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Allocation of EU import and export quotas and licences
Allocation of EU import and export quotas and licences
Allocation of EU import and export quotas and licences
Allocation of EU import and export quotas and licences
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EC) No 717/2008 — administering quantitative quotas
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
It establishes rules for the administration of European Union (EU) import and export quotas.
KEY POINTS
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
Regulation (EC) No 717/2008 is the codified version of an original act (Regulation (EC) No 520/94), and its subsequent amendments. It has applied since 15 August 2008.
BACKGROUND
Over the years, as more and more countries have become members of the World Trade Organization, this regulation in practice now only applies to imports from a limited number of countries. It currently applies to imports of textiles from Belarus and North Korea. There are no quantitative quotas on EU exports.
MAIN DOCUMENT
Council Regulation (EC) No 717/2008 of 15 July 2008 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas (Codified version) (OJ L 198, 26.7.2008, pp. 1–7)
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 717/2008 of 17 July 2008 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas (OJ L 206, 2.8.2008, p. 34)
last update 27.02.2017