CELEX: 32013R0924
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 924/2013 of 25 September 2013 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Central America

26.9.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 254/6
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 924/2013
   of 25 September 2013
   opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Central America
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Decision 2012/734/EU of 25 June 2012 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other, and the provisional application of Part IV thereof concerning trade matters (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Decision 2012/734/EU authorised the signature, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other (‘the Agreement’). Pursuant to Decision 2012/734/EU, the Agreement is to be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion. The Agreement applies on a provisional basis from 1 August 2013.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Appendix 2 to Annex I to the Agreement concerns the EU’s import tariff-rate quotas for goods originating in Central America. It is therefore necessary to open tariff quotas for such products.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The tariff quotas should be managed by the Commission on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2). In order to benefit from the tariff concessions provided for in this Regulation, the products listed in the Annex should be accompanied by a proof of origin as provided for in the Agreement. Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 927/2012 (4), contains new CN codes which are different from those referred to in the Agreement. The new codes should therefore be reflected in the Annex to this Regulation.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Since the Agreement takes effect on 1 August 2013, this Regulation should apply from the same date.
            
         
               (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 the goods originating in Central America and listed in the Annex.
   Article 2
   The customs duties applicable to imports into the Union of goods originating in Central America and listed in the Annex shall, within the respective tariff quotas set out in the Annex to this Regulation, be suspended.
   Article 3
   The products listed in the Annex shall be accompanied by a proof of origin as set out in Appendix 3 of Annex II of the Agreement.
   Article 4
   The tariff quotas in the Annex shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
   Article 5
   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 August 2013.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 25 September 2013.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
   
      (3)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
   
      (4)  OJ L 304, 31.10.2012, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      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 at the time of adoption of this Regulation.
      
                  Order No
               
               
                  CN code
               
               
                  Description of goods
               
               
                  Quota period
               
               
                  Annual quota volume
                  (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)
               
            
                  09.7300
               
               
                  0201
                  0202
               
               
                  Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  3 959 (1)
                  
               
            
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  9 975 (1)
                      (2)
                  
               
            
                  09.7301
               
               
                  0703 20
               
               
                  Garlic
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  230
               
            
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  550
               
            
                  09.7302
               
               
                  0711 51
               
               
                  Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  115
               
            
                  2003 10
               
               
                  Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
               
               
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  275
               
            
                  09.7303
               
               
                  1006 20 15
                  1006 20 17
                  1006 20 96
                  1006 20 98
               
               
                  Husked rice, long grain
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  8 334
               
            
                  1006 30 25
                  1006 30 27
                  1006 30 46
                  1006 30 48
                  1006 30 65
                  1006 30 67
                  1006 30 96
                  1006 30 98
               
               
                  Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, long grain
               
               
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  21 000 (3)
                  
               
            
                  09.7304 (4)
                  
               
               
                  2208 40 51
                  2208 40 99
               
               
                  Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, in containers holding more than 2 litres
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  2 917 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol)
               
            
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  7 300 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) (5)
                  
               
            
                  09.7305
               
               
                  0710 40
                  0711 90 30
                  2001 90 30
                  2004 90 10
                  2005 80
               
               
                  Sweetcorn
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  600
               
            
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  1 560 (6)
                  
               
            
                  09.7306
               
               
                  1108 14 00
               
               
                  Manioc (cassava) starch
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  2 084
               
            
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  5 000
               
            
                  09.7307 (4)
                  
               
               
                  1701 13
                  1701 14
                  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
               
               
                  From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
               
               
                  62 500 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent)
               
            
                  1702 30
               
               
                  Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose
               
               
                  From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
               
               
                  154 500 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) (7)
                  
               
            
                  1702 40 90
               
               
                  Glucose and glucose syrup other than isoglucose, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
               
            
                  1702 50
               
               
                  Chemically pure fructose
               
            
                  1704 90 99
               
               
                  Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa
               
            
                  1702 90 30
                  1702 90 50
                  1702 90 71
                  1702 90 75
                  1702 90 79
                  1702 90 80
                  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, excluding chemically pure maltose
               
            
                  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 1806 90 90
               
               
                  Other chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)
               
            
                  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,; other food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis
               
            
                  2006 00 31
                  2006 00 38
               
               
                  Fruit (excluding tropical fruit and ginger), vegetables, nuts (excluding tropical nuts), fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)
               
            
                  2007 91 10
                  2007 99 20
                  2007 99 31
                  2007 99 33
                  2007 99 35
                  2007 99 39
               
               
                  Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking
               
            
                  ex 2009
               
               
                  Fruit juices (excluding tomato juice, juices of tropical fruit and mixtures of juices of tropical fruit) and vegetable juices of a value not exceeding 30 EUR per 100 kg net weight, unfermented and not containing added spirit, containing 30 % or more by weight of added sugar
               
            
                  ex 2101 12 98
                  ex 2101 20 98
               
               
                  Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or mate, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
               
            
                  ex 2106 90 98
               
               
                  Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
               
            
                  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 %
               
            
         (1)  Expressed in carcase weight equivalent as follows: 100 kg of bone-in meat shall be equivalent to 70 kg of boneless meat.
      
         (2)  With an increase of 475 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
      
         (3)  With an increase of 1 000 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
      
         (4)  Applicable to Central American countries except Panama.
      
         (5)  With an increase of 300 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) each year as from 1.1.2015.
      
         (6)  With an increase of 120 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
      
         (7)  With an increase of 4 500 tonnes (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) each year as from 1.1.2015.