Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 January 2019 on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000

Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 January 2019 on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure Position of the European Parliament of 16 January 2019 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 28 January 2019. , Whereas: (1) On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom submitted the notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union(TEU). The TEU and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (collectively, the Treaties) will cease to apply to the United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of a withdrawal agreement or failing that, two years after that notification, that is from 30 March 2019, unless the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously decides to extend that period. (2) The withdrawal agreement as agreed between the negotiators contains arrangements for the application of provisions of Union law to and in the United Kingdom beyond the date the Treaties cease to apply to and in the United Kingdom. If that agreement enters into force, Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 of 17 December 1999 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT and certain other Community tariff quotas and establishing detailed rules for adjusting the quotas, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 (OJ L 5, 8.1.2000, p. 1). will apply to and in the United Kingdom during the transition period in accordance with that agreement and will cease to apply at the end of that period. (3) The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union will have effects on the relations of the United Kingdom and the Union with third parties, in particular in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of which both are original members. As negotiations on that withdrawal have been ongoing at the same time as the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework (MFF), and taking into account the share dedicated to the agricultural sector in the MFF, that sector could be exposed to a great extent. (4) By letter of 11 October 2017, the Union and the United Kingdom informed the other WTO Members that it was their intention that, upon leaving the Union, the United Kingdom would replicate to the extent possible its current obligations as a Member State of the Union in its new, separate, schedule of concessions and commitments on trade in goods. However, given that, as regards quantitative commitments, replication is not an appropriate method, the Union and the United Kingdom informed the other WTO Members of their intention to ensure that other WTO Members’ current market access levels would be maintained by apportioning the Union’s tariff rate quotas between the Union and the United Kingdom.

(5) In line with the WTO rules, such apportionment of tariff rate quotas that are part of the schedule of concessions and commitments of the Union will have to occur in accordance with Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994). The Union will, therefore, following completion of preliminary contacts, engage in negotiations with WTO Members having a principal or substantial supplying interest or holding an initial negotiating right in relation to each of these tariff rate quotas. Those negotiations should remain limited in scope and should in no way extend to a renegotiation of the general terms or degree of access of products to the Union market. (6) However, given the time limits imposed on this process by the negotiations on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union, it is possible that agreements might not be concluded with all WTO Members concerned in relation to all of the tariff rate quotas on the date the Union’s WTO schedule of concessions and commitments on trade in goods ceases to apply to the United Kingdom. In view of the need to ensure legal certainty and the continuous smooth operation of imports under the tariff rate quotas to the Union and to the United Kingdom, it is necessary for the Union to be able to proceed unilaterally to the apportionment of the tariff rate quotas. The methodology used should be in line with the requirements of Article XXVIII of GATT 1994. (7) The following methodology should therefore be used: as a first step the United Kingdom’s usage share for each individual tariff rate quota should be established. That share, expressed as a percentage, is the United Kingdom’s share of total Union imports under the tariff rate quota over a recent representative three-year period. That share should then be applied to the entire scheduled tariff rate quota volume, taking into account any under-fill thereof, in order to arrive at the United Kingdom’s share of a given tariff rate quota. The Union’s share would then consist of the remainder of the tariff rate quota in question. This means the total volume of a given tariff rate quota is not changed, that is to say EU-27 volume equals current EU-28 volume minus the United Kingdom volume. The underlying data should be extracted from the relevant Commission databases. (8) The methodology for the usage share for each individual tariff rate quota has been established and agreed by the Union and the United Kingdom, in line with the requirements of Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, and therefore, that methodology should be wholly maintained to ensure its consistent application. (9) In those cases where no trade is observed for a specific tariff rate quota over the representative period, two alternative approaches should be pursued in order to establish the United Kingdom’s usage share. In those cases where there is another tariff rate quota with the identical product definition, the usage share of that identical tariff rate quota should be applied to the tariff rate quota that is without observed trade over the representative period. In those cases where there is no tariff rate quota with an identical product definition, the formula to calculate the usage share should be applied to Union imports in the corresponding tariff lines outside of the tariff rate quota.

(10) For the agricultural tariff rate quotas concerned, Articles 184 to 188 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671). provide the necessary legal basis for the administration of the tariff rate quotas once apportioned by this Regulation. In this regard, the tariff rate quota quantities concerned are set out in Part A of the Annex to this Regulation. That administration should therefore be carried out having due regard to the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy, as laid down in the TFEU, and the multi-functionality of agricultural activities. For the tariff rate quotas covering most fisheries products, industrial products and certain processed agricultural products, the administration of the tariff rate quotas is carried out pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 32/2000. The tariff rate quotas quantities concerned are set out in Annex I to that Regulation and that Annex should therefore be replaced by the quantities set out in Part B of the Annex to this Regulation. Four fisheries tariff rate quotas are not administered under Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 but under Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/2006 Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/2006 of 8 June 2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain prepared or preserved fish (OJ L 156, 9.6.2006, p. 8). , which implements Council Decision 2006/324/EC Council Decision 2006/324/EC of 27 February 2006 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Articles XXIV:6 and XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union (OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 17). . The tariff rate quota quantities concerned are set out in Part C of the Annex to this Regulation. Implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to adapt the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 847/2006 in respect of those four fisheries tariff rate quotas in line with the apportioned quantities established by this Regulation. Those implementing powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

. (11) In order to take into account the fact that negotiations with affected WTO Members have been taking place in parallel with the ordinary legislative procedure for the adoption of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend Parts A and C of the Annex to this Regulation with respect to the quantities of the apportioned tariff rate quotas listed therein, in order to take account of any agreements concluded or of pertinent information that it might receive in the context of those negotiations which would indicate that specific factors that were not previously known require an adjustment to the apportionment of the tariff quotas between the Union and the United Kingdom, while ensuring consistency with the common methodology agreed jointly with the United Kingdom. That power to adopt acts should also be delegated to the Commission where such pertinent information becomes available from other sources with an interest in a specific tariff rate quota. In addition, Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 should be amended in order to delegate to the Commission the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU to amend Annex I to that Regulation. (12) In accordance with the principle of proportionality and in light of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union, it is necessary and appropriate to lay down rules to apportion tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union. This Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objectives pursued, in accordance with Article 5(4) TEU. (13) In accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of the Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of the Council of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits (OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1). , the cessation of application of acts fixed at a given date shall occur on the expiry of the last hour of the day falling on that date. This Regulation should therefore apply from the day following that on which Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 ceases to apply to the United Kingdom given that from that day both the Union and the United Kingdom need to know what their WTO obligations are. However, the provisions of this Regulation setting out the delegation of power and the conferral of implementing powers should apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. (14) Taking into account the procedural requirements of the ordinary legislative procedure and the need to subsequently adopt implementing acts for the application of this Regulation on the one hand, and the necessity to have the apportioned tariff rate quotas in place and ready to be applied at the moment that the United Kingdom ceases to be covered by the schedule of concessions and commitments of the Union, which could be as early as 30 March 2019, on the other hand, it is essential for this Regulation to enter into force as soon as possible, HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The tariff rate quotas included in the schedule of concessions and commitments of the Union annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) shall be apportioned between the Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom) in line with the following methodology: (a) the Union’s usage share of imports in percentages, for each individual tariff rate quota is established, over a recent representative three-year period; (b) the Union’s usage share of imports, in percentages, is applied to the entire scheduled tariff rate quota volume to arrive at its share in volume of a given tariff rate quota; (c) for individual tariff rate quotas for which no trade can be observed during the representative period as laid down in point (a), the Union’s portion is instead established by following the procedure laid down in point (b) on the basis of the Union’s usage share of imports, in percentages, of another tariff rate quota with the exact same product definition, or in the corresponding tariff lines outside of the tariff rate quota.
2. The Union’s portion of the tariff rate quotas referred to in paragraph 1 resulting from the application of the methodology referred to in that paragraph shall be as follows: (a) as regards tariff rate quotas for agricultural products, as set out in Part A of the Annex; (b) as regards tariff rate quotas for fisheries products, industrial products and certain processed agricultural products, as set out in Parts B and C of the Annex.

Article 2

While ensuring consistency with the methodology referred to in Article 1(1) and in particular ensuring that the market access into the Union as composed after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom does not exceed that which is reflected in the share of trade flows during a representative period, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 3 to amend Parts A and C of the Annex in order to take account of the following: (a) any international agreement concluded by the Union under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 concerning the tariff rate quotas referred to in those parts of the Annex; and (b) pertinent information that it may receive either in the context of negotiations under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 or from other sources with an interest in a specific tariff rate quota.

Article 3

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 2 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 9 February 2019. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

1. The delegation of power referred to in Article 2 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
2. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. .
3. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
4. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 2 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

Article 4

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts in order to adjust, in line with Part C of the Annex to this Regulation, the volumes of the tariff rate quotas opened and managed by Regulation (EC) No 847/2006. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 5(2).

Article 5

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established by Article 285(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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). . That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 6

Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 is amended as follows: (1) The following Articles are inserted:

Article 10a

For the purpose of apportioning tariff rate quotas included in the schedule of concessions and commitments of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and while ensuring consistency with the methodology referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 January 2019 on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 (OJ 38, 8.2.2019, p. 1). and, in particular, ensuring that the market access into the Union as composed after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom does not exceed that which is reflected in the share of trade flows during a representative period, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10b to amend Annex I to this Regulation in order to take account of the following:

(a) any international agreement concluded by the Union under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, concerning the tariff rate quotas referred to in Annex I to this Regulation; and (b) pertinent information that it may receive either in the context of negotiations under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, or from other sources with an interest in a specific tariff rate quota.

Article 10b

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 10a shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 9 February 2019. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 10a may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. .
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 10a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. (2) Annex I is replaced by the text in Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 7

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. Articles 1(2) and 6(2) shall apply from the day following that on which Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom.
3. Articles other than those referred to in paragraph 2 shall apply as from the day of entry into force of this Regulation. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 January 2019. For the European Parliament

The President A. TAJANI For the Council The President G. CIAMBA

Annex

ANNEX PART A For official country codes please refer to: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/country_code_list.htm For presentational purposes, the percentage for the EU-27 share in quota usage has been rounded to one decimal place. The EU-27 tariff rate quota size is, however, calculated based on the exact percentage. EO = erga omnes. OTH = others. Product DescriptionUnitEU-28 scheduled quantityCountryOrder numberEU-27 share in quota usageEU-27 TRQ sizeLive bovine animalshead710EO090114100 %710Live bovine animalshead711EO090115100 %711Live bovine animalshead24070EO090113100 %24070 Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen t (product weight)7150AUS09445134,7 %2481High quality meat with or without bonet (product weight)17000ARG09445099,6 %16936Boneless high quality meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilledt (product weight)1250099,6 %12453High quality meat with or without bonet (product weight)2300URY09445287,9 %2022Boneless high quality meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilledt (product weight)407687,9 %3584 Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen t (product weight)11500USA/CAN09400299,8 %11481High quality meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozentPAR09445571,1 %711High quality meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozent1300NZL09445465,1 %846 Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen t10000BRA09445389,5 %8951 Meat of bovine animals, frozen Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen t (boneless weight)54875EO09400379,7 %43732Boneless buffalo meat, frozent (without bone)2250AUS09400162,4 %1405 Boneless buffalo meat, frozen Boneless buffalo meat, fresh, chilled or frozen t (without bone)200ARG094004100 %200 Meat of bovine animals, frozen Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen t (bone-in weight)63703EO09405730,9 %19676 Meat of bovine animals, frozen Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen t (bone-in weight)EO094058Edible offal of bovine animals, frozent800OTH094020100 %800Edible offal of bovine animals, frozent700ARG094460100 %700 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: Carcasses and half-carcasses of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen t15067EO090122100 %15067 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, with or without bone, excluding tenderloin presented separately t4624CAN094204100 %4623 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, with or without bone, excluding tenderloin presented separately t6135EO090123100 %6133 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: Loins of domestic swine and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled Bellies (streaky) of domestic swine and cuts thereof, frozen t7000EO090119100 %7000 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: Boneless loins and hams of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

t35265EO09403836 %12680 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: Boneless loins and hams of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen t4922USA09417036 %1770 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen: Tenderloins of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen t5000EO09011875,6 %3780Prepared or preserved meat of domestic swinet6161EO090121100 %6161 Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked Other sausages t3002EO0901205,5 %164Live sheep and goats, other than pure-bred breeding animalst (carcasse weight)105OTH092019100 %105Live sheep and goats, other than pure-bred breeding animalst (carcasse weight)215MKD100 %215Live sheep and goats, other than pure-bred breeding animalst (carcasse weight)91EO092019100 %91Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)23000ARG09201173,9 %17006Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)600ISL09079058,2 %349Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)850BIH48,3 %410Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)19186AUS09201220 %3837Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)3000CHL09192287,6 %2628 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)100GRL09069348,3 %48Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)228389NZL09201350 %114184Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)5800URY09201482,1 %4759Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)200OTH092015100 %200Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozent (carcasse weight)200EO09201689,2 %178Chicken carcasses, fresh, chilled or frozent6249EO09406764,9 %4054Chicken cuts, fresh, chilled or frozent8570EO09406896,3 %8253Boneless cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozent2705EO09406989,7 %2427Cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozent9598BRA09441086,6 %8308Cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozent15500EO09441186,9 %13471Cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozent094412Turkey meat, fresh, chilled or frozent1781EO094070100 %1781Cuts of turkeys, frozent3110BRA09442086,5 %2692Cuts of turkeys, frozent4985EO09442185,3 %4253Cuts of turkeys, frozent094422Meat and edible offal of poultry, fresh, chilled or frozent21345USA094169100 %21345Salted poultry meatt170807BRA09421176,1 %129930Salted poultry meatt92610THA09421273,8 %68385Salted poultry meatt828OTH09421399,5 %824 Prepared turkey meatt92300BRA09421797,5 %89950Prepared turkey meatt11596OTH09421897,5 %11301Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticust79477BRA09421466,3 %52665Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticust160033THA09421568,4 %109441Cooked meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticust11443OTH09421674 %8471Processed chicken meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offalt15800BRA09425169,4 %10969Processed chicken meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offalt340OTH09426169,4 %236Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt62905BRA09425294,9 %59699Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt14000THA09425457,3 %8019Processed chicken meat, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt2800OTH09426059,6 %1669Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt295BRA09425355,3 %163Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt2100THA09425555,3 %1162Processed chicken meat, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt470OTH09426255,3 %260

Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, uncooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offalt10THA0942570 %0Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offalt13500THA09425663,5 %8572Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offalt220OTH09426372,1 %159Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt600THA09425850 %300Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt148OTH0942640 %0Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt600THA09425946,4 %278Processed duck, geese, guinea fowl meat, cooked, containing less than 25 % by weight of poultry meat or offalt125OTH09426546,4 %58Poultry eggs for consumption, in shellt135000EO09401584,9 %114669 Eggs yolks Bird eggs, not in shell t (shell egg equivalent)7000EO094401100 %7000Egg albumint (shell egg equivalent)15500EO094402100 %15500Skimmed-milk powdert68537EO09459099,998 %68536Butter and other fats and oils derived from milkt (in butter equivalent)11360EO094599100 %11360 Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80 % but less than 85 % manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process. Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80 % but less than 85 % manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process which may involve the cream passing through a stage where the butterfat is concentrated and/or fractionated (the process referred to as Ammix and Spreadable). t74693NZL09418263,2 %47177 Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80 % but less than 85 % manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process. Butter, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80 % but less than 85 % manufactured directly from milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process which may involve the cream passing through a stage where the butterfat is concentrated and/or fractionated (the process referred to as Ammix and Spreadable). tNZL094195 Cheese and curd: Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces each weighing not more than 1 g, in containers with a net content of 5 kg or more, of a water content, by weight, of 52 % or more, and a fat content, by weight, in the dry matter of 38 % or more t5360EO094591100 %5360 Cheese and curd: Emmentaler, including processed Emmentaler t18438EO094592100 %18438 Cheese and curd: Gruyère, Sbrinz, including processed Gruyère t5413EO094593100 %5413

Cheese and curd: Cheese for processing t20007EO09459458,7 %11741Cheese for processingt4000NZL09451541,7 %1670Cheese for processingt500AUS094522100 %500 Cheese and curd: Cheddar t15005EO09459599,6 %14941Cheddart7000NZL09451462,3 %4361Cheddart3711AUS094521100 %3711Cheddart4000CAN0945130 %0Other cheesest19525EO094596100 %19525Potatoes, fresh or chilled, from 1 January to 15 Mayt4295EO09005599,9 %4292Tomatoest472EO09009498,2 %464Garlict19147ARG094104100 %19147GarlictARG094099Garlict48225CHN09410584,1 %40556GarlictCHN094100Garlict6023OTH09410661,6 %3711GarlictOTH094102Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilledt1244EO09005695,8 %1192Cucumbers, fresh or chilled, from 1 November to 15 Mayt1134EO09005944,1 %500Other vegetables, fresh or chilled (sweet peppers)t500EO090057100 %500Dried onionst12000EO09003580,8 %9696 Manioc (casava)t5750000THA09070853,8 %3096027 Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content t825000IDN0901260 %0 Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content t350000CHN09012778,8 %275805 Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content t145590OTH09012885,5 %124552 Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content t30000NW090129100 %30000 Manioc (casava) other than pellets of flour and meal Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content t2000NW09013084,6 %1691Sweet potatoes, other than for human consumptiont600000CHN09012442,1 %252641Sweet potatoes, other than for human consumptiont5000OTH09013199,7 %4985Mushrooms of the species Agaricus, prepared, preserved or provisionally preservedt33980EO100 %33980Mushrooms of the species Agaricus, prepared, preserved or provisionally preservedt1450CHN100 %1450Almonds, other than bittert90000EO09004195,5 %85958 Sweet oranges, fresht20000EO090025100 %20000Other citrus hybridst15000EO09002799,5 %14931Lemons, from 15 January to 14 Junet10000EO09003981,6 %8156Table grapes, fresh, from 21 July to 31 Octobert1500EO09006059 %885Apples, fresh, from 1 April to 31 Julyt696EO09006195,7 %666Pears, fresh, other than perry pears in bulk, from 1 August to 31 Decembert1000EO09006281 %810Apricots, fresh, from 1 August to 31 Mayt500EO09005814,9 %74Apricots, fresh, from 1 June to 31 Julyt2500EO09006355,5 %1387Cherries, fresh, other than sour cherries, from 21 May to 15 Julyt800EO09004013,1 %105Preserved pineapples, citrus fruit, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches and strawberriest2838EO09009299,4 %2820Orange juice, frozen, of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20 °Ct1500EO090033100 %1500Fruit juicest7044EO09009391,4 %6436Grape juice (including grape must)t14029EO0900670 %0Durum wheatt50000EO090074100 %50000Quality wheatt300000EO090075100 %300000Common wheat (medium and low quality)t572000USA09412399,99 %571943Common wheat (medium and low quality)t38853CAN0941243,8 %1463Common wheat (medium and low quality)t2371600OTH09412596,4 %2285665Common wheat (medium and low quality)t129577EO094133100 %129577Barleyt307105EO09412699,9 %306812Malting barleyt50890EO09007640,9 %20789

Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing, by weight, 12,5 % or more of protein Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including their seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing, by weight, 12,5 % or more of protein and not more than 28 % of starch t20000EO092905100 %20000 Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing, by weight, 15,5 % or more of protein Preparations consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing, by weight, 15,5 % or more of protein and not more than 23 % of starch t100000EO092903100 %100000Maizet277988EO09413196,8 %269214Maizet500000EONo order number100 %500000Maizet2000000EONo order number100 %2000000Corn glutent10000USA090090100 %10000Grain sorghumt300000EONo order number100 %300000Millett1300EO09007168,3 %888 Worked oats, other than kibbledt10000EO0900432,3 %231Manioc starcht8000EO09013282,9 %6632Manioc starcht2000EO09013282,9 %1658Bran, sharps and other residues whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cerealst475000EO09007296,4 %458068Paddy ricet7EO09008366,7 %5Husked (brown) ricet1634EO09414886,6 %1416Semi-milled or wholly milled ricet63000EO58,3 %36731Semi-milled or wholly milled ricet4313THA09411284,9 %3663Semi-milled or wholly milled ricet9187OTH74,7 %6859Semi-milled or wholly milled ricet1200THA09411284,9 %1019Semi-milled or wholly milled ricet25516OT09416688 %22442Broken rice, intended for the production of foodstuffs of subheading 19011000t1000EO094079100 %1000Broken ricet31788EO09416883,6 %26581Broken ricet100000EO93,7 %93709Raw cane sugar, for refiningt9925AUS09431750 %4961Raw cane sugar, for refiningt388124BRA09431892,4 %358454Raw cane sugar, for refiningt10000CUB094319100 %10000Raw cane sugar, for refiningt372876EO09432091,6 %341460Cane or beet sugart (white sugar equivalent)10000IDN09432158,4 %5841Cane or beet sugart (white sugar equivalent)1294700ACPN/A71,2 %921707 Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of such products t2800EO09007398,1 %2746 Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of such products t2700EO09007098,9 %2670Dog and cat foodt2058EO09008967,7 %1393Wine of fresh grapes (other than sparkling wine and quality wine produced in specified regions) in containers holding ≤ 2 L and of an alcoholic strength of ≤ 13 % volhl40000EO09009711,7 %4689Wine of fresh grapes (other than sparkling wine and quality wine produced in specified regions) in containers holding > 2 L and of an alcoholic strength of ≤ 13 % volhl20000EO09009578,2 %15647Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances in containers holding > 2 L and of an alcoholic strength of ≤ 18 % volhl13810EO09009899,99 %13808

PART B List of community tariff quotas bound in GATT 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 the 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. The reduction of the customs duty shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union with a view to customs control of the use of such goods (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)). Suspension of specific duty as from 1 July 1995; the ad valorem duty to be taken into account is the duty in force appearing in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1). The symbol EA indicates that the goods are chargeable with an agricultural component fixed in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. Order numberCN codeTaric subdivisionDescription of goodsQuota periodQuota volumeRate of duty (%)09.000603024100HerringFrom 16.6. to 14.2.31888 tonnes00303510003045950ex03045990100304992309.0007ex0305511010Cod of the species Gadus morhua and Gadus ogac and fish of the species Boreogadus saida:From 1.1. to 31.12.24998 tonnes020ex0305519010 dried, whether or not salted but not smoked salted but not dried or smoked and in brine 2003055310 ex0305620020255060030569100305720010152025303550525660626403057900101520253035505256606264 09.0008 03023110 03023210 03023310 03023410 03023511 03023591 03023610 03023920 03024911 03028921 03034110 Tunas (of the genus Thunnus) and fish of the genus Euthynnus, for use in the canning industryFrom 1.1. to 31.12.17221 t0 03034220 03034310 03034410 03034512 03034591 03034610 03034920 03035921 03038921 09.0009ex0302541910Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), fresh, chilled or frozenFrom 1.1. to 31.12.1999 tonnes8ex03036619111909.0013ex4412390010 Plywood of Coniferous species, without the addition of other substances: of a thickness greater than 8,5 mm, the faces of which are not further prepared than the peeling process or sanded, and of a thickness greater than 18,5 mm From 1.1. to 31.12.482648 m30ex441299851009.001972022100Ferro-siliconFrom 1.1. to 31.12.12600 tonnes072022909.002172023000Ferro-silicon-manganeseFrom 1.1. to 31.12.18550 tonnes009.0023ex7202491020Ferro-chromium containing not more than 0,10 % by weight of carbon and more than 30 % but not more than 90 % of chromium (super-refined ferrochromium)From 1.1. to 31.12.2804 tonnes0ex7202495011 09.0045ex0303190010Fish, frozen, of the genus CoregonusFrom 1.1. to 31.12.1000 tonnes5,509.0046ex1605400030Freshwater crayfish cooked with dill, frozenFrom 1.1. to 31.12.2965 tonnes009.0047ex1605211040Shrimps and prawns of the Species Pandalus borealis, shelled, boiled and frozen, but not otherwise preparedFrom 1.1. to 31.12.474 tonnes0ex1605219040ex160529004009.0048ex0304899010Fillets of fish, frozen, of the species Allo-cyttus spp. and Pseu-docyttus maculatusFrom 1.1. to 31.12.200 tonnes009.0050ex5306101010Unbleached flax yarn (other than tow yarn), not put up for retail sale, measuring 333,3 decitex or more (not exceeding 30 metric numbers), intended for the manufacture of multiple or cabled yarn for the footwear industry or for whipping cablesFrom 1.1. to 31.12.400 tonnes1,8ex530610301009.005170181090Similar glass smallwares other than glass beads, imitation pearls and imitation precious or semi-precious stonesFrom 1.1. to 31.12.52 tonnes009.0052180620ChocolateFrom 1.7. to 30.6.2026 tonnes381806310018063218069009.00531704Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoaFrom 1.7. to 30.6.2245 tonnes3509.0054190590Other than crispbread, gingerbread and the like, sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted productsFrom 1.7. to 30.6.409 tonnes4009.008417025000Chemically pure fructoseFrom 1.1. to 31.12.1253 tonnes2009.00851806Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoaFrom 1.1. to 31.12.81 tonnes4309.008619021100Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared, except stuffed pasta of CN subheadings 19022010 and 19022030; couscous, whether or not preparedFrom 1.1. to 31.12.497 tonnes11190219

190220911902209919023019024009.008719019099Food preparations of cerealsFrom 1.1. to 31.12.191 tonnes3319043000190490801905902009.008821069098Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or includedFrom 1.1. to 31.12.702 tonnes1809.009117025000Chemically pure fructoseFrom 1.7. to 30.6.4504 tonnes09.009621069098Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, allocated to the United States of AmericaFrom 1.7. to 30.6.831 tonnesEA PART C Product DescriptionUnitEU-28 scheduled quantityCountryOrder numberEU-27 share in quota usageEU-27 TRQ sizeFisheries products not listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnust1816THA090704100 %1816Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of tuna, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthynnust742EO090705100 %742 Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolort1410THA0907068,7 %123Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces): of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicas, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolort865EO09070772,9 %631 Statement by the Commission The Commission fully adheres to the principles of Better Regulation and to the commitments laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. It will therefore endeavour to put forward a legislative proposal to the Council and to the European Parliament at the earliest opportunity, with a view to aligning Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 to the legal framework introduced by the Lisbon Treaty.