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.

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.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

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.