CELEX: 32014R0637
Language: en
Date: 2014-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 637/2014 of 13 June 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 as regards the import tariff quota for preserved mushrooms originating in China

14.6.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 175/20
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 637/2014
   of 13 June 2014
   amending Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 as regards the import tariff quota for preserved mushrooms originating in China
   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 1037/01 and (EC) No 1234/07 (1), and in particular point (a) of Article 187 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 (2) opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China concluded pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (3), approved by Council Decision 2014/116/EU (4), provides for an increase of 800 tonnes (drained net weight) to the allocation for People's Republic of China under the EU tariff rate quota for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus falling within CN codes 0711 51 00, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The increase in the tariff rate quota should be reflected in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 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
   Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006
   Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   Entry into force
   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 July 2014.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 13 June 2014.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
   
      (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 of 22 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 91).
   
      (3)  OJ L 64, 4.3.2014, p. 2.
   
      (4)  Council Decision 2014/116/EU of 28 January 2014 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (OJ L 64, 4.3.2014, p. 1).
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            
               Volume, order numbers and period of application of the tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) in tonnes (drained net weight)
            
            
                        Country of origin
                     
                     
                        Order Numbers
                     
                     
                        1 January to 31 December of each year
                     
                  
                        China
                     
                     
                        Traditional importers: 09.4157
                     
                     
                        29 750
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        New importers: 09.4193
                     
                  
                        Other third countries
                     
                     
                        Traditional importers: 09.4158
                     
                     
                        5 030’
                     
                  
                        New importers: 09.4194