Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1835 of 27 June 2024 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761, (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2023/2834 as regards tariff measures for certain agricultural products originating in or exported directly or indirectly from Belarus and Russia, and as regards the conversion rates for rice
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1835of 27 June 2024amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761, (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2023/2834 as regards tariff measures for certain agricultural products originating in or exported directly or indirectly from Belarus and Russia, and as regards the conversion rates for riceTHE 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj., 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/761/oj). 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 for that management.(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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/1988/oj). 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)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). lays down the rules as regards imports in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops.(4)In accordance with Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1652Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1652 of 30 May 2024 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L, 2024/1652, 10.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1652/oj)., tariff measures have been introduced in order to prevent certain agricultural products (cereals, oilseeds and derived products) from Russia from continuing to enter the Union market on terms that are equally favourable to those applied to those products from other non-preferential origins.(5)The same tariff measures should be taken simultaneously in respect of Belarus in order to prevent imports to the Union from Russia from being diverted through Belarus, given its close political and economic ties with Russia, should the Union tariffs on imports of relevant goods from Belarus remain unchanged.(6)It is appropriate to reflect those tariff measures in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761, (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2023/2834.(7)Further to the additional CN codes for rice introduced by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1998Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1998 of 20 September 2022 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 282, 31.10.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/1998/oj)., corresponding conversion rates for these CN codes should be fixed.(8)The Commission should, between the fixing of two import duties, publish the factors taken into account for those calculations in its website, to provide stakeholders with transparency in the cereals import duty calculations, while reducing the administrative burden on the Commission.(9)Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761, (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2023/2834 should therefore be amended accordingly.(10)Regulation (EU) 2024/1652 enters into force on 1 July 2024. In order to ensure the effective management and timely application of the tariff measures for agricultural products concerned, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication and should apply from 1 July 2024.(11)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: