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Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000

COM/2018/312 final - 2018/0158 (COD)

Brussels, 22.5.2018

COM(2018) 312 final

2018/0158(COD)

Proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000


EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

Reasons for and objectives of the proposal

On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) notified the European Council of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the European Union (EU) of which it is currently a Member State. It is anticipated that the UK will cease to be a Member State of the EU as from 30 March 2019.

The UK's withdrawal from the EU has implications beyond the bilateral relationship between the EU and the UK, in particular with regard to their commitments under the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO). Both the EU and the UK are original Members of the WTO. When the European Community accepted the WTO Agreement and the Multilateral Trade Agreements in 1994, the schedule of concessions and commitments that was annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) for the European Communities (the EU's WTO schedule) was thereby simultaneously annexed for the UK. The EU’s schedule therefore contain commitments applicable also to the UK in its capacity as a WTO Member. As far as the EU is concerned, its concessions for goods will remain applicable to its territory, but the EU's existing quantitative commitments notably the Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) will require certain adjustments to reflect the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

The present quantities of the EU's WTO bound TRQs for agricultural, fish and industrial goods have been established on the basis of the UK being a Member State and forming part of that EU market. These TRQs apply to the EU market as a whole including the UK. It is therefore necessary to reflect the fact that the EU's WTO schedule will no longer apply to the UK after its withdrawal from the EU or, at the latest, after 31 December 2020 should the transitional arrangements agreed between the negotiators of the EU and of the UK as part of a Withdrawal Agreement enter into force.

The adjustment of the EU's WTO bound TRQs entails an apportionment of the existing quantities between the UK and the EU to become effective on the date the UK is no longer covered by the EU's WTO schedule.

In the interest of maintaining clarity and predictability in the multilateral trading system, the EU and the UK sent a joint letter to the whole WTO membership on 11 October 2017 setting out the main rationale and principles envisaged for this apportionment. Subsequently the EU and the UK have been actively engaging with their main trading partners in the WTO on this matter in an open and transparent manner.

In line with Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994, the EU will need to conduct negotiations with certain WTO Members affected in order to modify the EU WTO schedule where it contains TRQ volumes, by apportioning these TRQs. To this end the Commission is submitting in parallel to the Council a recommendation, accompanied by draft negotiating directives, to authorise the Commission to initiate negotiations with affected WTO Members. Negotiations will proceed with the relevant WTO Members who have been identified as having relevant market access interests as set out in Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 (having so-called principal or substantial supplying interest or holding an initial negotiating right) under the individual TRQs. The UK is expected to undertake the necessary procedures with a view to setting out its own schedule of concessions and commitments annexed to the GATT 1994 including the apportioned quantitative commitments.

Given the time frame in which these negotiations will need to be conducted, it cannot be excluded that some of these negotiations with individual WTO Members under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 regarding one or more TRQs will not be concluded by agreement within the necessary time limits before the UK is no longer covered under the EU's WTO schedule. It is therefore necessary to ensure that, in the absence of such agreement, the EU can nevertheless proceed with the apportionment of the TRQs by modifying the WTO tariff concessions and that the Commission is given the necessary powers to consequently amend the relevant EU provisions on the opening and implementation of the relevant TRQs.

In order to ensure compatibility of this exercise with the EU's obligations under the WTO Agreement and in particular Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994, this apportionment should be based on the existing trade flows under each TRQ for a recent representative time period. A consistent approach to all TRQs, inter alia with respect to data and methodology, should be followed. Importantly, the existing overall levels of market access to the EU and UK available to other WTO Members should be maintained in line with paragraph 2 of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994.

The Commission has used a clear and objective methodology, which was agreed jointly with the UK, in proposing an apportionment of the TRQs concerned. In a first step the UK usage share for each individual TRQ was established. The usage share (%) is the UK share of total EU imports under the TRQ over a recent representative three year period (2013-2015). In a second step this usage share was then applied to the entire scheduled TRQ volume to arrive at the UK share of a given TRQ. The EU share consists of the remainder of the TRQ in question. This means that the total volume of a given TRQ is not changed (i.e. EU27 volume = current EU28 volume – UK volume). The underlying data was extracted from the Quota2 database for TRQs administered by DG TAXUD and from the Agricultural Markets Information System (‘AMIS’) database for TRQs administered by DG AGRI.

In those cases where no trade was observed for a specific TRQ over the reference period, two alternative approaches were pursued to establish the UK usage share. In those cases where there is another TRQ with the exact same product definition the usage share of that identical TRQ was applied to the TRQ without observed trade over the reference period. In those cases where there is no TRQ with an identical product description the formula to calculate the usage share was applied to the EU imports in the corresponding tariff lines outside of the TRQ.

An agreement between the EU and New Zealand under Article XXIV.6 GATT subsequent to Croatia's accession to the EU was signed on 13 March 2018 and is currently still awaiting the consent of the European Parliament before its conclusion by the Council. This agreement would increase the TRQ for "Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen" allocated to New Zealand (order number 092013) by 135 t so that the quantity would become 228,389 t and the corresponding future EU-27 quantity would be 114,184 t.

Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area

This initiative is in line with the EUs ongoing actions to prepare for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU in an orderly manner, notably the joint EU-UK letter to the WTO Membership of 11 October 2017.

Consistency with other Union policies

As above.

2.LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY

Legal basis

Article 207(2) TFEU.

Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)

The common commercial policy is an exclusive competence of the Union.

Proportionality

The envisaged measure is the only way of ensuring the desired result.

Choice of the instrument

A legislative act is required, as existing legislation does not provide for an empowerment to the Commission to adopt the proposed measures in the event that no agreement is reached in the WTO negotiations with individual WTO Members within the time limit of the actual UK withdrawal.

3.RESULTS OF EX-POST EVALUATIONS, STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

Ex-post evaluations/fitness checks of existing legislation

Not applicable.

Stakeholder consultations

Not applicable.

Collection and use of expertise

Not applicable.

Impact assessment

Not applicable.

Regulatory fitness and simplification

Not applicable.

Fundamental rights

The proposal has no impact on fundamental rights.

4.BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS

Not applicable.

5.OTHER ELEMENTS

Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements

Not applicable.

Explanatory documents (for directives)

Not applicable.

Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal

Article 1 provides that TRQs figuring in the EU’s WTO schedule of concessions and commitments will be apportioned between the EU and the UK. It refers to the Annex (part A and part B) for a detailed list of the TRQs and the respective EU27 apportioned amount. Article 2 provides that Part B of the Annex shall replace Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000, where these TRQs are currently listed. Article 3 gives the Commission an empowerment to amend the Annex to this proposed Regulation and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000, in order to change the apportionment to cover for agreements concluded with trading partners in the meantime, for the case that following negotiations with trading partners it becomes evident that the mathematical application of the method used for the apportionment is not appropriate for a specific TRQ or for the case that other pertinent information relating to a specific TRQ comes to the knowledge of the Commission at a later stage. Article 4 provides for the modalities of use of the empowerment. Finally, Article 5 provides for the application of the Regulation, which should start on the date on which Union law ceases to apply to the UK

2018/0158 (COD)

Proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,

Whereas:

(1)On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom notified the European Council in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the Union. Following this notification, negotiations have started, and are ongoing, between the United Kingdom and the Union in view of the conclusion of an agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom.

(2)The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union will have effects on the relations of the United Kingdom and the Union with third parties, in particular in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO) of which both are original members.

(3)By a letter of 11 October 2017 the Union and the United Kingdom informed other WTO Members that it was their intention that, upon leaving the Union, the United Kingdom would replicate to the extent possible its current obligations as a Member State of the Union in its new, separate, schedule of concessions and commitments on trade in goods. However, as in relation to quantitative commitments replication is not an appropriate method, the Union and the United Kingdom informed other WTO Members of their intention to ensure that other WTO Members' current market access levels would be maintained by apportioning the Union's tariff rate quotas between them.

(4)In line with the WTO rules, such apportionment of tariff rate quotas that are part of the Union’s schedule of concessions and commitments will have to occur according to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘GATT 1994’). The Union will, therefore, following completion of preliminary contacts, engage in negotiations with WTO Members having a principal or substantial supplying interest or holding an initial negotiating right in relation to each of these tariff rate quotas.

(5)However, given the time limits imposed on this process by the negotiations on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union, it is possible that agreements may not be concluded with all WTO Members concerned in relation to all of the tariff rate quotas on the date Union's WTO schedule of concessions and commitments on trade in goods cease to apply to the United Kingdom. In view of the need to ensure legal certainty and the continuous smooth operation of imports under the tariff rate quotas to the Union and the United Kingdom it is necessary for the Union to be able to proceed unilaterally to the apportionment of the tariff rate quotas. The methodology used should be in line with the requirements of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994.

(6)The following methodology should therefore be used: in a first step the United Kingdom’s usage share for each individual tariff rate quota should be established. The usage share, expressed as a percentage, is the United Kingdom’s share of total Union imports under the tariff rate quota over a recent representative three year period. This usage share should then be applied to the entire scheduled tariff rate quota volume to arrive at the United Kingdom’s share of a given tariff rate quota. The Union’s share would then consist of the remainder of the tariff rate quota in question. This means the total volume of a given tariff rate quota is not changed (that is to sayEU-27 volume = current EU-28 volume – United Kingdom volume). The underlying data should be extracted from the relevant Commission databases.

(7)In those cases where no trade is observed for a specific tariff rate quota over the reference period, two alternative approaches should be pursued to establish the United Kingdom’s usage share. In those cases where there is another tariff rate quota with the identical product definition, the usage share of that identical tariff rate quota should be applied to the tariff rate quota without observed trade over the reference period. In those cases where there is no tariff rate quota with an identical product definition the formula to calculate the usage share should be applied to Union imports in the corresponding tariff lines outside of the tariff rate quota.

(8)For the agricultural TRQs concerned, Articles 184-188 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 1 provides the necessary legal basis for administration of the TRQs once apportioned by the present Regulation. For the TRQs covering fisheries, industrial and certain processed agricultural products, administration is carried out pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 2 . The TRQ quantities concerned are set out in Annex I to that Regulation, which should therefore be replaced by the quantities set out in Part B of the Annex to the present Regulation.

(9)Taking into account that negotiations with affected WTO Members will be taking place simultaneously with the ordinary legislative procedure for the adoption of this Regulation the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to amend the Annex to this Regulation and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 with respect to the quantities of the apportioned tariff rate quotas listed therein, in order to take account of any agreements concluded or of pertinent information that it may receive in the context of these negotiations which would indicate that specific factors that were not previously known require an adjustment to the apportionment of the tariff quotas between the Union and the United Kingdom. The same possibility should also be provided where such information becomes available outside such negotiations.

(10)This Regulation should apply from the moment that Union's WTO schedule ceases to apply to the United Kingdom given that from that moment both the Union and the United Kingdom need to know what their WTO obligations are. At the present stage of the withdrawal negotiations between the Union and the United Kingdom it is not possible to determine the exact date when this will happen. It should therefore be provided that this Regulation shall apply either from the date provided for in a withdrawal agreement between the Union and the United Kingdom under Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union or from 30 March 2019, that is two years after the date of the United Kingdom's notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The tariff rate quotas included in the Union’s schedule of concessions and commitments annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 shall be apportioned between the Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“the United Kingdom”) as follows:

(a)as regards tariff rate quotas for agricultural products, the Union’s portion shall be as set out in Part A of the Annex to this Regulation;

(b)as regards tariff rate quotas for non-agricultural products, the Union’s portion shall be as set out in Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 shall be replaced by the text in Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 4 to amend the Annex to this Regulation and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 in order to take account of the following:

(a)any international agreement concluded by the Union under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 concerning the tariff rate quotas referred in those Annexes; and

(b)pertinent information that it may receive either in the context of negotiations under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 or through other means.

Article 4

(1)The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

(2)The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of [4] years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

(3)The delegation of power referred to in Article 3 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

(4)Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.

(5)As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

(6)A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of [two months] of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by [one month] at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Union.

Articles 1 and 2 shall apply from the date on which Union law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom in accordance with an agreement concluded by the Union and the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union or, in the absence of such an agreement, from 30 March 2019.

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

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament    For the Council

The President    The President

(1)    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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671)
(2)    Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 of 17 December 1999 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT and certain other Community tariff quotas and establishing detailed rules for adjusting the quotas, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 (OJ L 5, 8.1.2000, p. 1).
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Brussels,22.5.2018

COM(2018) 312 final

ANNEX

to the

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000


ANNEX

Part A

Product Description

Unit

EU28 scheduled quantity

Country 1

Order number

EU27 share in quota usage 2

EU27-TRQ size

Live bovine animals

head

710

EO 3

090114

100%

710

Live bovine animals

head

711

EO

090115

100%

711

Live bovine animals

head

24,070

EO

090113

100%

24,070

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen
Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (product weight)

7,150

AUS

094451

34.7%

2,481

High quality meat with or without bone

t (product weight)

17,000

ARG

094450

99.6%

16,936

Boneless high quality meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

t (product weight)

12,500

99.6%

12,453

High quality meat with or without bone

t (product weight)

2,300

URY

094452

87.9%

2,022

Boneless high quilati meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

t (product weight)

4,076

87.9%

3,584

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen
Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh,
chilled or frozen

t (product weight)

11,500

USA / CAN

094002

99.8%

11,481

High quality meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

PAR

094455

71.1%

711

High quality meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

1,300

NZL

094454

65.1%

846

Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen
Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

10,000

BRA

094453

89.5%

8,951

Meat of bovine animals, frozen
Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen

t (boneless weight)

54,875

EO

094003

79.7%

43,732

Boneless buffalo meat, frozen

t (without bone)

2,250

AUS

094001

62.4%

1,405

Boneless buffalo meat, frozen
Boneless buffalo meat, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (without bone)

200

ARG

094004

100%

200

Meat of bovine animals, frozen
Edible offal
of bovine animals, frozen

t (bone-in weight)

63,703

EO

094057

30.9%

19,676

Meat of bovine animals, frozen
Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen

t (bone-in weight)

EO

094058

Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen

t

800

OTH 4

094020

100%

800

Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen

t

700

ARG

094460

100%

700

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
- Carcasses and half-carcasses of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

15,067

EO

090122

100%

15,067

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
- Cuts
of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, with or without bone, excluding tenderloin presented separately

t

4,624

CAN

094204

100%

4,623

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
- Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, with or without bone,
excluding tenderloin presented separately

t

6,135

EO

090123

100%

6,133

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
- Loins of domestic swine and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled

- Bellies (streaky) of domestic swine and cuts thereof, frozen

t

7,000

EO

090119

100%

7,000

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
- Boneless loins and hams of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

35,265

EO

094038

36%

12,680

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
- Boneless loins and hams of domestic swine,
fresh, chilled or frozen

t

4,922

US

094170

36%

1,770

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
- Tenderloins of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

5,000

EO

090118

75.6%

3,780

Prepared or preserved meat of domestic swine

t

6,161

EO

090121

100%

6,161

Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked
Other sausages

t

3,002

EO

090120

5.5%

164

Live sheep and goats, other than pure-bred breeding animals

t (carcasse weight)

105

OTH

092019

100%

105

Live sheep and goats, other than pure-bred breeding animals

t (carcasse weight)

215

MKD

100%

215

Live sheep and goats, other than pure-bred breeding animals

t (carcasse weight)

91

EO

092019

100%

91

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

23,000

ARG

092011

73.9%

17,006

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

600

ISL

090790

58.2%

349

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

850

BIH

48.3%

410

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

19,186

AUS

092012

20%

3,837

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

3,000

CHL

091922

87.6%

2,628

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

100

GRL

090693

48.3%

48

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

228,254

NZL

092013

50%

114,116

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

5,800

URY

092014

82.1%

4,759

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

200

OTH

092015

100%

200

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

t (carcasse weight)

200

EO

092016

89.2%

178

Chicken carcasses, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

6,249

EO

094067

64.9%

4,054

Chicken cuts, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

8,570

EO

094068

96.3%

8,253

Boneless cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozen

t

2,705

EO

094069

89.7%

2,427

Cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozen

t

9,598

BRA

094410

86.6%

8,308

Cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozen

t

15,500

EO

094411

86.9%

13,471

Cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozen

t

094412

Turkey meat, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

1,781

EO

094070

100%

1,781

Cuts of turkeys, frozen

t

3,110

BRA

094420

86.5%

2,692

Cuts of turkeys, frozen

t

4,985

EO

094421

85.3%

4,253

Cuts of turkeys, frozen

t

094422

Meat and edible offal of poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen

t

21,345

USA

094169

100%

21,345

Salted poultry meat

t

170,807

BRA

094211

76.1%

129,930

Salted poultry meat

t

92,610

THA

094212

73.8%

68,385

Salted poultry meat

t

828

OTH

094213

99.5%

824

Prepared turkey meat

t

92,300

BRA

094217

97.5%

89,950

Prepared turkey meat

t

11,596

OTH

094218

97.5%

11,301

Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

t

79,477

BRA

094214

66.3%

52,665

Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

t

160,033

THA

094215

68.4%

109,441

Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

t

11,443

OTH

094216

74%

8,471

Processed chicken meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

15,800

BRA

094251

69.4%

10,969

Processed chicken meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

340

OTH

094261

69.4%

236

Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

62,905

BRA

094252

94.9%

59,699

Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

14,000

THA

094254

57.3%

8,019

Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

2,800

OTH

094260

59.6%

1,669

Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

295

BRA

094253

55.3%

163

Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

2,100

THA

094255

55.3%

1,162

Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

470

OTH

094262

55.3%

260

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

10

THA

094257

0%

0

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

13,500

THA

094256

63.5%

8,572

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

220

OTH

094263

72.1%

159

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

600

THA

094258

50%

300

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

148

OTH

094264

0%

0

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

600

THA

094259

46.4%

278

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offal

t

125

OTH

094265

46.4%

58

Poultry eggs for consumption, in shell

t

135,000

EO

094015

84.9%

114,669

Eggs yolks
Bird eggs, not in shell

t (shell egg equivalent)

7,000

EO

094401

100%

7,000

Egg albumin

t (shell egg equivalent)

15,500

EO

094402

100%

15,500

Skimmed-milk powder

t

68,537

EO

094590

99.998%

68,536

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk

t (in butter equivalent)

11,360

EO

094599

100%

11,360

Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80% but less than 85% manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process.
Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not
less than 80% but less than 85% manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process which may involve the cream passing through a stage where the butterfat is concentrated and/or fractionated (the process referred to as "Ammix" and "Spreadable").

t

74,693

NZL

094182

63.2%

47,177

Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80% but less than 85% manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process.
Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80% but less than 85% manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials,
in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process which may involve the cream passing through a stage where the butterfat is concentrated and/or fractionated (the process referred to as "Ammix" and "Spreadable").

t

NZL

094195

Cheese and curd:
-
Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces each weighing not more than 1 g, 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

t

5,360

EO

094591

100%

5,360

Cheese and curd:
- Emmentaler, including processed Emmentaler

t

18,438

EO

094592

100%

18,438

Cheese and curd:
- Gruyère, Sbrinz, including processed Gruyère

t

5,413

EO

094593

100%

5,413

Cheese and curd:
- Cheese for processing

t

20,007

EO

094594

58.7%

11,741

Cheese for processing

t

4,000

NZL

094515

41.7%

1,670

Cheese for processing

t

500

AUS

094522

100%

500

Cheese and curd:
- Cheddar

t

15,005

EO

094595

99.6%

14,941

Cheddar

t

7,000

NZL

094514

62.3%

4,361

Cheddar

t

3,711

AUS

094521

100%

3,711

Cheddar

t

4,000

CAN

094513

0%

0

Other cheeses

t

19,525

EO

094596

100%

19,525

Potatoes, fresh or chilled, from 1 January to 15 May

t

4,295

EO

090055

99.9%

4,292

Tomatoes

t

472

EO

090094

98.2%

464

Garlic

t

19,147

ARG

094104

100%

19,147

Garlic

t

ARG

094099

Garlic

t

48,225

CHN

094105

84.1%

40,556

Garlic

t

CHN

094100

Garlic

t

6,023

OTH

094106

61.6%

3,711

Garlic

t

OTH

094102

Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled

t

1,244

EO

090056

95.8%

1,192

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled, from 1 November to 15 May

t

1,134

EO

090059

44.1%

500

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled (sweet peppers)

t

500

EO

090057

100%

500

Dried onions

t

12,000

EO

090035

80.8%

9,696

Manioc (casava)

t

5,750,000

THA

090708

53.8%

3,096,027

Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal
Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content

t

825,000

IDN

090126

0%

0

Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal
Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content

t

350,000

CHN

090127

78.8%

275,805

Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal
Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content

t

145,590

OTH

090128

85.5%

124,552

Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal
Arrowroot, salep and
similar roots and tubers with high starch content

t

30,000

NW

090129

100%

30,000

Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal
Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content

t

2,000

NW

090130

84.6%

1,691

Sweet potatoes, other than for human consumption

t

600,000

CHN

090124

42.1%

252,641

Sweet potatoes, other than for human consumption

t

5,000

OTH

090131

99.7%

4,985

Mushrooms of the species Agaricus, prepared, preserved or provisionally preserved

t

33,980

EO

100%

33,980

Mushrooms of the species Agaricus, prepared, preserved or provisionally preserved

t

1,450

CHN

100%

1,450

Almonds, other than bitter

t

90,000

EO

090041

95.5%

85,958

Sweet oranges, fresh

t

20,000

EO

090025

100%

20,000

Other citrus hybrids

t

15,000

EO

090027

99.5%

14,931

Lemons, from 15 January to 14 June

t

10,000

EO

090039

81.6%

8,156

Table grapes, fresh, from 21 July to 31 October

t

1,500

EO

090060

59%

885

Apples, fresh, from 1 April to 31 July

t

696

EO

090061

95.7%

666

Pears, fresh, other than perry pears in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December

t

1,000

EO

090062

81%

810

Apricots, fresh, from 1 August to 31 May

t

500

EO

090058

14.9%

74

Apricots, fresh, from 1 June to 31 July

t

2,500

EO

090063

55.5%

1,387

Cherries, fresh, other than sour cherries, from 21 May to 15 July

t

800

EO

090040

13.1%

105

Preserved pineapples, citrus fruit, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches and strawberries

t

2,838

EO

090092

99.4%

2,820

Orange juice, frozen, of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20° C

t

1,500

EO

090033

100%

1,500

Fruit juices

t

7,044

EO

090093

91.4%

6,436

Grape juice (including grape must):

t

14,029

EO

090067

0%

0

Durum wheat

t

50,000

EO

090074

100%

50,000

Quality wheat

t

300,000

EO

090075

100%

300,000

Common wheat (medium and low quality)

t

572,000

USA

094123

99.99%

571,943

Common wheat (medium and low quality)

t

38,853

CAN

094124

3.8%

1,463

Common wheat (medium and low quality)

t

2,371,600

OTH

094125

96.4%

2,285,665

Common wheat (medium and low quality)

t

129,577

EO

094133

100%

129,577

Barley

t

307,105

EO

094126

99.9%

306,812

Malting barley

t

50,890

EO

090076

40.9%

20,789

Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing, by weight, 12,5 % or more of protein
Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including their seeds) with barley cleanings after the maltin
g process, and containing, by weight, 12,5 % or more of protein and not more than 28 % of starch

t

20,000

EO

092905

100%

20,000

Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing, by weight, 15,5 % or more of protein
Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) wit
h barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing, by weight, 15,5 % or more of protein and not more than 23 % of starch

t

100,000

EO

092903

100%

100,000

Maize

t

277,988

EO

094131

96.8%

269,214

Maize

t

500,000

EO

No order number

100%

500,000

Maize

t

2,000,000

EO

No order number

100%

2,000,000

Corn gluten

t

10,000

USA

090090

100%

10,000

Grain sorghum

t

300,000

EO

No order number

100%

300,000

Millet

t

1,300

EO

090071

68.3%

888

Worked oats, other than kibbled

t

10,000

EO

090043

2.3%

231

Manioc starch

t

8,000

EO

090132

82.9%

6,632

Manioc starch

t

2,000

EO

090132

82.9%

1,658

Bran, sharps and other residues whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals

t

475,000

EO

090072

96.4%

458,068

Paddy rice

t

7

EO

090083

66.7%

5

Husked (brown) rice

t

1,634

EO

094148

86.6%

1,416

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice

t

63,000

EO

58.3%

36,731

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice

t

4,313

THA

094112

84.9%

3,663

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice

t

9,187

OTH

74.7%

6,859

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice

t

1,200

THA

094112

84.9%

1,019

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice

t

25,516

OT

094166

88%

22,442

Broken rice, intended for the production of foodstuffs of subheading 1901 10 00

t

1,000

EO

094079

100%

1,000

Broken rice

t

31,788

EO

094168

83.6%

26,581

Broken rice

t

100,000

EO

93.7%

93,709

Raw cane sugar, for refining

t

9,925

AUS

094317

50%

4,961

Raw cane sugar, for refining

t

388,124

BRA

094318

92.4%

358,454

Raw cane sugar, for refining

t

10,000

CUB

094319

100%

10,000

Raw cane sugar, for refining

t

372,876

EO

094320

91.6%

341,460

Cane or beet sugar

t (white sugar equivalent)

10,000

IDN

094321

58.4%

5,841

Cane or beet sugar

t (white sugar equivalent)

1,294,700

ACP

N/A

71.2%

921,707

Chemically pure fructose

t

1,253

EO

090084

100%

1,253

Confectionary

t

2,289

EO

090053

98.1%

2,245

Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:
Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of such products

t

2,800

EO

090073

98.1%

2,746

Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:
Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of such products

t

2,700

EO

090070

98.9%

2,670

Food preparations

t

921

EO

090088

76.2%

702

Food preparations

t

1,550

USA

090096

53.6%

831

Dog and cat food

t

2,058

EO

090089

67.7%

1,393

Chocolate

t

107

EO

090085

75.3%

81

Chocolate

t

2,026

EO

090052

100%

2,026

Pasta

t

532

EO

090086

93.4%

497

Biscuits

t

409

EO

090054

100%

409

Food preparations with cereals

t

191

EO

090087

100%

191

Wine of fresh grapes (other than sparkling wine and quality wine produced in specified regions) in containers holding =< 2 L and of an alcoholic strength of =<13% vol

hl

40,000

EO

090097

11.7%

4,689

Wine of fresh grapes (other than sparkling wine and quality wine produced in specified regions) in containers holding > 2 L and of an alcoholic strength of =< 13% vol

hl

20,000

EO

090095

78.2%

15,647

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances in containers holding > 2 L and of an alcoholic strength of =< 18% vol

hl

13,810

EO

090098

99.99%

13,808



Part B

Product Description

Unit

EU28 scheduled quantity

Country

Order number

EU27 share in quota usage

EU27 TRQ size

FISHERY PRODUCTS

Herring, fresh frozen en fillets

t

34,000

EO

090006

93.8%

31,888

Cod of the species Gadus morhua and Gadus ogac Fish of the species Boreogadus saida

t

25,000

EO

090007

99.99%

24,998

Hake, fresh and frozen

t

2,000

EO

090009

99.9%

1,999

Salmonids frozen of the genus Coregonus

t

1,000

EO

090045

100%

1,000

Freshwater crayfish, cooked in dill, frozen

t

3,000

EO

090046

98.8%

2,965

Shrimps of the species Pandalus borealis, shelled, boiled, frozen, but not further prepared

t

500

EO

090047

94.7%

474

Fish of the genus Allocyttus and of the species Pseudocyttus maculatus

t

200

EO

090048

100%

200

Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnus

t

1,816

THA

090704

100%

1,816

Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnus

t

742

EO

090705

100%

742

Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor

t

1,410

THA

090706

8.7%

123

Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor

t

865

EO

090707

72.9%

631

Tunas (of the genus Thunnus) and fish of the genus Euthynnus

t

17,250

EO

Not used

99.83%

17,221

 INDUSTRIAL GOODS AND FRUCTOSE

Plywood of coniferous species, without the addition of other substances: — of which the faces are not further prepared than the peeling process, of a thickness greater than 8,5 mm, or — sanded, of a thickness greater than 18,5 mm

cubic m

650,000

EO

090013

74.3%

482,648

Ferro-silicon

t

12,600

EO

090019

100%

12,600

Ferro-silico-manganese

t

18,550

EO

090021

100%

18,550

Ferro-chromium containing not more than 0,10 % by weight of carbon, and more than 30 % but not more than 90 % of chromium

t

2,950

EO

090023

95%

2,804

Similar glass small wares other than: glass beads, imitation pearls and imitation precious and semi- precious stones

t

52

EO

090051

100%

52

Unbleached flax yarn (other than tow yarn) measuring 333,3 decitex or more (not exceeding 30 metric number)

t

400

EO

090050

100%

400

Chemically pure fructose

t

4,504

EO

090091

100%

4,504

(1)    For official country codes please refer to:     http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/country_code_list.htm
(2)    For presentational purposes, the percentage has been rounded to one decimal place. The EU27 TRQ size is, however, calculated based on the exact percentage.
(3)    EO = erga omnes
(4)    OTH = others
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