Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1671of 6 June 2024laying down the arrangements for monitoring the import volumes referred to in Article 4(7) of Regulation 2024/1392

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1671 of 6 June 2024 laying down the arrangements for monitoring the import volumes referred to in Article 4(7) of Regulation 2024/1392 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1392 OJ L, 2024/1392, 29.5.2024. of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, and in particular Article 4(7), After consulting the Committee on Safeguards and Common Rules for exports in accordance with the advisory procedure in Article 4 of 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). , Whereas: (1) Following Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine since 24 February 2022, in order to support the Ukrainian economy, the European Union introduced by Regulation (EU) 2022/870 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2022/870 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (OJ L 152, 3.6.2022, p. 103). trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (the Association Agreement OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3. ). These trade-liberalisation measures have been renewed by Regulation (EU) 2023/1077 Regulation (EU) 2023/1077 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (OJ L 144, 5.6.2023, p. 1). and Regulation (EU) 2024/1392. In particular, Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1392 (the Regulation) provides, inter alia, for the suspension of all the tariff-rate quotas established under Annex I-A to the Association Agreement. It also provides that the products covered by those quotas are to be admitted for importation into the Union from Ukraine without any customs duties.

(2) The EU’s support to Ukraine has been confirmed with the prolongation of the trade liberalisation measures for yet another year. At the same time, there is a particularly precarious situation in the Union markets for poultry, eggs, sugar, oats, maize, groats and honey (the products) that can harm Union agricultural producers if imports from Ukraine were to increase. (3) Accordingly, Article 4(7) of Regulation introduced an automatic safeguard concerning these products, which provides for the reintroduction of the tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1), point (b), of the Regulation if certain import volumes are exceeded. (4) In order to monitor those import volumes, Article 4(7) of the Regulation empowered the Commission to adopt an implementing act laying down necessary the arrangements. (5) To allow for appropriate and timely, easily accessible and transparent monitoring of import volumes for economic operators, the Commission should make imports of these products subject to the customs formality set out in Article 49 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2447 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 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 the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). . In particular, the declaration of an order number would be mandatory. (6) For transparency purposes, the Annex to this implementing Regulation sets out the relevant arithmetic means of import volumes referred to in Article 4(7) of the Regulation. (7) This Implementing Regulation has been adopted in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import of the products originating in Ukraine listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to the customs formality set out in Article 49 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2447.

Article 2

The relevant arithmetic means of import volumes referred to in Article 4(7) of the Regulation are listed in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall apply from the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union until 5 June 2025. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 June 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX DescriptionOrder numberGoods codesTariff-rate quotas established under Annex I-A to the Association Agreement in tonnesArithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in the period from 1 July to 31 December 2021, in 2022 and in 2023 in tonnes5 /12 of arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in the period from 1 July to 31 December 2021, in 2022 and in 2023 in tonnesPoultry09.6740 02071130 02071190

020712 02071310 02071320 02071330 02071350 02071360 02071370 02071399 02071410 02071420 02071430 02071450 02071460 02071470 02071499 020724 020725 02072610 02072620 02072630 02072650 02072660 02072670 02072680 02072699 02072710 02072720 02072730 02072750 02072760 02072770 02072780 02072799 02074130 02074180 020742 02074410 02074421 02074431 02074441 02074451 02074461 02074471 02074481 02074499 02074510 02074521 02074531 02074541 02074551 02074561 02074581 02074599 02075110 02075190 02075290 02075410 02075421 02075431 02075441 02075451 02075461 02075471 02075481 02075499 02075510 02075521 02075531 02075541 02075551 02075561 02075581 02075599 02076005 02076010 ex02076021 0207602110 02076031 02076041 02076051 02076061 02076081 02076099 02109939 160231 160232 16023921 2 TRQs: 70000+20000137042,8057101,17 Eggs and albumins09.6741 04072100 04072910 04079010 04081180 04081981 04081989 04089180 04089980 35021190 35021990 35022091 35022099 2 TRQs: 3000 tonnes in shell egg equivalent and 3000 tonnes in net weight23188,969662,07Sugar09.6742 170112 170191 170199 17022010 17029030 17029050 17029071 17029075 17029079 17029080 17029095 20070262652,68109438,62Honey0967430409600044417,5618507,32 Maize09.6744 100590 11022010 11022090 11031310 11031390 11032040 11042340 11042398 65000011155449,044648103,77Oats09.6745100440002440,561016,90Groats, pellets, grains, etc09.6746 ex11031920 1103192010 11031990 11032090 11041910 11041950 11041961 11041969 11042904 11042905 11042908 ex11042917 1104291790 ex11042930 1104293090 11042951 11042959 11042981 11042989 110430 780020648,248603,43