2013/500/EU: Council Decision of 7 October 2013 establishing the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the request for extending the WTO waiver on additional autonomous trade preferences granted by the Union to the Republic of Moldova

Article 1

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization is to request an extension, until 31 December 2015, of the WTO waiver on autonomous trade preferences granted by the Union to Moldova to products originating in Moldova, including certain agricultural products for which limited concessions, as set out in the Annex, are given.

This position shall be expressed by the Commission.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

ANNEX

ANNEX
PRODUCTS SUBMITTED TO QUANTITATIVE LIMITS OR PRICE THRESHOLDS
1.    Products subject to annual duty free tariff quotas
Order No
CN Code
Description
2013  ( 1 )
2014  ( 1 )
2015  ( 1 )
09.0504
0201 to 0204
Fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals, swine and sheep and goats
4 000  ( 2 )
4 000  ( 2 )
4 000  ( 2 )
09.0505
ex 0207
Meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen, other than fatty livers of subheading 0207 34
500  ( 2 )
500  ( 2 )
500  ( 2 )
09.0506
ex 0210
Meat and edible meat offal of swine and bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offals of domestic swine and bovine animals
500  ( 2 )
500  ( 2 )
500  ( 2 )
09.4210
0401 to 0406
Dairy products
1 500  ( 2 )
1 500  ( 2 )
1 500  ( 2 )
09.0507
0407 00
Birds’ eggs, in shell
120  ( 3 )
120  ( 3 )
120  ( 3 )
09.0508
ex 0408
Bird’s eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, other than unfit for human consumption
300  ( 2 )
300  ( 2 )
300  ( 2 )
09.0509
1001 90 91
1001 90 99
Other Spelt (other than spelt for sowing), common wheat and meslin
55 000  ( 2 )
60 000  ( 2 )
65 000  ( 2 )
09.0510
1003 00 90
Barley
50 000  ( 2 )
55 000  ( 2 )
60 000  ( 2 )
09.0511
1005 90
Maize
45 000  ( 2 )
50 000  ( 2 )
55 000  ( 2 )
09.0512
1601 00 91
and
1601 00 99
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
600  ( 2 )
600  ( 2 )
600  ( 2 )
ex 1602
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
—
of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , uncooked,
—
of domestic swine,
—
of bovine animals, uncooked
09.0513
1701 99 10
White Sugar
34 000  ( 2 )
34 000  ( 2 )
34 000  ( 2 )
2.    Products for which the ad valorem component of the import duty is exempted
CN Code
Description
0702
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
0703 20
Garlic, fresh or chilled
0707
Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled
0709 90 70
Courgettes, fresh or chilled
0709 90 80
Globe artichokes
0806
Grapes, fresh or dried
0808 10
Apples, fresh
0808 20
Pears and quinces
0809 10
Apricots
0809 20
Cherries
0809 30
Peaches, including nectarines
0809 40
Plums and sloes
( 1 )   From 1 January until 31 December.
( 2 )   Tonnes (net weight).
( 3 )   Million units.

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