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Contents

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

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, and in particular Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part (the SAA) was signed on 16 June 2008 and entered into force on 1 June 2015.

(2) The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (the Protocol) was signed on 15 December 2016. Its signature on behalf of the Union and its Member States and its provisional application has been authorised by Council Decision (EU) 2017/75. The Protocol applies provisionally with effect from 1 February 2017.

(3) Article 5 of the Protocol and Annex IV thereto provide for changes to the existing tariff quotas for wines originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina with effect from 1 February 2017. The relevant quotas for wines have been increased from 12800 hl to 25500 hl, applying to positions ex220410 and ex220421, and from 3200 hl to 15100 hl, applying to positions ex220422 and ex220429.

(4) The SAA specifies that the preferential zero-duty within the tariff quotas is granted subject to the condition that no export subsidies are paid for exports of these quantities by Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, the Protocol specifies that for the year 2017 the full amount of the quotas applies irrespective of the date of entry into force or provisional application of the Protocol.

(5) To implement the Union tariff quotas for wine laid down in the Protocol, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 343/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) Since the Protocol applies from 1 February 2017, the proposed amendments should apply from the same date.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 343/2011 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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 February 2017.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 May 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker

ANNEX

ANNEX

ANNEX Tariff quotas for wines originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina imported into the Union

Order No CN code TARIC Extension Description Annual quota volume (in hl) Tariff quota duty 09.1528 22041093 Quality sparkling wine; other wine of fresh grapes, in containers holding 2 litres or less. 25500 Exemption 22041094 22041096 22041098 22042106 22042107 22042108 22042109 ex22042193 19, 29, 31, 41 and 51 ex22042194 19, 29, 31, 41 and 51 22042195 ex22042196 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51 22042197 ex22042198 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51 09.1529 22042210 Other wine of fresh grapes, in containers holding more than 2 litres but not more than 10 litres 15100 Exemption 22042293 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51 ex22042294 22042295 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51 ex22042296 22042297 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51 22042298 22042910 22042993 ex22042994 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51 22042995 ex22042996 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51 22042997 ex22042998 11, 21, 31, 41 and 51

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