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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX 1.

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,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 established a specific scheme of autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova. That scheme gives all products originating in the Republic of Moldova free access to the Union market, except for certain agricultural products listed in Annex I to that Regulation for which limited concessions have been granted either in the form of exemption from customs duties within the limit of tariff quotas or of reduction of customs duties.

(2) In the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the EU-Moldova ENP Action Plan and the Eastern Partnership, the Republic of Moldova has adopted an ambitious agenda for political association and further economic integration with the Union. The Republic of Moldova has also already made strong progress on regulatory approximation leading to convergence with Union laws and standards.

(3) The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (the Association Agreement), including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), was signed on 27 June 2014 and the provisional application was effective from 1 September 2014.

(4) The specific scheme of autonomous trade preferences will continue to apply until 31 December 2015.

(5) In order to support the efforts of the Republic of Moldova in accordance with the objectives set out in the ENP, the Eastern Partnership and the Association Agreement, and to provide an attractive and reliable market for its exports of fresh apples, fresh plums and fresh table grapes, further concessions should be made for the import of those products from the Republic of Moldova into the Union, on the basis of duty free tariff quotas.

(6) It is also necessary to amend certain CN codes in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 in order to reflect the amendments introduced in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013.

(7) In order to allow the operators to benefit from those further concessions as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(8) In view of the seasonal production peak of those products, it is appropriate to apply the further concessions from 1 August 2014.

(9) Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 55/2008, Table 1 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 August 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 2014. For the European Parliament The President M. Schulz For the Council The President S. Gozi

ANNEX

ANNEX 1.

PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DUTY FREE TARIFF QUOTAS Order No CN Code Description 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 09.0504 0201 to 0204 Fresh, chilled and frozen meat of bovine animals, swine and sheep and goats 3000 3000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 09.0505 ex0207 Meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen, other than fatty livers of subheading 020743 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 09.0506 ex0210 Meat and edible meat offal of swine and bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal of domestic swine and bovine animals 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 09.4210 0401 to 0406 Dairy products 1000 1000 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 09.0507 040700 Birds’ eggs, in shells 90 95 100 110 120 120 120 120 09.0508 ex0408 Birds’ eggs, not in shells, and egg yolks, other than those unfit for human consumption 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 09.0515 08061010 Fresh table grapes — — — — — — 10000 10000 09.0516 08081080 Fresh apples (at the exception of cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December) — — — — — — 40000 40000 09.0517 08094005 Fresh plums — — — — — — 10000 10000 09.0509 10019120 10019190 100199 Other spelt (other than spelt for sowing), common wheat and meslin 25000 30000 35000 40000 50000 55000 60000 65000 09.0510 10039000 Barley 20000 25000 30000 35000 45000 50000 55000 60000 09.0511 100590 Maize 15000 20000 25000 30000 40000 45000 50000 55000 09.0512 16010091 and 16010099 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products 500 500 600 600 600 600 600 600 ex1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: 09.0513 17019910 White Sugar 15000 18000 26000 34000 34000 34000 34000 34000

of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, uncooked,

of domestic swine,

of bovine animals, uncooked

Versions

1. 2014-12-18

Cited by

• P8_TA(2014)0086 Autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 December 2014 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova (COM(2014)0542 — C8-0128/2014 — 2014/0250(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading) 2016/C 294/23 Notice · Grade B

  (As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 1383/2014.)