Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2835 of 10 October 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules on import in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops, and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 3330/94, (EC) No 2810/95, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 972/2006, (EC) No 504/2007, (EC) No 1375/2007, (EC) No 402/2008, (EC) No 1295/2008, (EC) No 1312/2008 and (EU) No 642/2010, (EEC) No 1361/76, (EEC) No 1842/81, (EEC) No 3556/87, (EEC) No 3846/87, (EEC) No 815/89, (EC) No 765/2002, (EC) No 1993/2005, (EC) No 1670/2006, (EC) No 1731/2006, (EC) No 1741/2006, (EC) No 433/2007, (EC) No 1359/2007, (EC) No 1454/2007, (EC) No 508/2008, (EC) No 903/2008, (EC) No 147/2009, (EC) No 612/2009, (EU) No 817/2010, (EU) No 1178/2010, (EU) No 90/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2013
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2835of 10 October 2023supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules on import in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops, and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 3330/94, (EC) No 2810/95, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 972/2006, (EC) No 504/2007, (EC) No 1375/2007, (EC) No 402/2008, (EC) No 1295/2008, (EC) No 1312/2008 and (EU) No 642/2010, (EEC) No 1361/76, (EEC) No 1842/81, (EEC) No 3556/87, (EEC) No 3846/87, (EEC) No 815/89, (EC) No 765/2002, (EC) No 1993/2005, (EC) No 1670/2006, (EC) No 1731/2006, (EC) No 1741/2006, (EC) No 433/2007, (EC) No 1359/2007, (EC) No 1454/2007, (EC) No 508/2008, (EC) No 903/2008, (EC) No 147/2009, (EC) No 612/2009, (EU) No 817/2010, (EU) No 1178/2010, (EU) No 90/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2013THE 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 190(3), Article 193a(1) and Article 223(2),Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 187., and in particular Article 64(3),Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs CodeOJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1., and in particular Article 212(b),Whereas:(1)Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).. Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 lays down rules on trade with third countries of agricultural products and empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts in that respect. In order to ensure the smooth functioning of the trade of the products in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops in the new legal framework, certain rules have to be adopted by means of such acts. This Regulation and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 of 10 October 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards imports in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops (OJ L, 2023/2834, 21.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2834/oj). should replace such currently existing rules.(2)Pursuant to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and India pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to rice provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994, approved by Council Decision 2004/617/ECCouncil Decision 2004/617/EC of 11 August 2004 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and India pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to rice provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994 (OJ L 279, 28.8.2004, p. 17)., the duty applicable to imports from India of husked rice of certain Basmati varieties is fixed at zero.(3)Pursuant to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Pakistan pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to rice provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994, approved by Council Decision 2004/618/ECCouncil Decision 2004/618/EC of 11 August 2004 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Pakistan pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to rice provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994 (OJ L 279, 28.8.2004, p. 23)., the duty applicable to imports of husked rice of certain Basmati varieties originating in Pakistan is fixed at zero.(4)To ensure the sound administrative management of imports of Basmati rice, special rules, whether additional to or derogating from Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules for applying the system of import and export licences and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the rules on the release and forfeit of securities lodged for such licences, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 2535/2001, (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 341/2007 and (EC) No 382/2008 and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 2390/98, (EC) No 1345/2005, (EC) No 376/2008 and (EC) No 507/2008 (OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 1). and from Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the system of import and export licences (OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 44)., should be adopted concerning the obligation for an import licence and other issues, especially as regards proof of trade and transferability of a licence.(5)In order to ensure that importers of cereals respect the provisions of this Regulation and of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834, a guarantee for the quality of the products imported should be required from them.(6)In order to ensure that the Union market is adequately supplied by imports of molasses from third countries, the Commission should have the power to suspend in whole or in part import duties for molasses falling within CN code 1703.(7)For products of the hops sector imported from third countries, an attestation of equivalence certifies that they respect the quality standards equivalent to those adopted for like products harvested within the Union or made from such products. It is important that Member States carry out controls to ensure that imported products of the hops sector meet the criteria laid down in the attestation of equivalence and inform the Commission of any findings which would necessitate the removal of the issuing competent authority from the list of third country authorities that are authorised to issue such attestations.(8)In order to reduce the administrative burden, small packages of products of the hops sector for sale to private individuals for their own use, hops for scientific and technical experiments and for fairs covered by the special customs arrangements for fairs should be imported without an attestation of equivalence, as long as certain entries appear on the packaging which ensure that the product is not put in free circulation, but only destined for one of the uses to which the exception applies.(9)Trade of certain agricultural products between the EU and certain third countries often requires that the products are accompanied for imports by documents that certify the implementation of certain formalities (so-called ‘non-customs formalities) required by the EU agricultural legislation, currently predominantly in the paper form. The Commission intends to digitise the whole process by establishing an electronic system for DG AGRI non-customs formalities (ELAN) based on TRACES.NT and linked to the EU Single Window Environment for customs as established by Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 establishing the European Union Single Window Environment for Customs and amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (OJ L 317, 9.12.2022, p. 1).. ELAN will define the digital processes in the future and will allow users to issue, store, and retrieve the necessary documents. ELAN will be divided into 2 parts and part 2 called ELAN2-C is to include, among others, also different documents covered by this Regulation and by Implementing Regulation 2023/2834. After defining those digital processes the legal provisions of the two Regulations will be amended accordingly.(10)As this Regulation updates the currently applicable rules, replaces the existing rules and abolishes obsolete rules as laid down in Commission Regulations (EC) No 3330/94Commission Regulation (EC) No 3330/94 of 21 December 1994 on the tariff classification of certain poultry cuts and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 52)., (EC) No 2810/95Commission Regulation (EC) No 2810/95 of 5 December 1995 on the tariff classification of pig carcases and half- carcases and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 291, 6.12.1995, p. 24)., (EC) No 951/2006Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24)., (EC) No 972/2006Commission Regulation (EC) No 972/2006 of 29 June 2006 laying down special rules for imports of Basmati rice and a transitional control system for determining their origin (OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 53)., (EC) No 504/2007Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2007 of 8 May 2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for additional import duties in the milk and milk products sector (OJ L 119, 9.5.2007, p. 7)., (EC) No 1375/2007Commission Regulation (EC) No 1375/2007 of 23 November 2007 on imports of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize from the United States of America (OJ L 307, 24.11.2007, p. 5)., (EC) No 402/2008Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/2008 of 6 May 2008 on procedures for the importation of rye from Turkey (OJ L 120, 7.5.2008, p. 3)., (EC) No 1295/2008Commission Regulation (EC) No 1295/2008 of 18 December 2008 on the importation of hops from third countries (OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 45)., (EC) No 1312/2008Commission Regulation (EC) No 1312/2008 of 19 December 2008 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing (OJ L 344, 20.12.2008, p. 56). and (EU) No 642/2010Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5)., those regulations should be repealed.(11)Commission regulations on export refunds (EEC) No 1361/76Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76 of 14 June 1976 laying down certain detailed rules for applying the export refund on rice and on mixtures of rice (OJ L 154, 15.6.1976, p. 11)., (EEC) No 1842/81Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1842/81 of 3 July 1981 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 relating to general rules for granting refunds adjusted in the case of cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages (OJ L 183, 4.7.1981, p. 10)., (EEC) No 3556/87Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3556/87 of 26 November 1987 laying down additional detailed rules for the application of the system of advance-fixing certificates in the case of certain cereal sector products exported in the form of pasta falling within heading No 19.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 337, 27.11.1987, p. 57)., (EEC) No 3846/87Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 of 17 December 1987 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1)., (EEC) No 815/89Commission Regulation (EEC) No 815/89 of 30 March 1989 on the grant of refunds for coloured barley (OJ L 86, 31.3.1989, p. 34)., (EC) No 765/2002Commission Regulation (EC) No 765/2002 of 3 May 2002 on the collection of samples and the adoption of certain detailed rules in connection with physical checks on boneless beef cuts qualifying for export refunds (OJ L 117, 4.5.2002, p. 6)., (EC) No 1993/2005Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2005 of 7 December 2005 on the adjustment of the export refunds on malt under Article 15(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 (OJ L 320, 8.12.2005, p. 26)., (EC) No 1670/2006Commission Regulation (EC) No 1670/2006 of 10 November 2006 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards the fixing and granting of adjusted refunds in respect of cereals exported in the form of certain spirit drinks (OJ L 312, 11.11.2006, p. 33)., (EC) No 1731/2006Commission Regulation (EC) No 1731/2006 of 23 November 2006 on special detailed rules for the application of export refunds in the case of certain preserved beef and veal products (OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 12)., (EC) No 1741/2006Commission Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 of 24 November 2006 laying down the conditions for granting the special export refund on boned meat of adult male bovine animals placed under the customs warehousing procedure prior to export (OJ L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 7)., (EC) No 433/2007Commission Regulation (EC) No 433/2007 of 20 April 2007 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds for beef and veal (OJ L 104, 21.4.2007, p. 3)., (EC) No 1359/2007Commission Regulation (EC) No 1359/2007 of 21 November 2007 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals (OJ L 304, 22.11.2007, p. 21)., (EC) No 1454/2007Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 69)., (EC) No 508/2008Commission Regulation (EC) No 508/2008 of 6 June 2008 on the definition, applicable to the granting of export refunds, of hulled grains and pearled grains of cereals (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 55)., (EC) No 903/2008Commission Regulation (EC) No 903/2008 of 17 September 2008 on special conditions for granting export refunds on certain pigmeat products (OJ L 249, 18.9.2008, p. 3)., (EC) No 147/2009Commission Regulation (EC) No 147/2009 of 20 February 2009 on defining the destination zones for export refunds, export levies and certain export licences for cereals and rice (OJ L 50, 21.2.2009, p. 5)., (EC) No 612/2009Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 of 7 July 2009 on laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (OJ L 186, 17.7.2009, p. 1)., (EU) No 817/2010Commission Regulation (EU) No 817/2010 of 16 September 2010 laying down detailed rules pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards requirements for the granting of export refunds related to the welfare of live bovine animals during transport (OJ L 245, 17.9.2010, p. 16)., (EU) No 1178/2010Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2010 of 13 December 2010 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the egg sector (OJ L 328, 14.12.2010, p. 1). and (EU) No 90/2011Commission Regulation (EU) No 90/2011 of 3 February 2011 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector (OJ L 30, 4.2.2011, p. 1). and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2013Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2013 of 19 December 2013 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector (OJ L 346, 20.12.2013, p. 29). should be repealed as this system has been abolished by Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 262).,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: