Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/754 of 28 April 2017 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Ecuador

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/754 of 28 April 2017 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Ecuador THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1. , and in particular Article 58(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) By Decision (EU) 2016/2369 Council Decision (EU) 2016/2369 of 11 November 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador (OJ L 356, 24.12.2016, p. 1). (the Decision), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol of Accession (the Protocol) to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru (the Agreement), of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador to the Agreement and provided for the provisional application of the Protocol from 1 January 2017 OJ L 358, 29.12.2016, p. 1. . (2) The Agreement stipulates that customs duties on imports into the Union of goods originating in Ecuador are to be reduced or eliminated in accordance with the tariff elimination schedule in Annex I to the Agreement. Annex I provides that, for certain goods originating in Ecuador, the reduction or elimination of customs duties is granted within tariff quotas. (3) The tariff quotas set out in subsection 3 to Section B of Appendix 1 of Annex I to the Agreement should be managed by the Commission on the basis of the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations for release for free circulation in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). . (4) In order to ensure the smooth application and management of the quota system granted under the Protocol, this Regulation should apply from the same date as that of the provisional application of the Protocol. (5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Union tariff quotas are opened for goods originating in Ecuador as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

The tariff quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2017. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 April 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker

Annex

ANNEX Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products in the fifth column of the table is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value. The preferential scheme is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes set out in the third column of the table as applicable at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN codes and corresponding descriptions in the fifth column of the table taken together. As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 1110 metric tonnes each year. As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 450 metric tonnes each year. As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 150 metric tonnes expressed in raw sugar equivalent each year. As from 1.1.2018, volume increased by 10 hectolitres each year. Order NoCN codeTARIC sub-divisionDescription of productsQuota periodQuota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)Tariff quota duty09.752507032000Garlic, fresh or chilled1.1-31.12500009.752607104000Sweetcorn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen1.1-31.123000 20049010 20058000 Sweetcorn (Zea Mays var. Saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid09.752707115100Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption1.1-31.121000 20031020 20031030 Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid09.752807119030Sweetcorn provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption1.1-31.12400020019030Sweetcorn (Zea Mays var. Saccharata), prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid20089985Maize (corn), prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar (excl. sweetcorn (Zea Mays var. Saccharata))09.752910059000Maize (excl. seed)1.1-31.12370000110220Maize (corn) flour09.7530 10061030 10061050 10061071 10061079 100620 100630 100640 Rice (at exclusion of rice in the husk, for sowing)1.1-31.1250000 09.753111081400Manioc (cassava) starch1.1-31.123000009.7532 170113 170114 Raw cane sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring1.1-31.1215000009.7533 170191 170199 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, other than raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter1.1-31.1210000 tonnes expressed in raw sugar equivalent0170230Glucose in solid form and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose17024090Glucose in solid form and glucose syrup, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, and containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose (excl. isoglucose and invert sugar)170250Chemically pure fructose in solid form

17029030 17029050 17029071 17029075 17029079 17029080 17029095 Other sugars (excluding lactose and lactose syrups, maple sugar and maple syrup, glucose and glucose syrup, fructose and fructose syrups and chemically pure maltose), including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructoseEx17049099 91 99 Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) 18061030 18061090 Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose Ex1806209590Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content exceeding 2 kg, containing less than 18 % by weight of cocoa butter (excl. cocoa powder, chocolate flavour coating and chocolate milk crumb), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)Ex1901909936Other food preparations, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)Ex2006003190Cherries, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)Ex20060038 19 89 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants (excluding ginger, cherries, tropical fruit and tropical nuts), preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) Ex Ex Ex 20079110 20079920 20079931 90 90 95 99 95 99 95 99 02 04 06 17 19 24 27 30 34 37 40 44 47 52 56 75 85 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excluding homogenised preparations), containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) Ex20079933Ex20079935Ex20079939Ex20091111 19 99 Fruit or vegetable juice, of a value not exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, with an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weightEx 20091191 20091911 29 39 59 79 Ex 20091991 20092911 19 99 Ex 20092991 20093911 19 99 Ex 20093951 20093991 20094911 19 99 Ex 20094991 20098111 20098151 90Ex20098911 19 99 29 39 59 79 Ex20098935 2009 89 61 2009 89 86 Ex Ex 20099011 20099021 90 19 99 Mixtures of juices, of a value not exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net weight, with an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 20099031 20099071 20099094 Ex Ex 21011298 21012098 92 85 Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or maté, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucroseEx21069098 26 33 34 38 53 55 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucroseEx3302102910Preparations based on odoriferous substances, containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, of a kind used in the drink industries, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 %, containing, by weight, 1,5 % or more of milkfat, 5 % or more of glucose or starch, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose09.753422084051Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance), in containers holding more than 2 litres1.1-31.12250 hectolitres022084099Rum, in containers holding more than 2 litres, of a value not exceeding EUR 2 per litre of pure alcohol