Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1085/2012 of 20 November 2012 opening the tariff quota for the year 2013 for the importation into the European Union of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2004/859/EC of 25 October 2004 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, and Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement, determine the trade arrangements for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products between the Contracting Parties.
(2) Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement, as amended by Decision No 138/2004 of the EEA Joint Committee, provides for a zero duty applying to certain waters containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, classified under CN code 22021000 and certain other non-alcoholic beverages containing sugar, classified under CN code ex22029010.
(3) The zero duty for the waters and other beverages in question has been temporarily suspended for Norway by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning Protocol 2 to the bilateral free trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, approved by Council Decision 2004/859/EC. According to point IV of the Agreed Minutes of the Agreement, duty free imports of goods of the CN codes 22021000 and ex22029010 originating in Norway are to be permitted only within the limits of a duty free quota while a duty is to be paid for imports outside the quota allocation.
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1304/2011 withdrew the temporary suspension of the duty free regime for the period 1 January to 31 December 2012 for the importation into the Union of the waters and beverages in question.
(5) It is necessary to open the tariff quota for 2013 for the waters and beverages in question. The last annual quota for those products was opened for the year 2011 by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1248/2010. As no annual quota was opened for 2012, the quota volume for 2013 should remain the same as for 2011.
(6) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code, lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quota opened by this Regulation is to be managed in accordance with those rules.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. From 1 January to 31 December 2013, the Union tariff quota set out in the Annex is opened for the goods originating in Norway which are listed in that Annex under the conditions specified therein.
2. The rules of origin mutually applicable to the goods set out in the Annex shall be as set out in Protocol 3 of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway.
3. For quantities imported above the quota volume, a preferential duty of 0,047 EUR/litre shall apply.
Article 2
The Union tariff quota referred to in Article 1(1) shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 3
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1304/2011 is repealed.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 November 2012. For the Commission The President José Manuel Barroso
ANNEX
ANNEX Tariff Quota for 2013 applicable upon import into the European Union of goods originating in Norway ––
Order No CN code Product description Annual Quota Volume for 2011 Rate of duty applicable within the limits of the quota Rate of the duty applicable above the quota volume 09.0709 22021000 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured 17,303 million litres Exemption 0,047 EUR/litre ex22029010 Other non-alcoholic beverages containing sugar (sucrose or invert sugar)
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The tariff quota for those waters and beverages for 2015 is to be opened in accordance with the Agreement in the Form of an Exchange of Letters. The last annual quota for those products was opened for 2013 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1085/2012.As no annual quota was opened for 2014, it is appropriate to set the quota volume for 2015 at the same level as for 2013.
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Furthermore, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters requires that the products in question be granted unlimited duty-free access to the Union if the tariff quota has not been exhausted by 31 October of the previous year. According to data provided to the Commission, the annual quota for 2013 for the waters and beverages in question opened by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1085/2012 had not been exhausted by 31 October 2013. Therefore, the products in question should be granted unlimited duty free access to the Union from 1 January to 31 December 2014.
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For reasons of legal certainty, it is appropriate to repeal provisions of Union law which no longer produce legal effects with regard to present or future situations. Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1085/2012 should therefore be repealed.
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Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1085/2012 is repealed.