102.90.(90)
                        1103.11.(90)
                        1103.20.(60)
                     
                     
                        950 000 tonnes/year
                     
                     
                        950 000 tonnes/year
                     
                  
                        Barley, flour and pellets
                     
                     
                        1003.00.(90)
                        1102.90.(10)
                        1103.20.(20)
                     
                     
                        250 000 tonnes/year
                     
                     
                        250 000 tonnes/year
                     
                  
                        Maize, flour and pellets
                     
                     
                        1005.90.(00)
                        1102.20.(10-90)
                        1103.13.(10-90)
                        1103.20.(40)
                        1104.23.(10-30-90-99)
                     
                     
                        400 000 tonnes/year
                     
                     
                        400 000 tonnes/yea’