Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 924/2013 of 25 September 2013 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Central America

Article 1

Union tariff quotas are opened for the goods originating in Central America and listed in the Annex.

Article 2

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Union of goods originating in Central America and listed in the Annex shall, within the respective tariff quotas set out in the Annex to this Regulation, be suspended.

Article 3

The products listed in the Annex shall be accompanied by a proof of origin as set out in Appendix 3 of Annex II of the Agreement.

Article 4

The tariff quotas in the Annex shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 5

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 August 2013.

ANNEX

ANNEX
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the scope of the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation.
Order No
CN code
Description of goods
Quota period
Annual quota volume
(in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified)
09.7300
0201
0202
Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
3 959  ( 1 )
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
9 975  ( 1 )
( 2 )
09.7301
0703 20
Garlic
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
230
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
550
09.7302
0711 51
Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus , provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
115
2003 10
Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus , prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
275
09.7303
1006 20 15
1006 20 17
1006 20 96
1006 20 98
Husked rice, long grain
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
8 334
1006 30 25
1006 30 27
1006 30 46
1006 30 48
1006 30 65
1006 30 67
1006 30 96
1006 30 98
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, long grain
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
21 000  ( 3 )
09.7304  ( 4 )
2208 40 51
2208 40 99
Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products, in containers holding more than 2 litres
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
2 917 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol)
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
7 300 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol)  ( 5 )
09.7305
0710 40
0711 90 30
2001 90 30
2004 90 10
2005 80
Sweetcorn
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
600
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
1 560  ( 6 )
09.7306
1108 14 00
Manioc (cassava) starch
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
2 084
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
5 000
09.7307  ( 4 )
1701 13
1701 14
1701 91
1701 99
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, other than raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
From 1.8.2013 to 31.12.2013
62 500 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent)
1702 30
Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose
From 1.1. to 31.12.2014 and for each period thereafter from 1.1. to 31.12.
154 500 (expressed in raw sugar equivalent)  ( 7 )
1702 40 90
Glucose and glucose syrup other than isoglucose, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
1702 50
Chemically pure fructose
1704 90 99
Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa
1702 90 30
1702 90 50
1702 90 71
1702 90 75
1702 90 79
1702 90 80
1702 90 95
Other sugars, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding chemically pure maltose
1806 10 30
1806 10 90
Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by weight of sucrose or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
ex 1806 20 95
Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg, containing less than 18 % by weight of cocoa butter and 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
ex 1806 90 90
Other chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)
1901 90 99
Other food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis,; other food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404 , not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis
2006 00 31
2006 00 38
Fruit (excluding tropical fruit and ginger), vegetables, nuts (excluding tropical nuts), fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)
2007 91 10
2007 99 20
2007 99 31
2007 99 33
2007 99 35
2007 99 39
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking
ex 2009
Fruit juices (excluding tomato juice, juices of tropical fruit and mixtures of juices of tropical fruit) and vegetable juices of a value not exceeding 30 EUR per 100 kg net weight, unfermented and not containing added spirit, containing 30 % or more by weight of added sugar
ex 2101 12 98
ex 2101 20 98
Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or mate, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
ex 2106 90 98
Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
3302 10 29
Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the drink industries, containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 %
( 1 )   Expressed in carcase weight equivalent as follows: 100 kg of bone-in meat shall be equivalent to 70 kg of boneless meat.
( 2 )   With an increase of 475 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 3 )   With an increase of 1 000 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 4 )   Applicable to Central American countries except Panama.
( 5 )   With an increase of 300 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 6 )   With an increase of 120 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 7 )   With an increase of 4 500 tonnes (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) each year as from 1.1.2015.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 924/2013 of 25 September 2013 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products originating in Central America

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