Regulation (EU) No 1383/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 18 December 2014
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure1,
Whereas:
Council Regulation (EC) No 55/20082 established a specific scheme of autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova. That scheme gives all products originating in the Republic of Moldova free access to the Union market, except for certain agricultural products listed in Annex I to that Regulation for which limited concessions have been granted either in the form of exemption from customs duties within the limit of tariff quotas or of reduction of customs duties.
In the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the EU-Moldova ENP Action Plan and the Eastern Partnership, the Republic of Moldova has adopted an ambitious agenda for political association and further economic integration with the Union. The Republic of Moldova has also already made strong progress on regulatory approximation leading to convergence with Union laws and standards.
The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part3 (the Association Agreement), including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), was signed on 27 June 2014 and the provisional application was effective from 1 September 2014.
The specific scheme of autonomous trade preferences will continue to apply until 31 December 2015.
In order to support the efforts of the Republic of Moldova in accordance with the objectives set out in the ENP, the Eastern Partnership and the Association Agreement, and to provide an attractive and reliable market for its exports of fresh apples, fresh plums and fresh table grapes, further concessions should be made for the import of those products from the Republic of Moldova into the Union, on the basis of duty free tariff quotas.
It is also necessary to amend certain CN codes in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 in order to reflect the amendments introduced in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/874 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/20135.
In order to allow the operators to benefit from those further concessions as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
In view of the seasonal production peak of those products, it is appropriate to apply the further concessions from 1 August 2014.
Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 55/2008, Table 1 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2014.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. Schulz
For the Council
The President
S. Gozi
ANNEX
1.PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DUTY FREE TARIFF QUOTAS
Order No
CN Code
Description
20086
20096
20106
20116
20126
20136
20146
20156
09.0504
0201 to 0204
Fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals, swine and sheep and goats
3 0007
3 0007
4 0007
4 0007
4 0007
4 0007
4 0007
4 0007
09.0505
ex 0207
Meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen, other than fatty livers of subheading 0207 43
4007
4007
5007
5007
5007
5007
5007
5007
09.0506
ex 0210
Meat and edible meat offal of swine and bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal of domestic swine and bovine animals
4007
4007
5007
5007
5007
5007
5007
5007
09.4210
0401 to 0406
Dairy products
1 0007
1 0007
1 5007
1 5007
1 5007
1 5007
1 5007
1 5007
09.0507
0407 00
Birds’ eggs, in shells
908
958
1008
1108
1208
1208
1208
1208
09.0508
ex 0408
Birds’ eggs, not in shells, and egg yolks, other than those unfit for human consumption
2007
2007
3007
3007
3007
3007
3007
3007
09.0515
0806 10 10
Fresh table grapes
—
—
—
—
—
—
10 0007
09.0516
0808 10 80
Fresh apples (at the exception of cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December)
—
—
—
—
—
—
40 0007
09.0517
0809 40 05
Fresh plums
—
—
—
—
—
—
10 0007
09.0509
1001 91 20
1001 91 90
1001 99
Other spelt (other than spelt for sowing), common wheat and meslin
25 0007
30 0007
35 0007
40 0007
50 0007
55 0007
60 0007
65 0007
09.0510
1003 90 00
Barley
20 0007
25 0007
30 0007
35 0007
45 0007
50 0007
55 0007
60 0007
09.0511
1005 90
Maize
15 0007
20 0007
25 0007
30 0007
40 0007
45 0007
50 0007
55 0007
09.0512
1601 00 91 and 1601 00 99
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
5007
5007
6007
6007
6007
6007
6007
6007
ex 1602
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, uncooked,
of domestic swine,
of bovine animals, uncooked
09.0513
1701 99 10
White Sugar
15 0007
18 0007
26 0007
34 0007
34 0007
34 0007
34 0007
34 0007
From 1 January until 31 December, except for 2008, for which the tariff quotas apply from the first day of application of the Regulation until 31 December.
Tonnes (net weight).
Million units.
For 2014, the tariff quota applies from 1 August until 31 December.