Direct offsetting in preferential trade
Article 34
1. Where an international agreement concluded or provisionally applied by the Union in accordance with the TFEU so provides, the duty applicable on importation of agricultural products may be replaced by an amount established on the basis of the difference between agricultural prices in the Union and those in the country or the region concerned, or by an amount offsetting a jointly established price for the country or the region concerned. In that case, the amounts payable on exports to the country or region concerned shall be determined jointly and on the same basis as the agricultural component of the import duty under the conditions laid down in the agreement. 2. The Commission shall, where necessary, adopt implementing acts,: (a) fixing the applicable duty referred to in paragraph 1 and the related amounts payable on exports to the country or region concerned; (b) ensure that processed agricultural products declared for export under a preferential arrangement are not actually exported under a non-preferential arrangement or vice versa. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).