Opening of tariff quotas
Article 2
1. Tariff quotas of the Union shall be opened for imports into the Union of the goods classified under the CN codes listed in Annex III and originating in the United States. 2. Within the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, preferential duty rates within the meaning of Article 56(2), point (e), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 shall apply. Those rates shall be the duty rates specified in the column entitled ‘In-quota rate’ of the table set out in Annex III to this Regulation, and shall apply up to the volumes specified in the column entitled ‘Quota volume’ of that table. The quota volumes set out in Annex III to this Regulation shall apply for consecutive periods of 12 months, with the first of those periods starting on 1 July 2026. 3. The quota volumes set out in Annex III to this Regulation shall be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with the management system for tariff quotas provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 ( 7 ) .