THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (Overseas Association Decision), and in particular Article 16 of Annex VI thereto,
Whereas:
(1)
In all the language versions of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/461/EU, part of the Order Number indicated in the table in the Annex to that Decision for the goods covered by the derogation from Decision 2013/755/EU was omitted. The complete Order Number should be 09.0691.
(2)
Operators in the Union cannot claim the benefit of the tariff quota without the exact Order Number entered in Box 39 of the Single Administrative Document referred to in Article 205(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in combination with the corresponding tariff treatment code in Box 36.
(3)
Implementing Decision 2014/461/EU entered into force on 15 July 2014 but applied retroactively from 1 January 2014. This Decision should therefore also apply retroactively from 1 January 2014.
(4)
In order to avoid unnecessary economic consequences for operators, it is necessary to ensure an imminent entry into force so that operators in the Union can claim the benefit of the tariff quota within the shortest delay.
(5)
Implementing Decision 2014/461/EU should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: