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
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2405of 18 December 2015opening 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 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671., and in particular point (a) of Article 187 thereof,Whereas:(1)Council Decision 2014/668/EUCouncil 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). 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 partAssociation 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). ("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 CouncilRegulation (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)., 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 2454/93Commission 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)..(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 2658/87Council 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)., as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1101/2014Commission 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)., 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 1EU tariff quotas shall be opened for the products listed in the Annex originating in Ukraine.
Article 2Customs 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 3The 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 4The 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 5This 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 CommissionThe PresidentJean-Claude JunckerANNEXNotwithstanding 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.
With an increase of 150 tonnes each year from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2021.With an increase of 200 tonnes each year from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2021.With an increase of 2000 tonnes each year from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2021.With an increase of 300 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.With an increase of 200 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.With an increase of 1000 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.With an increase of 2000 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.With an increase of 200 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.With an increase of 40 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.With an increase of 14600 tonnes each year from 1.1.2017 to 1.1.2021.
Order NoCN codeDescription of goodsQuota periodAnnual quota volume(in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)
09.67000204225002042290Sheep legs, other cuts with bone (excluding carcasses and half carcasses, short forequarters and chines and/or best ends), fresh or chilledFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.1500
020423Boneless meat of sheep, fresh or chilled
020442300204425002044290Frozen cuts of sheep, with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses, and short forequarters)
0204431002044390Frozen meat of lamb, bonelessfrozen meat of sheep, boneless
09.67010409Natural honeyFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.5000
09.6702070320Garlic, fresh or chilledFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12500
09.67031004OatsFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.124000
09.6704170112Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matterFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.1220070
170191
170199Other sugar than raw sugar
17022010Maple sugar in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter
17029030Isoglucose in solid form, containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
17029050Maltodextrine in solid form and maltodextrine syrup, containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
170290711702907517029079Caramel
17029080Inulin syrup
17029095Other sugars, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose
09.6705170230170240Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugarFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.1210000
170260Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
09.670621069030Flavoured or coloured isoglucose syrupsFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.122000
21069055Flavoured or coloured glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup
21069059Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups (excl. isoglucose, lactose, glucose and maltodextrine syrups)
09.6707ex11031920Barley groats and mealsFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.126300
11031990Groats and meals of cereals (excl. wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice and barley)
11032090Cereal pellets (excl. wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice and barley)
11041910110419501104196111041969Rolled or flaked wheat grainsRolled or flaked maize grainsRolled barley grainsFlaked barley grains
ex110429Worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled), other than of oats, of rye or of maize
110430Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
09.67081107Malt, whether or not roastedFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.127000
1109Wheat gluten, whether or not dried
09.6709110811Wheat starchFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.1210000
110812Maize starch
110813Potato starch
09.67103505101035051090Dextrins 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 31.121000
350520303505205035052090Glues containing, by weight, 25 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified starches
09.67112302102302302302401023024090Bran, 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 31.1217000
23031011Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product exceeding 40 % by weight
09.6712071151Mushrooms 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 consumptionFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12500
200310Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
09.6713071151Mushrooms 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 consumptionFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12500
09.67142002Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acidFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.1210000
09.671520096190Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value not exceeding 30, of a value not exceeding 18 EUR per 100 kg net weightFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.1210000
20096911Grape juice (including grape must), of a Brix value exceeding 67, of a value not exceeding 22 EUR per 100 kg net weight
200969712009697920096990Grape 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
200971200979Apple juice
09.6716040310510403105304031059040310910403109304031099040390710403907304039079040390910403909304039099Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, concentrated or not, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoaFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.122000
09.67170405201004052030Dairy 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 31.12250
09.6718071040071190302001903020049010200580SweetcornFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.121500
09.6719170250Chemically pure fructoseFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.122000
17029010Chemically pure maltose
ex17049099Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
1806103018061090Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by weight of sucrose or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
ex18062095Other 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
ex19019099Other 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
2101129821012098Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or mate
33021029Mixtures 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 %
09.67201903Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar formsFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.122000
190430Bulgur wheat
09.672118062070Chocolate milk crumbFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12300
21061080Other protein concentrates and textured protein substances
22029099Non-alcoholic beverages other than waters, containing 2 % or more by weight of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401 to 0404
09.672221069098Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or includedFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.122000
09.67232207102208909122089099Undenatured ethyl alcoholFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.1227000
220720Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength
09.6724240210Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobaccoFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.122500
24022090Cigarettes containing tobacco, not containing cloves
09.6725290543MannitolFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12100
290544D-glucitol (sorbitol)
382460Sorbitol other than that of subheading 290544
09.672638091010380910303809105038091090Finishing 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 substancesFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.122000