CELEX: 32014R1335
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Date: 2014-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1335/2014 of 16 December 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas

17.12.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 360/6
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1335/2014
   of 16 December 2014
   amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas
   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 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 187 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1101/2014 (2) provides for amendments in CN codes for dairy products of Chapter 4 with effect from 1 January 2015.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (3) lays down detailed rules as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas. To reflect amendments in CN codes for dairy products, it is necessary to update Annexes I, II and VIIa to that Regulation.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 refers to CN codes which are deleted with effect from 1 January 2015. Moreover, Annex 3, relating to concessions regarding cheeses, to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (4), approved by Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council and of the Commission (5), provides for the full liberalisation of the bilateral trade in cheeses as from 2007. That provision is therefore obsolete and should be deleted.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Article 19a(1)(c) and (4)(c) relating to Part 3 of Annex VIIa to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 and Article 20(1)(a)(ii) relating to Part C of Annex II to that Regulation concern respectively a cheese tariff quota and preferential imports in application of the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part (6), approved by Council Decision 2004/441/EC (7). Those provisions refer to CN codes which are deleted with effect from 1 January 2015. Since the corresponding quota period and import duty elimination period have expired, it is appropriate to delete those provisions.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               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
   Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows:
   
               (1)
            
            
               In Article 4, paragraph 2 is deleted;
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In Article 19a, paragraphs 1(c) and 4(c) are deleted;
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               In Article 20, paragraph (1)(a)(ii) is deleted;
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Annex II is amended as follows:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           Part B is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;
                        
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           Part C is deleted;
                        
                     
         
               (6)
            
            
               Annex VIIa is amended as follows:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           Part 3 is deleted;
                        
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           Part 4 is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation.
                        
                     
         Article 2
   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 2015.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 16 December 2014.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         Jean-Claude JUNCKER
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
   
      (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1101/2014 of 16 October 2014 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 312, 31.10.2014, p. 1).
   
      (3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas (OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29).
   
      (4)  OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.
   
      (5)  Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1).
   
      (6)  OJ L 311, 4.12.1999, p. 3.
   
      (7)  Council Decision 2004/441/EC of 26 April 2004 concerning the conclusion of the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, on the other part (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 109).
   
      ANNEX I
      Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows:
      
                  (1)
               
               
                  Part I.A is replaced by the following:
                  
                     ‘I. A
                  
                  TARIFF QUOTAS NOT SPECIFIED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
                  
                              Quota number
                           
                           
                              CN code
                           
                           
                              Description (2)
                              
                           
                           
                              Import duty
                              (EUR/100 kg net weight)
                           
                           
                              Country of origin
                           
                           
                              Annual quota
                              (in tonnes)
                           
                           
                              Six-monthly quota
                              (in tonnes)
                           
                        
                              09.4590
                           
                           
                              0402 10 19
                           
                           
                              Skimmed-milk powder
                           
                           
                              47,50
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              68 537
                           
                           
                              34 268,5
                           
                        
                              09.4599
                           
                           
                              0405 10 11
                              0405 10 19
                              0405 10 30
                              0405 10 50
                              0405 10 90
                              0405 90 10 (1)
                              
                              0405 90 90 (1)
                              
                           
                           
                              Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk
                           
                           
                              94,80
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              11 360
                           
                           
                              5 680
                           
                        
                              in butter equivalent (1)
                              
                           
                        
                              09.4591
                           
                           
                              ex 0406 10 30
                              ex 0406 10 50
                              ex 0406 10 80
                           
                           
                              Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces each weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers with a net content of 5 kg or more, of a water content, by weight, of 52 % or more, and a fat content by weight in the dry matter of 38 % or more
                           
                           
                              13,00
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              5 360
                           
                           
                              2 680
                           
                        
                              09.4592
                           
                           
                              ex 0406 30 10
                           
                           
                              Processed Emmentaler
                           
                           
                              71,90
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              18 438
                           
                           
                              9 219
                           
                        
                              0406 90 13
                           
                           
                              Emmentaler
                           
                           
                              85,80
                           
                        
                              09.4593
                           
                           
                              ex 0406 30 10
                           
                           
                              Processed Gruyère
                           
                           
                              71,90
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              5 413
                           
                           
                              2 706,5
                           
                        
                              0406 90 15
                           
                           
                              Gruyère, Sbrinz
                           
                           
                              85,80
                           
                        
                              09.4594
                           
                           
                              0406 90 01 (3)
                              
                           
                           
                              Cheese for processing
                           
                           
                              83,50
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              20 007
                           
                           
                              10 003,5
                           
                        
                              09.4595
                           
                           
                              0406 90 21
                           
                           
                              Cheddar
                           
                           
                              21,00
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              15 005
                           
                           
                              7 502,5
                           
                        
                              09.4596
                           
                           
                              ex 0406 10 30
                              ex 0406 10 50
                              ex 0406 10 80
                           
                           
                              Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd, other than pizza cheese of quota number 09.4591
                           
                           
                              92,60
                              92,60
                              106,40
                           
                           
                              All third countries
                           
                           
                              19 525
                           
                           
                              9 762,5
                           
                        
                              0406 20 00
                           
                           
                              Grated or powdered cheese
                           
                           
                              94,10
                           
                        
                              0406 30 31
                           
                           
                              Other processed cheese,
                              not grated or powdered
                           
                           
                              69,00
                           
                        
                              0406 30 39
                           
                           
                              71,90
                           
                        
                              0406 30 90
                           
                           
                              102,90
                           
                        
                              0406 40 10
                              0406 40 50
                              0406 40 90
                           
                           
                              Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by Penicillium roqueforti
                              
                           
                           
                              70,40
                           
                        
                              0406 90 17
                           
                           
                              Bergkäse and Appenzell
                           
                           
                              85,80
                           
                        
                              0406 90 18
                           
                           
                              Fromage Fribourgeois, Vacherin Mont d'Or and Tête de Moine
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 23
                           
                           
                              Edam
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 25
                           
                           
                              Tilsit
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 29
                           
                           
                              Kashkaval
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 32
                           
                           
                              Feta
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 35
                           
                           
                              Kefalo-Tyri
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 37
                           
                           
                              Finlandia
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 39
                           
                           
                              Jarlsberg
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 50
                           
                           
                              Cheese of sheep's milk or buffalo milk in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              ex 0406 90 63
                           
                           
                              Pecorino
                           
                           
                              94,10
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 69
                           
                           
                              Other
                           
                           
                              94,10
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 73
                           
                           
                              Provolone
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 74
                           
                           
                              Maasdam
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              ex 0406 90 75
                           
                           
                              Caciocavallo
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              ex 0406 90 76
                           
                           
                              Danbo, Fontal, Fynbo, Havarti, Maribo, Samsø
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 78
                           
                           
                              Gouda
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              ex 0406 90 79
                           
                           
                              Esrom, Italico, Kernhem, Saint-Paulin
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              ex 0406 90 81
                           
                           
                              Cheshire, Wensleydale, Lancashire, Double Gloucester, Blarney, Colby, Monterey
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 82
                           
                           
                              Camembert
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 84
                           
                           
                              Brie
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 86
                           
                           
                              Other cheese of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 40 % and a water content, by weight, in the non-fatty matter, exceeding 47 % but not exceeding 52 %
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 89
                           
                           
                              Other cheese of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 40 % and a water content, by weight, in the non-fatty matter, exceeding 52 % but not exceeding 62 %
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 92
                           
                           
                              Other cheese of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 40 % and a water content, by weight, in the non-fatty matter, exceeding 62 % but not exceeding 72 %
                           
                           
                              75,50
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 93
                           
                           
                              Other cheese of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 40 % and a water content, by weight, in the non-fatty matter, exceeding 72 %
                           
                           
                              92,60
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        
                              0406 90 99
                           
                           
                              Other cheeses of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 40 %
                           
                           
                              106,40
                           
                           
                               
                           
                        ;
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Part I.I is replaced by the following:
                  
                     ‘I. I
                  
                  
                     Tariff quotas under Annex II to the Agreement with Iceland approved by Decision 2007/138/EC
                  
                  
                     Annual quota from 1 July to 30 June
                  
                  (Quantity in tonnes)
                  
                              Quota number
                           
                           
                              CN code
                           
                           
                              Description (4)
                              
                           
                           
                              Applicable duty
                           
                           
                              Annual quantity
                           
                           
                              Half yearly quantity as from 1.1.2008
                           
                        
                              09.4205
                           
                           
                              0405 10 11
                              0405 10 19
                           
                           
                              Natural butter
                           
                           
                              Exemption
                           
                           
                              350
                           
                           
                              175
                           
                        
                              09.4206
                           
                           
                              ex 0406 10 50 (5)
                              
                           
                           
                              “Skyr”
                           
                           
                              Exemption
                           
                           
                              380
                           
                           
                              190
                           
                        
            
         (1)  1 kg of product = 1,22 kg butter
      
         (2)  Irrespective of the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the product description must be considered to have merely indicative value, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined in the context of this Annex by the scope of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the applicability of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.
      
         (3)  The cheeses referred to are considered as processed when they have been processed into products falling within subheading 0406 30 of the Combined Nomenclature. Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 apply.’
      
         (4)  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 arrangements being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are referred to, the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined to the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.
      
         (5)  CN code subject to modification, pending confirmation of classification of the product.’
   
   
      ANNEX II
      
         
            ‘II. B
         
         PREFERENTIAL IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS TURKEY
         
                     Serial number
                  
                  
                     CN code
                  
                  
                     Description (1)
                     
                  
                  
                     Country of origin
                  
                  
                     Import duty
                     (EUR/100 kg net weight without further indication)
                  
               
                     1
                  
                  
                     0406 90 29
                  
                  
                     Kashkaval
                  
                  
                     Turkey
                  
                  
                     67,19
                  
               
                     2
                  
                  
                     0406 90 50
                  
                  
                     Cheeses made from sheep's milk or buffalo milk, in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles
                  
                  
                     Turkey
                  
                  
                     67,19
                  
               
                     3
                  
                  
                     ex 0406 90 86
                     ex 0406 90 89
                     ex 0406 90 92
                  
                  
                     
                        Tulum peyniri, made from sheep's milk or buffalo milk, in individual plastic or other kind of packing of less than 10 kg
                  
                  
                     Turkey
                  
                  
                     67,19
                  
               
      
         (1)  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 applicability of the preferential scheme being determined, for the purposes of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the applicability of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.’
   
   
      ANNEX III
      
         
            ‘4.
         
         TARIFF QUOTAS UNDER PROTOCOL 1 TO DECISION No 1/98 OF THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
         
                     Quota number
                  
                  
                     CN code
                  
                  
                     Description (1)
                     
                  
                  
                     Country of origin
                  
                  
                     Annual quota from 1 January to 31 December
                     (in tonnes)
                  
                  
                     Import duty
                     (EUR/100 kg net weight)
                  
               
                     09.0243
                  
                  
                     0406 90 29
                  
                  
                     Kashkaval
                  
                  
                     Turkey
                  
                  
                     2 300
                  
                  
                     0
                  
               
                     0406 90 50
                  
                  
                     Cheese of sheep's milk or buffalo milk, in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles
                  
               
                     ex 0406 90 86
                     ex 0406 90 89
                     ex 0406 90 92
                  
                  
                     Tulum Peyniri, made from sheep's milk or buffalo milk, in individual plastic or other kind of packings of less than 10 kg
                  
               
      
         (1)  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 applicability of the preferential scheme being determined, for the purposes of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the applicability of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.’