Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2310
of 13 December 2017
opening a tariff quota for the year 2018 for the import into the Union of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement provides for a zero rate of duty for waters containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, classified under CN code 2202 10 00, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not containing products of headings 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from products of headings 0401 to 0404, classified under CN codes 2202 91 00 and 2202 99.
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters requires that if the above mentioned tariff quota has been exhausted by 31 October of 2017, the tariff quota applicable from 1 January of the following year will be increased by 10 %. According to data provided to the Commission, the annual quota for 2017 for the waters and beverages in question opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2034 was exhausted on 5 September 2017.
Therefore, an increased tariff quota shall be opened for the waters and beverages in question from 1 January to 31 December 2018 in accordance with the Agreement in the Form of an Exchange of Letters. The annual quota opened for 2017 by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2034 was of a volume of 17,303 million litres. Hence, a quota for 2018 will be opened for a 10 % higher volume of 19,033 million litres.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1.
From 1 January to 31 December 2018, the duty free tariff quota set out in the Annex is open for goods originating in Norway which are listed in that Annex, under the conditions specified therein.
2.
The rules of origin laid down in Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway of 14 May 1973 shall apply to the goods listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
3.
For quantities imported above the quota volume set out in the Annex, a preferential duty of 0,047 EUR/litre shall apply.
Article 2
The duty free tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1) shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker
ANNEXDuty free tariff quota for 2018 applicable to imports into the Union of certain goods originating in Norway
Order No | CN code | TARIC code | Description of goods | Quota Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
09.0709 | 2202 10 00 | —Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | 19,033 million litres | |
ex 2202 91 00 | 10 | —Non-alcoholic beer containing sugar | ||
ex 2202 99 11 | 11 19 | —Soya-based beverages with a protein content of 2,8 % or more by weight containing sugar (sucrose or invert sugar) | ||
ex 2202 99 15 | 11 19 | —Soya-based beverages with a protein content of less than 2,8 % by weight; beverages based on nuts of Chapter 8, cereals of Chapter 10 or seeds of Chapter 12 containing sugar (sucrose or invert sugar) | ||
ex 2202 99 19 | 11 19 | —Other non-alcoholic beverages containing sugar (sucrose or invert sugar) |