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Regulation (EU) 2015/2423 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's stabilisation and association process and suspending its application with regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2015/2423 |
| Original proposal | COM(2014)386  |
| CELEX number i | 32015R2423 |
| Document | 16-12-2015; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 24-12-2015; OJ L 341 p. 18-20 |
| Effect | 25-12-2015; Entry into force Date pub. +1 See Art 4 01-01-2016; Application See Art 4 |
| End of validity | 25-03-2024; Implicitly repealed by 32024R0823 |
24.12.2015 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 341/18 |
REGULATION (EU) 2015/2423 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 December 2015
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's stabilisation and association process and suspending its application with regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) |
Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 (2) provides for asymmetrical trade liberalisation between the Union and the Western Balkan countries and territories concerned, granting them the benefit of exceptional and unlimited duty-free access to the Union market for almost all their products until 31 December 2015. |
(2) |
Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 does not provide any possibility to temporarily suspend the grant of exceptional trade measures in the event of serious and systematic violations of human rights, including core labour rights, of fundamental principles of democracy and of the rule of law by its beneficiaries. It is appropriate to introduce such a possibility, so as to ensure that swift action can be taken in the event that serious and systematic violations of human rights, including core labour rights, of fundamental principles of democracy and of the rule of law occur in one of the countries and territories participating in or linked to the Union's stabilisation and association process. |
(3) |
Having regard to differences in the scope of the tariff liberalisation under the contractual regimes which have been developed between the Union and all participants in the stabilisation and association process, and the preferences granted under Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009, it is appropriate to extend the period of application of Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 until 31 December 2020, so as to give the beneficiaries of the exceptional trade measures and the Union sufficient time to align, where appropriate, preferences granted under Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 with those provided for under the Stabilisation and Association Agreements. |
(4) |
Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 provides for a global quota for imports into the Union of wine with the Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes 2204 21 93 to 2204 21 98 and 2204 29 93 to 2204 29 98. That quota is accessible to all Western Balkan countries and territories on exhaustion of their individual wine quota, as provided for in their bilateral Stabilisation and Association Agreements, with the exception of Montenegro. The Protocol on wine agreed with Montenegro includes a wine quota only for the CN codes ex 2204 10 and ex 2204 21, which it has not been in a position to fill. This effectively prevents Montenegro from accessing a duty-free wine quota for products not covered by its Stabilisation and Association Agreement. In order to ensure that all the Western Balkan countries and territories concerned are treated on an equal footing, it is appropriate to provide that Montenegro be also given access to the global wine quota for products of CN code 2204 29, without the need to exhaust its individual quota. |
(5) |
Since the launch of the stabilisation and association process, Stabilisation and Association Agreements have been concluded with all the Western Balkan countries and territories concerned, with the exception of Kosovo (3). In May 2014, the negotiations for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Kosovo were completed and the... |
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