Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2198

of 22 December 2020

correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 introducing retrospective Union surveillance of imports of renewable ethanol for fuel

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for imports1, and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on common rules for imports from certain third countries2, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

After consulting the Committee on Safeguards and Common Rules for exports,

Whereas:

(1)

By Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/16283, the Commission has introduced retrospective Union surveillance of imports of renewable ethanol for fuel.

(2)

In the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 the product concerned covers ethyl alcohol produced from agricultural products contained in Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), but the corresponding CN code for ‘ETBE’ was erroneously missing in the list of the CN codes in the table of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628. The CN code ex 2909 19 10 therefore has to be added by amending the table in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628.

(3)

The Commission considers that the error does not raise any concerns since Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 referred to ‘renewable ethanol for fuel’ as the product subject to retrospective Union surveillance and the CN and TARIC codes were provided for information only,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The table in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1628 is replaced by the following:

CN CODES

TARIC CODE EXTENSIONS

ex 2207 10 00

11

ex 2207 20 00

11

ex 2208 90 99

11

ex 2710 12 21

10

ex 2710 12 25

10

ex 2710 12 31

10

ex 2710 12 41

10

ex 2710 12 45

10

ex 2710 12 49

10

ex 2710 12 50

10

ex 2710 12 70

10

ex 2710 12 90

10

ex 2909 19 10

10

ex 3814 00 10

10

ex 3814 00 90

70

ex 3820 00 00

10

ex 3824 99 92

66

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen