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Document 32015R2405

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2405 of 18 December 2015 opening and providing for the management of EU tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Ukraine

    OJ L 333, 19/12/2015, p. 89–96 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2020; Repealed by 32020R1987 See Art. 4

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2015/2405/oj

    19.12.2015   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 333/89


    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/2405

    of 18 December 2015

    opening and providing for the management of EU tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Ukraine

    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 point (a) of Article 187 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Council Decision 2014/668/EU (2) authorised the signature, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (3) (‘the Agreement’) as regards certain provisions of that Agreement. Article 29(1) of the Agreement stipulates that customs duties on imports of goods originating in Ukraine must be reduced or eliminated in accordance with Annex I-A to Chapter I of Title IV of that Agreement. The Appendix to that Annex lists the import tariff quotas for certain goods originating in Ukraine, including agricultural products falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

    (2)

    Pending the provisional application of the Agreement, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), import tariff quotas for certain goods originating in Ukraine were opened for 2014 and 2015 and managed by the Commission on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (5).

    (3)

    The Agreement will be provisionally applied as of 1 January 2016. It is therefore necessary to open annual import tariff quotas for the agricultural products listed in Annex I-A to Chapter 1 of Title IV of the Agreement as of 1 January 2016.

    (4)

    As provided for in the Agreement, in order to benefit from the tariff concessions provided for in this Regulation, the products listed in the Annex should be accompanied by proof of origin.

    (5)

    The combined nomenclature (CN) set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (6), as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1101/2014 (7), contains new CN codes which differ from those referred to in the Agreement. The Annex to this Regulation should therefore reflect the new CN codes.

    (6)

    The Agreement is to be applied provisionally in part as of 1 January 2016. In order to ensure the effective application and management of the tariff quotas granted under the Agreement, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2016.

    (7)

    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    EU tariff quotas shall be opened for the products listed in the Annex originating in Ukraine.

    Article 2

    Customs duties applicable to imports into the Union of products listed in the Annex and originating in Ukraine shall be suspended within the respective tariff quotas set out in the Annex.

    Article 3

    The products listed in the Annex shall be accompanied by proof of origin as set out in Annex III to Protocol I to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part.

    Article 4

    The tariff quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

    Article 5

    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 1 January 2016.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 18 December 2015.

    For the Commission

    The President

    Jean-Claude JUNCKER


    (1)   OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

    (2)  Council Decision 2014/668/EU of 23 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols (OJ L 278, 20.9.2014, p. 1).

    (3)  Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3).

    (4)  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).

    (5)  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 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1).

    (6)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

    (7)  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).


    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)

    09.6700

    0204 22 50

    0204 22 90

    Sheep legs, other cuts with bone (excluding carcasses and half carcasses, short forequarters and chines and/or best ends), fresh or chilled

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

    1 500  (1)

    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

    0204 43 90

    Frozen meat of lamb, boneless

    frozen meat of sheep, boneless

    09.6701

    0409

    Natural honey

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.

    5 000  (2)

    09.6702

    0703 20

    Garlic, fresh or chilled

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    500

    09.6703

    1004

    Oats

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    4 000

    09.6704

    1701 12

    Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    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

    09.6705

    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

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    10 000  (3)

    1702 60

    Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar

    09.6706

    2106 90 30

    Flavoured or coloured isoglucose syrups

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    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)

    09.6707

    ex 1103 19 20

    Barley groats and meals

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    6 300  (4)

    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

    1104 19 50

    1104 19 61

    1104 19 69

    Rolled or flaked wheat grains

    Rolled or flaked maize grains

    Rolled barley grains

    Flaked barley grains

    ex 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

    09.6708

    1107

    Malt, whether or not roasted

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    7 000

    1109

    Wheat gluten, whether or not dried

    09.6709

    1108 11

    Wheat starch

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    10 000

    1108 12

    Maize starch

    1108 13

    Potato starch

    09.6710

    3505 10 10

    3505 10 90

    Dextrins and other modified starches (excl. starches, esterified or etherified)

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    1 000  (5)

    3505 20 30

    3505 20 50

    3505 20 90

    Glues containing, by weight, 25 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified starches

    09.6711

    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)

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    17 000  (6)

    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

    09.6712

    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

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    500

    2003 10

    Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

    09.6713

    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

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    500

    09.6714

    2002

    Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    10 000

    09.6715

    2009 61 90

    Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value not exceeding 30, of a value not exceeding 18 EUR per 100 kg net weight

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    10 000  (7)

    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

    09.6716

    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

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    2 000

    09.6717

    0405 20 10

    0405 20 30

    Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but not exceeding 75 %

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    250

    09.6718

    0710 40

    0711 90 30

    2001 90 30

    2004 90 10

    2005 80

    Sweetcorn

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    1 500

    09.6719

    1702 50

    Chemically pure fructose

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    2 000  (8)

    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 mate

    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 vol. not exceeding 0,5 %

    09.6720

    1903

    Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    2 000

    1904 30

    Bulgur wheat

    09.6721

    1806 20 70

    Chocolate milk crumb

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    300 (9)

    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

    09.6722

    2106 90 98

    Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    2 000

    09.6723

    2207 10

    2208 90 91

    2208 90 99

    Undenatured ethyl alcohol

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    27 000  (10)

    2207 20

    Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength

    09.6724

    2402 10

    Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    2 500

    2402 20 90

    Cigarettes containing tobacco, not containing cloves

    09.6725

    2905 43

    Mannitol

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    100

    2905 44

    D-glucitol (sorbitol)

    3824 60

    Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44

    09.6726

    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

    From 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12

    2 000


    (1)  With an increase of 150 tonnes each year from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2021.

    (2)  With an increase of 200 tonnes each year from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2021.

    (3)  With an increase of 2 000 tonnes each year from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2021.

    (4)  With an increase of 300 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.

    (5)  With an increase of 200 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.

    (6)  With an increase of 1 000 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.

    (7)  With an increase of 2 000 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.

    (8)  With an increase of 200 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.

    (9)  With an increase of 40 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.

    (10)  With an increase of 14 600 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.


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