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28.12.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
354/85
REGULATION (EU) No 1384/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 17 December 2013
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the
Republic of Moldova
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
provides for the full liberalisation of bilateral trade in
EUROPEAN UNION,
wine.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
(4) In
order
to
support
the
efforts
of
Moldova
in
accordance
Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,
with the ENP and the Eastern Partnership, and to provide
an attractive and reliable market for its wine exports, the
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
import of wine from Moldova into the Union should be
liberalised without delay.
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national
parliaments,
(5) In
order
to
ensure
the
continuation
of
trade
flows
from
Moldova and legal certainty for economic operators, it is
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ( 1 ),
necessary that the autonomous trade preferences apply
without interruption until the date set for their expiry in
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 55/2008.
(1) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
55/2008
( 2 ) established a
(6) Regulation
(EC)
No
55/2008
should
therefore
be
specific scheme of autonomous trade preferences for
amended accordingly,
the Republic of Moldova (hereinafter "Moldova"). That
scheme gives all products originating in Moldova free
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
access to the Union market, except for certain agri
cultural products listed in Annex I to that Regulation
Article 1
for which limited concessions have been granted either
in the form of exemption from customs duties within the
Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 is amended as follows:
limit of tariff quotas or of reduction of customs duties.
(1) in Article 16, the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs are
(2)
In the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy
deleted;
(ENP), the EU-Moldova ENP Action Plan and the Eastern
Partnership, Moldova has adopted an ambitious agenda
(2) in the table in point 1 of Annex I, the last row concerning
for political association and further economic integration
order No 09.0514 "Wine of fresh grapes other than
with the Union. Moldova has also already made strong
sparkling wine" is deleted.
progress on regulatory approximation leading to
convergence with Union laws and standards.
Article 2
(3) Negotiations
on
a
new
Association
Agreement,
including This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
the establishment of a deep and comprehensive free trade
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
area between the Union and Moldova, started in January
2010 and were finalised in July 2013. That Agreement
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2013.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
The President
The President
M. SCHULZ
L. LINKEVIIUS
( 1 ) Position of the European Parliament of 10 December 2013 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of
16 December 2013.
( 2 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 of 21 January 2008 intro
ducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova
and amending Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 and Commission
Decision 2005/924/EC (OJ L 20, 24.1.2008, p. 1).

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