CELEX: 32018R1128
Language: en
Date: 2018-08-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1128 of 9 August 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 opening annual Union tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat

14.8.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 205/1
               
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1128
         of 9 August 2018
         amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 opening annual Union tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat
         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 points (a) and (b) of Article 187 thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 (2) provides for the opening of annual Union import tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat, including those originating in Iceland.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Article 4 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 provides that the tariff quotas opened by that Regulation are to be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (3).
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     The European Union and Iceland signed an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters (hereafter ‘the Agreement’) concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products on 23 March 2017. The signature of the Agreement on behalf of the Union was authorised by Council Decision (EU) 2016/2087 (4) and its conclusion by Council Decision (EU) 2017/1913 (5).
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     In accordance with Annex V to the Agreement, the Union amended Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/562 (6). The amendment increased the quantities of the pre-existing duty-free quotas for Iceland for sheepmeat and goatmeat, falling within tariff headings 0204 and 0210, and furthermore opened an annual Union duty-free quota for processed sheepmeat falling within subheading 1602 90.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     The quantities of the sheepmeat and goatmeat quotas managed under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 are expressed in carcass-weight equivalent, whereas the Agreement provides for the quantities to be expressed in tonnes of products. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the management of the Union tariff quotas which are set out in the Agreement in a separate Regulation to be adopted, in order to ensure a smooth quota management pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7). As a consequence, those tariff quotas should be simultaneously removed from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 based on Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     It is therefore necessary to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 accordingly.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     The new Regulation opening the import tariff quotas for sheepmeat and goatmeat and processed sheepmeat originating in Iceland adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 will apply from 1 September 2018. Therefore, the corresponding amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 should apply from the same date.
                  
               
                     (8)
                  
                  
                     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
            Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 is amended as follows:
            
                        (1)
                     
                     
                        in Article 3(2), point (e) is deleted;
                     
                  
                        (2)
                     
                     
                        the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex 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 September 2018.
         
         
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 9 August 2018.
            
               
                  For the Commission,
               
               
                  On behalf of the President,
               
               Günther OETTINGER
               
                  Member of the Commission
               
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
         
            (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 of 20 December 2011 opening annual Union tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat (OJ L 338, 21.12.2011, p. 36).
         
            (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).
         
            (4)  Council Decision (EU) 2016/2087 of 14 November 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (OJ L 324, 30.11.2016, p. 1).
         
            (5)  Council Decision (EU) 2017/1913 of 9 October 2017 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (OJ L 274, 24.10.2017, p. 57).
         
            (6)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/562 of 9 April 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1354/2011 opening annual Union tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat (OJ L 94, 12.4.2018, p. 4).
         
            (7)  Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            ‘
                  
                     ANNEX
                     SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT (in tonnes (t) of carcass weight equivalent) UNION TARIFF QUOTAS
                     
                                 CN codes
                              
                              
                                 “Ad valorem” duty
                                 (%)
                              
                              
                                 Specific duty
                                 EUR/100 kg
                              
                              
                                 Order number under “first-come first-served”
                              
                              
                                 Origin
                              
                              
                                 Annual volume in tonnes of carcass weight equivalent
                              
                           
                                 Live animals
                                 (Coefficient = 0,47)
                              
                              
                                 Boneless lamb (1)
                                 
                                 (Coefficient = 1,67)
                              
                              
                                 Boneless mutton/sheep (2)
                                 
                                 (Coefficient = 1,81)
                              
                              
                                 Bone-in and carcasses
                                 (Coefficient = 1,00)
                              
                           
                                 0204 
                              
                              
                                 Zero
                              
                              
                                 Zero
                              
                              
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2101
                              
                              
                                 09.2102
                              
                              
                                 09.2011
                              
                              
                                 Argentina
                              
                              
                                 23 000 
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2105
                              
                              
                                 09.2106
                              
                              
                                 09.2012
                              
                              
                                 Australia
                              
                              
                                 19 186 
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2109
                              
                              
                                 09.2110
                              
                              
                                 09.2013
                              
                              
                                 New Zealand
                              
                              
                                 228 254 
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2111
                              
                              
                                 09.2112
                              
                              
                                 09.2014
                              
                              
                                 Uruguay
                              
                              
                                 5 800 
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2115
                              
                              
                                 09.2116
                              
                              
                                 09.1922
                              
                              
                                 Chile (3)
                                 
                              
                              
                                 8 000 
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2121
                              
                              
                                 09.2122
                              
                              
                                 09.0781
                              
                              
                                 Norway
                              
                              
                                 300
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2125
                              
                              
                                 09.2126
                              
                              
                                 09.0693
                              
                              
                                 Greenland
                              
                              
                                 100
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2129
                              
                              
                                 09.2130
                              
                              
                                 09.0690
                              
                              
                                 Faeroes
                              
                              
                                 20
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2131
                              
                              
                                 09.2132
                              
                              
                                 09.0227
                              
                              
                                 Turkey
                              
                              
                                 200
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2171
                              
                              
                                 09.2175
                              
                              
                                 09.2015
                              
                              
                                 Others (4)
                                 
                              
                              
                                 200
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2178
                              
                              
                                 09.2179
                              
                              
                                 09.2016
                              
                              
                                 
                                    Erga omnes
                                     (5)
                                 
                              
                              
                                 200
                              
                           
                                 0104 10 30 
                                 0104 10 80 
                                 0104 20 90 
                              
                              
                                 10
                              
                              
                                 Zero
                              
                              
                                 09.2181
                              
                              
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 09.2019
                              
                              
                                 
                                    Erga omnes
                                     (5)
                                 
                              
                              
                                 92
                              
                           
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               (1)  And goatmeat of kid.
            
               (2)  And goatmeat other than kid.
            
               (3)  Tariff quota for Chile increases by 200 t per annum.
            
               (4)  “Others” shall refer to all WTO members, excluding Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, Chile, Greenland and Iceland.
            
               (5)  “Erga omnes” shall refer to all origins including the countries mentioned in the current table.