Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1238/2014Show full title

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1238/2014

of 19 November 2014

amending Regulation (EU) No 59/2011 as regards tariff quotas for wines originating in Serbia

THE 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 1234/2007(1), and in particular Articles 184 and 187 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Serbia, of the other part (‘the SAA’), was signed in Luxembourg on 29 April 2008 and entered into force on 1 September 2013.

(2) The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union(2) (‘the Protocol’) was signed on 25 June 2014. Its signature on behalf of the European Union and its Member States has been authorised by Council Decision 2014/517/EU(3) and its conclusion on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community has been approved by Council Decision 2014/518/Euratom(4). The Protocol has been provisionally applied with effect from 1 August 2014.

(3) Article 7 of the Protocol and Annex III thereto provide for changes to the existing tariff quotas for wines originating in Serbia with effect from 1 August 2014.

(4) In accordance with Article 11 of the Protocol, for the year 2014 the volumes of the new tariff quotas and the increases of the volumes of existing tariff quotas are to be calculated as a pro rata of the basic annual volumes specified in the Protocol, taking into account the part of the period elapsed before 1 August 2014.

(5) To implement the tariff quotas for wine laid down in the Protocol, it is necessary to adapt Commission Regulation (EU) No 59/2011(5).

(6) Regulation (EU) No 59/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) Since the Protocol applies from 1 August 2014, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force on the day of its publication.

(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 U.K.

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 59/2011 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.K.

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, 19 November 2014.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker

ANNEX U.K.

“‘ANNEX Tariff quotas for wines originating in Serbia imported into the Union

a Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
b Consultations at the request of one of the Parties may be held to adapt the quotas by transferring quantities from the quota applying to position ex 2204 29 (order number 09.1527) to the quota applying to positions ex 2204 10 and ex 2204 21 (order number 09.1526).’”
Order No	CN codea	TARIC extension	Description	Quota volume 2014 (in hl)	Annual quota volume for 2015 and following years (in hl)b	Tariff quota duty
09.1526	2204 10 93		Quality sparkling wine, other than Champagne or Asti spumante; other wine of fresh grapes, in containers holding 2 litres or less	53 833	55 000	Exemption
	2204 10 94
	2204 10 96
	2204 10 98
	2204 21 06
	2204 21 07
	2204 21 08
	2204 21 09
	ex 2204 21 93	19, 29, 31, 41 and 51
	ex 2204 21 94	19, 29, 31, 41 and 51
	2204 21 95
	ex 2204 21 96	11, 21, 31, 41 and 51
	2204 21 97
	ex 2204 21 98	11, 21, 31, 41 and 51
09.1527	2204 29 10		Other wine of fresh grapes, in containers holding more than 2 litres	10 958	12 300	Exemption
	2204 29 93
	ex 2204 29 94	11, 21, 31, 41 and 51
	2204 29 95
	ex 2204 29 96	11, 21, 31, 41 and 51
	2204 29 97
	ex 2204 29 98	11, 21, 31, 41 and 51

(1)

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)

OJ L 233, 6.8.2014, p. 3.

(3)

Council Decision 2014/517/EU of 14 April 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (OJ L 233, 6.8.2014, p. 1).

(4)

Council Decision 2014/518/Euratom of 14 April 2014 approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (OJ L 233, 6.8.2014, p. 20).

(5)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 59/2011 of 25 January 2011 opening and providing for the administration of Union tariff quotas for wines originating in the Republic of Serbia (OJ L 22, 26.1.2011, p. 1).