http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2017/1156

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1156

of 27 June 2017

amending Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 as regards opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat

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 1234/20071, and in particular point (a) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

An Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union2 (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 25 November 2016. Its signature on behalf of the European Union was authorised by Council Decision (EU) 2016/19953 and its conclusion by Council Decision (EU) 2017/7304.

(2)

Under the terms of the Agreement, the European Union is to allocate an additional 4 766 tonnes to the present allocation for Brazil under the EU tariff rate quota ‘Cut of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, frozen’, tariff item numbers 0207.14.10, 0207.14.50 and 0207.14.70, maintaining the present in quota rate of 0 %, and to allocate an additional 610 tonnes to the present allocation for Brazil under the EU tariff rate quota ‘Cut of turkey, frozen’, tariff item numbers 0207.27.10, 0207.27.20 and 0207.27.80, maintaining the present in quota rate of 0 %.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1385/20075 provides for the opening and administration of certain EU import tariff quotas for poultrymeat, including from Brazil. It is appropriate to amend that regulation to take account of the additional quantities allocated under the Agreement.

(4)

For 2017 the additional quantities of poultrymeat are calculated on a pro rata basis, based on the additional annual quantity under the Agreement and taking into account the date of the entry into force of the Agreement.

(5)

The Agreement enters into force on 30 June 2017. Given that the poultrymeat quotas concerned by the Agreement are administered on a quarterly basis and that the application period for the quarter commencing 1 July 2017 would have expired at the time of entry into force of the Agreement, the additional quantities under the Agreement for 2017 should be made available for application in the subperiod commencing 1 October 2017.

(6)

As from the quota period commencing 1 January 2018 the full annual additional quantities of poultrymeat under the Agreement should be available.

(7)

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:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 2017.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I
For the quota period 1 January 2017-31 December 2017:
REDUCTION IN CUSTOMS DUTY SET AT 100 %
Chicken
(tonnes)
Country
Group number
Order number
CN Code
Annual quantities for 2017
Additional quantity available for the fourth quota sub-period in 20176
Brazil
1
09.4410
0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70
11 932
2 396
6
The additional quantity is made available pursuant to the Agreement between the European Union and Brazil in force on 30 June 2017. This additional quantity is calculated on pro rata basis for the period 30 June 2017 until 31 December 2017 and is available for licence applications submitted for the quota subperiod commencing 1 October 2017.
Country
Group number
Order number
CN Code
Annual quantities for 2017
Thailand
2
09.4411
0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70
5 100
Other
3
09.4412
0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70
3 300
Turkey
(tonnes)
Country
Group number
Order number
CN Code
Annual quantities for 2017
Additional quantity available for the fourth quota sub-period in 20177
Brazil
4
09.4420
0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80
4 300
307
7
The additional quantity is made available pursuant to the Agreement between the European Union and Brazil in force on 30 June 2017. This additional quantity is calculated on pro rata basis for the period 30 June 2017 until 31 December 2017 and is available for licence applications submitted for the quota subperiod commencing 1 October 2017.
Country
Group number
Order number
CN Code
Annual quantities for 2017
Other
5
09.4421
0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80
700
Erga omnes
6
09.4422
0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80
2 485
For the quota period commencing 1 January 2018:
REDUCTION IN CUSTOMS DUTY SET AT 100 %
Chicken
(tonnes)
Country
Group number
Order number
CN Code
Annual quantities
Brazil
1
09.4410
0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70
16 698
Thailand
2
09.4411
0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70
5 100
Other
3
09.4412
0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70
3 300
Turkey
(tonnes)
Country
Group number
Order number
CN Code
Annual quantities
Brazil
4
09.4420
0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80
4 910
Other
5
09.4421
0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80
700
Erga omnes
6
09.4422
0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80
2 485’

Country	Group number	Order number	CN Code	Annual quantities
(tonnes)
Brazil	1	09.4410	0207 14 10 0207 14 50 0207 14 70	16 698
Thailand	2	09.4411	0207 14 10 0207 14 50 0207 14 70	5 100
Other	3	09.4412	0207 14 10 0207 14 50 0207 14 70	3 300

Country	Group number	Order number	CN Code	Annual quantities
(tonnes)
Brazil	4	09.4420	0207 27 10 0207 27 20 0207 27 80	4 910
Other	5	09.4421	0207 27 10 0207 27 20 0207 27 80	700
Erga omnes	6	09.4422	0207 27 10 0207 27 20 0207 27 80	2 485’