Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2078 of 18 November 2015 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine
Modified by
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/94of 22 January 2020amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2078 as regards tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine and derogating from that Implementing Regulation for the quota year 2020, 32020R0094, January 23, 2020
  • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760of 17 December 2019supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for the administration of import and export tariff quotas subject to licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lodging of securities in the administration of tariff quotas, 32020R0760, June 12, 2020
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2078of 18 November 2015opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Ukraine
Article 1Opening and management of tariffs quotas1.This Regulation opens and manages, from 2016, annual import tariff quotas for the products indicated in Annex I, for the period from 1 January until 31 December.2.The quantity of products covered by the quotas referred to in paragraph 1, the applicable rate of customs duty and the order numbers shall be as set out in Annex I.3.The import tariff quota referred to in paragraph 1 shall be managed in accordance with the method referred to in Article 184(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and by attributing import rights as a first step and issuing import licences as a second step.4.Regulations (EC) No 1301/2006 and (EC) No 376/2008 shall apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Article 2Import tariff quota periodsThe quantity of the products set for the annual import tariff quota and for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:(a)25 % from 1 January to 31 March;(b)25 % from 1 April to 30 June;(c)25 % from 1 July to 30 September;(d)25 % from 1 October to 31 December.
Article 3Import rights applications and allocation of import rights1.Applications for import rights shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month preceding each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2.2.A security of EUR 35 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged at the time of submission of an import rights application.3.Applicants for import rights shall, when presenting their first application for a given quota year, submit the proof that a quantity of poultry products falling under CN codes 0207, 02109939, 160231, 160232 or 16023921 has been imported by them or on their behalf under the relevant customs provisions ("the reference quantity"). Such proof shall relate to the 12 months' period ending one month before their first application. A company formed by the merger of companies, each having an imported reference quantity, may combine those reference quantities as a basis for its application.4.The total quantity of products covered by an application for import rights submitted in one of the subperiods referred to in Article 2 shall not exceed 25 % of the applicant's reference quantity. A competent authority shall reject applications not complying with this rule.5.Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.6.Import rights shall be awarded as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.7.Where the application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with Article 3(2) of this Regulation shall be released proportionally without delay.8.Import rights shall be valid from the first day of the subperiod for which the application has been submitted until 31 December of each import tariff quota period. Import rights shall not be transferable.
Article 4Import licence applications and allocation of import licences1.The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.2.Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity of import rights allocated. The obligation referred to in Article 23(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 shall be respected.3.Import licence applications shall be submitted only in the Member State where the applicant has applied for and obtained import rights under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1).4.A security of EUR 75 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of submission of the import licence application. Each issue of an import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged for import rights shall be released proportionally without delay.5.Import licences shall be issued upon application by and in the name of the operator who has obtained the import rights.6.Import licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the licence application and the licence respectively.7.Import licence applications and import licences shall contain:(a)in box 8, the name "Ukraine" as country of origin and box "yes" marked by a cross;(b)in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.8.Each import licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.9.An import licence shall be valid for 30 days from the actual day of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008. The validity of the import licence shall, however, expire on 31 December of each import tariff quota period at the latest.
Article 5Notifications to the Commission1.By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day of the month following the last day of each subperiod, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued during that subperiod.2.By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:(a)together with the notifications referred to in Article 3(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod;(b)for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April following the end of each import tariff quota period at the latest.3.No later than 30 April following the end of each import tariff quota period, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that quota period4.In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms of product weight and broken down by order number.
Article 6This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEX INotwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of products shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes. Where "ex" CN codes are indicated, the application of the preferential scheme is to be determined on the basis of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
Fresh or chilled, halves or quarters of guinea fowls.
Order numberCN codesDescriptionImport periodQuantity in tonnes (net weight)Duty applicable(EUR/t)
09.427302071130020711900207120207131002071320020713300207135002071360020713700207139902071410020714200207143002071450020714600207147002071499020724020725020726100207262002072630020726500207266002072670020726800207269902072710020727200207273002072750020727600207277002072780020727990207413002074180020742020744100207442102074431020744410207445102074461020744710207448102074499020745100207452102074531020745410207455102074561020745810207459902075110020751900207529002075410020754210207543102075441020754510207546102075471020754810207549902075510020755210207553102075541020755510207556102075581020755990207600502076010ex020760210207603102076041020760510207606102076081020760990210993916023116023216023921Meat and edible offal of poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen; other prepared or preserved meat of turkeys and of fowls of the species Gallus domesticusYear 2020From 202165033700000
09.4274020712Meat and edible offal of the poultry, not cut in pieces, frozen200000
ANNEX IIEntries referred to in Article 4(7)(b)In Bulgarian: Регламент за изпълнение (ЕC) 2015/2078In Spanish: Reglamento de Ejecución (UE) 2015/2078In Czech: Prováděcí nařízení (EU) 2015/2078In Danish: Gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2015/2078In German: Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2015/2078In Estonian: Rakendusmäärus (EL) 2015/2078In Greek: Εκτελεστικός κανονισμός (ΕΕ) 2015/2078In English: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2078In French: Règlement d'exécution (UE) 2015/2078In Croatian: Provedbena uredba (EU) 2015/2078In Italian: Regolamento di esecuzione (UE) 2015/2078In Latvian: Īstenošanas regula (ES) 2015/2078In Lithuanian: Įgyvendinimo reglamentas (ES) 2015/2078In Hungarian: (EU) 2015/2078 végrehajtási rendeletIn Maltese: Regolament ta' Implimentazzjoni (UE) 2015/2078In Dutch: Uitvoeringsverordening (EU) 2015/2078In Polish: Rozporządzenie wykonawcze (UE) 2015/2078In Portuguese: Regulamento de Execução (UE) 2015/2078In Romanian: Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2015/2078In Slovak: Vykonávacie nariadenie (EÚ) 2015/2078In Slovene: Izvedbena uredba (EU) 2015/2078In Finnish: Täytäntöönpanoasetus (EU) 2015/2078In Swedish: Genomförandeförordning (EU) 2015/2078
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