2019/2197 of 19 December 2019 Amending Regulation (EU) No 1387
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L 53/4 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 25.2.2020 CORRIGENDA Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2197 of 19 December 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products (Official Journal of the European Union L 335 of 27 December 2019) Regulation (EU) 2019/2197 should read as follows: ‘COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2019/2197 of 19 December 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) In order to ensure a sufficient and uninterrupted supply of certain agricultural and industrial products which are unavailable in the Union and thereby avoid any disturbances on the market for those products, Common Customs Tariff (CCT) duties on those products have been suspended by Council Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 (1). Those products can be imported into the Union at reduced or zero duty rates. (2) The Union production of certain products that are not listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 is inadequate or non-existent. It is therefore in the interest of the Union to suspend totally the CCT duties on those products. (3) With a view to promoting integrated battery production in the Union and in accordance with the communication from the Commission of 17 May 2018 entitled 'Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected, and clean', a partial suspension of the CCT duties should be granted for certain products that are not listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013. In addition, only a partial suspension of the CCT duties should be granted in respect of certain products currently subject to complete suspensions. The date set for the mandatory review of those suspensions should be 31 December 2020 in order to allow for the prompt review thereof having regard to the evolution of the battery sector in the Union. (4) It is necessary to modify the product description for certain CCT duty suspensions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 in order to take into account technical product developments and economic trends on the market. (5) A review has been undertaken for 334 CCT duty suspensions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013. New dates should therefore be set for their next mandatory review. (6) For certain CCT duty suspensions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013, the classification of the products in the Combined Nomenclature (CN) has changed. In the suspensions for those products, the applicable CN codes and TARIC subheadings should therefore be modified. (7) It is no longer in the interest of the Union to maintain the suspension of CCT duties for certain products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013. The suspensions for those products should therefore be deleted. Moreover, according to the communication from the Commission of 13 December 2011 concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas, for practical reasons requests for tariff suspensions or quotas where the amount of uncollected customs duty is estimated to be less than EUR 15 000 per year cannot be taken into consideration. The (1) Council Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 of 17 December 2013 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 201). 25.2.2020 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Uni on L 53/5 mandatory review of the existing suspensions has indicated that imports in relation to 70 products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 do not reach that threshold. Those suspensions should therefore be withdrawn. Furthermore, another three suspensions should be withdrawn as a result of the implementation of the agreement in the form of the Declaration on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (2), which reduced the duty rate for the products concerned to zero. (8) It is appropriate to create a unique serial number for each CCT duty suspension listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 in order to enable better identification of those suspensions. (9) In the interest of clarity, and taking into account the number of amendments to be made, the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 should be replaced. (10) Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly. (11) In order to avoid any interruption of the application of the autonomous suspension scheme and to comply with the guidelines set out in the communication from the Commission of 13 December 2011 concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas, the changes provided for in this Regulation regarding the tariff suspensions for the products concerned should apply from 1 January 2020. This Regulation should therefore enter into force as a matter of urgency, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2020. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2019. For the Council The President K. MIKKONEN (2) OJ L 161, 18.6.2016, p. 4. L ANNEX 53/6 Supple- Serial Rate of autonomous Date foreseen for CN code TARIC Description mentary number duty mandatory review Unit 0.6748 ex 0709 59 10 10 Fresh or chilled chanterelles for treatment other than simple repacking for retail sale (1) (2) 0 % - 31.12.2020 EN 0.3348 ex 0710 21 00 10 Peas in pods, of the species Pisum sativum of the variety Hortense axiphium, frozen, of a 0 % - 31.12.2023 thickness of not more than 6 mm, to be used, in their pods, in the manufacture of prepared meals (1) (2) 0.3349 ex 0710 80 95 50 Bamboo shoots, frozen, not put up for retail sale 0 % - 31.12.2023 0.2829 ex 0711 59 00 11 Mushrooms, excluding mushrooms of the genera Agaricus, Calocybe, Clitocybe, Lepista, 0 % - 31.12.2021 Leucoagaricus, Leucopaxillus, Lyophyllum and Tricholoma, provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water, or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate Offi consumption, for the food-canning industry (2) cial 0.2463 ex 0712 32 00 10 Mushrooms, excluding mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, dried, whole or in identifiable slices 0 % - 31.12.2023 Jour ex 0712 33 00 10 or pieces, for treatment other than simple repacking for retail sale (1) (2) ex 0712 39 00 31 nal of 0.3347 ex 0804 10 00 30 Dates, fresh or dried, for use in the manufacture (excluding packing) of products of drink or 0 % - 31.12.2023 the food industries (2) European 0.2411 0811 90 50 Fruit of the genus Vaccinium, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not 0 % - 31.12.2023 0811 90 70 containing added sugar or other sweetening matter Uni ex 0811 90 95 70 on 0.3228 ex 0811 90 95 20 Boysenberries, frozen, not containing added sugar, not put up for retail sale 0 % - 31.12.2023 0.2409 ex 0811 90 95 30 Pineapple (Ananas comosus), in pieces, frozen 0 % - 31.12.2023 0.2408 ex 0811 90 95 40 Rose-hips, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added 0 % - 31.12.2023 sugar or other sweetening matter 0.2864 (*)ex 1511 90 19 20 Palm oil, coconut (copra) oil, palm kernel oil, for the manufacture of: 0 % - 31.12.2020 ex 1511 90 91 20 — industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids of subheading 3823 19 10, ex 1513 11 10 20 — methyl esters of fatty acids of heading 2915 or 2916, ex 1513 19 30 20 — fatty alcohols of subheadings 2905 17, 2905 19 and 3823 70 used for the manufacture of ex 1513 21 10 20 cosmetics, washing products or pharmaceutical products, ex 1513 29 30 20 — fatty alcohols of subheading 2905 16, pure or mixed, used for the manufacture of cosmetics, washing products or pharmaceutical products, 25.2.2020 — stearic acid of subheading 3823 11 00, — goods of heading 3401, or — fatty acids with high purity of heading 2915 (2) 25.2.2020 Supple- Serial Rate of autonomous Date foreseen for CN code TARIC Description mentary number duty mandatory review Unit 0.6789 ex 1512 19 10 10 Refined safflower oil (CAS RN 8001-23-8) for use in the manufacture of: 0 % - 31.12.2020 — conjugated linoleic acid of heading 3823, or — ethyl- or methyl esters of linoleic acid of heading 2916 (2) EN 0.3341 ex 1515 90 99 92 Vegetable oil, refined, containing by weight 35 % or more but not more than 50 % of 0 % - 31.12.2023 arachidonic acid or 35 % or more but not more than 50 % of docosahexaenoic acid 0.7686 1516 20 10 Hydrogenated castor oil, so called 'opal-wax' 0 % - 31.12.2023 0.4708 (*)ex 1516 20 96 20 Jojoba oil, hydrogenated and interesterified, without any further chemical modification and 0 % - 31.12.2024 Offi not subjected to any texturisation process cial Jour 0.4080 ex 1517 90 99 10 Vegetable oil, refined, containing by weight 25 % or more but not more than 50 % arachidonic 0 % - 31.12.2021 nal acid or 12 % or more but not more than 65 % docosahexaenoic acid and standardized with high oleic sunflower oil (HOSO) of the European 0.6182 ex 1901 90 99 39 Preparation in powder form containing by weight: 0 % - 31.12.2023 ex 2106 90