Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1142 of 9 June 2023 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988 as regards the quantities that may be imported under certain tariff quotas following the agreement between the European Union and the United States of America
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1142of 9 June 2023amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988 as regards the quantities that may be imported under certain tariff quotas following the agreement between the European Union and the United States of AmericaTHE 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 Article 187 thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 of 17 December 2019 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the management system of tariff quotas with licences (OJ L 185, 12.6.2020, p. 24). lays down the rules for the management of import and export tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import and export licences and provides for specific rules.(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 of 11 November 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the administration of import tariff quotas in accordance with the "first come, first served" principle (OJ L 422, 14.12.2020, p. 4). lays down the rules for the administration of import tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations ("first come, first served" principle).(3)The Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom`s withdrawal from the European Union, concluded by Council Decision (EU) 2023/912Council Decision (EU) 2023/912 of 25 April 2023 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (OJ L 119, 5.5.2023, p. 1)., amends the quantities of products to be imported under some tariff quotas opened in favour of the United States and some tariff quotas opened for all other countries. The tariff quotas with following order numbers are concerned: 09.0035, 09.0040, 09.0041, 09.0055, 09.0056, 09.0059, 09.0070, 09.0073, 09.0083, 09.0089, 09.0093, 09.0094, 09.0123, 09.0147, 09.4002, 09.4038, 09.4116, 09.4123, 09.4127 and 09.4170.(4)The amendments made by that Agreement should be reflected in Annexes to Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988.(5)Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988 should therefore be amended accordingly.(6)Transitional provisions are needed to clarify how to handle the situations that may arise as a result of the amendments of quantities of products to be imported under the tariff quotas concerned. This concerns tariff quotas that are managed in periods divided into sub-periods. It also concerns tariff quotas that are managed in accordance with the first come, first served principle, where the amendment of quantities leads to either an increase of the quantity of a tariff quota that was exhausted or to a decrease of the available quantity of a tariff quota for products that were already released for free circulation in the Union.(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: