Legal provisions of COM(2014)594 - Opening and administration of certain tariff quotas for highquality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (codification)

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dossier COM(2014)594 - Opening and administration of certain tariff quotas for highquality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, ...
document COM(2014)594 EN
date April 29, 2015

Contents

Article 1

An annual Union tariff quota of a total of 20 000 tonnes, expressed in product weight, is hereby opened for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef covered by CN codes 0201 and 0202 and for the products covered by CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91.

The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to that quota shall be 20 %.

Article 2

An annual Union tariff quota of a total of 7 000 tonnes is hereby opened for fresh, chilled or frozen pigmeat covered by CN codes 0203 19 13 and 0203 29 15.

The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to that quota shall be 0 %.

Article 3

An annual Union tariff quota of a total of 15 500 tonnes is hereby opened for poultrymeat covered by CN codes 0207 14 10, 0207 14 50 and 0207 14 70.

The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to that quota shall be 0 %.

Article 4

An annual Union tariff quota of a total of 2 500 tonnes is hereby opened for turkey meat covered by CN codes 0207 27 10, 0207 27 20 and 0207 27 80.

The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to that quota shall be 0 %.

Article 5

An annual Union tariff quota of a total of 300 000 tonnes is hereby opened for quality wheat covered by CN codes 1001 11 00, 1001 19 00 and 1001 99 00.

The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to that quota shall be 0 %.

Article 6

An annual Union tariff quota of a total of 475 000 tonnes is hereby opened for brans, sharps and other residues of wheat and cereals other than maize and rice covered by CN codes 2302 30 10, 2302 30 90, 2302 40 10 and 2302 40 90.

The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to that quota shall be EUR 30,60 per tonne in the case of products covered by CN codes 2302 30 10 and 2302 40 10 and EUR 62,25 per tonne in the case of products covered by CN codes 2302 30 90 and 2302 40 90.

Article 7

In order to comply with international commitments and where the volumes and other conditions of the quota arrangements referred to in this Regulation are adjusted by the European Parliament and the Council or by the Council, in particular by a Council decision concluding an agreement with one or more third countries, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 concerning the resulting amendments to this Regulation.

Article 8

The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt rules necessary for the administration of the quota arrangements referred to in this Regulation and, as appropriate, lay down provisions:

(a)guaranteeing the nature, provenance and origin of the product;

(b)relating to the recognition of the document allowing the guarantees referred to in point (a) to be verified; and

(c)on the issue of import licences and their period of validity.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 10(2).

Article 9

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 7 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 9 April 2014. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 7 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 7 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

Article 10

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets established by Article 229 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8). That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

3. Where the opinion of the Committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the Committee so decides or at least a quarter of committee members so request.

Article 11

Regulation (EC) No 774/94 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.

Article 12

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.