Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/11 of 7 January 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 498/2012 on the allocation of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/11
• Articles: 4

Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 498/2012 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 2, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘In addition, the following definition shall apply: “product group” means each of the two categories of covered products according to the classification of such products under the tariff and statistical nomenclature applied in the Russian Federation, namely spruce and pine. The relevant tariff codes applied in the Russian Federation and corresponding Combined Nomenclature  ( *1 ) (“CN”) and TARIC codes are attached as Annex I.

( *1 )   Currently falling within Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1776 ( OJ L 280, 31.10.2019, p. 1 .)’;"

(2)

in Article 7, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Every year, the Commission shall calculate ceilings applicable to each traditional importer for the following quota period in accordance with the method established in Article 6(2). If the calculated ceiling of a traditional importer for a given product group is below the maximum of 1,5 % of the tariff quota granted to new importers in accordance with Article 4(3), the ceiling of the traditional importer concerned shall be established at a level of 1,5 % of the tariff quota for the respective product group.’;

(3)

Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation;

(4)

Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

Relevant tariff codes applied in the Russian Federation and corresponding CN and TARIC codes as referred to in Article 2

CN code

TARIC code

Russian Tariff code

Full description

1.

ex 4403 23 10

10

4403 23 110 0

Timber of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.), of a diameter of no less than 15 cm but no more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 23 90

10

4403 23 190 0

2.

ex 4403 23 10

10

4403 23 110 0

Timber of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.), of a diameter of more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 23 90

10

4403 23 190 0

3.

ex 4403 24 00

10

4403 24 100 0

Wood of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, of a diameter of less than 15 cm

4.

ex 4403 24 00

10

4403 24 100 0

Other wood of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.)

5.

ex 4403 21 10

10

4403 21 110 0

Timber of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L., of a diameter of no less than 15 cm but no more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 21 90

10

4403 21 190 0

6.

ex 4403 21 10

10

4403 21 110 0

Timber of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L., of a diameter of more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 21 90

10

4403 21 190 0

7.

ex 4403 22 00

10

4403 22 100 0

Wood of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L. (in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared) of a diameter of less than 15 cm

8.

ex 4403 22 00

10

4403 22 100 0

Other wood of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L.

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ANNEX II

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX III

Correction coefficients referred to in Article 11(2)

Russian Tariff code

Correction coefficient

4403231100

4403231900

4403241000

0,88

4403211100

4403211900

4403221000

0,87

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