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26.9.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
254/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 923/2013
of 25 September 2013
opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products
originating in Panama
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
and statistical nomenclature and on the Common
Customs Tariff ( 3 ), as amended by Commission Imple
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
menting Regulation (EU) No 927/2012 ( 4 ), contains
Union,
new CN codes which are different from those referred
to in the Agreement. The new codes should therefore be
Having regard to Council Decision 2012/734/EU of 25 June
reflected in the Annex to this Regulation.
2012 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of
the Agreement establishing an Association between the
(4) Since
the
Agreement
takes
effect
on
1
August
2013,
this
European Union and its Member States, on the one hand,
Regulation should apply from the same date.
and Central America on the other, and the provisional appli
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
cation of Part IV thereof concerning trade matters ( 1 ), and in
accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
particular Article 6 thereof,
Committee,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
(1) Decision
2012/734/EU
authorised
the
signature,
on
behalf of the Union, of the Agreement establishing an
Union tariff quotas are opened for the goods originating in
Association between the European Union and its
Panama and listed in the Annex.
Member States, on the one hand, and Central America
Article 2
on the other (‘the Agreement’). Pursuant to Decision
2012/734/EU, the Agreement is to be applied on a
The customs duties applicable to imports into the Union of
provisional basis, pending the completion of the
goods originating in Panama and listed in the Annex shall,
procedures for its conclusion. The Agreement applies
within the respective tariff quotas set out in the Annex to
on a provisional basis from 1 August 2013.
this Regulation, be suspended.
Article 3
(2)
Appendix 2 to Annex I to the Agreement concerns the
EU’s import tariff-rate quotas for goods originating in
The products listed in the Annex shall be accompanied by a
Central America. Two tariff quotas are granted
proof of origin as set out in Appendix 3 of Annex II of the
exclusively to Panama. It is therefore necessary to open
Agreement.
tariff quotas for such products.
Article 4
(3) The
quotas
should
be
managed
on
a
first-come,
first- The tariff quotas in the Annex shall be managed by the
served basis in accordance with Commission Regulation
Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regu
(EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down
lation (EEC) No 2454/93.
provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs
Article 5
Code ( 2 ). In order to benefit from the tariff concessions
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
provided for in this Regulation, the products listed in the
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Annex should be accompanied by a proof of origin as
Union.
provided for in the Agreement. Annex I to Council Regu
lation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff
It shall apply from 1 August 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 September 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 304, 31.10.2012, p. 1.

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L 254/4
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
26.9.2013
ANNEX
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the
products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the scope of the preferential scheme being
determined, within the context of this Annex, by CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation.
Annual quota
volume
Order No CN
code Description
of
goods Quota
period
(in tonnes net
weight unless
otherwise specified)
09.7310 2208
40
51
Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling
From 1.8.2013 to
417 hectolitres
2208 40 99
fermented sugar-cane products, in
31.12.2013
(expressed in
containers holding more than 2 litres
equivalent pure
alcohol)
From 1.1. to
1 050 hectolitres
31.12.2014 and for
(expressed in
each period thereafter
equivalent pure
from 1.1. to 31.12.
alcohol) ( 1 )
09.7311 1701
13
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure
From 1.8.2013 to
5 000 (expressed
1701 14
sucrose, in solid form, other than raw sugar
31.12.2013
in raw sugar
1701 91
not containing added flavouring or
equivalent)
1701 99
colouring matter
1702 30 Glucose
and
glucose
syrup,
not
containing
From 1.1. to
12 360 (expressed
fructose or containing in the dry state less
31.12.2014 and for
in raw sugar
than 20 % by weight of fructose
each period thereafter
equivalent) ( 2 )
from 1.1. to 31.12.
1702 40 90 Glucose
and
glucose
syrup
other
than
isoglucose, containing in the dry state at
least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of
fructose, excluding invert sugar
1702 50 Chemically
pure
fructose
1704 90 99 Other
sugar
confectionery,
not
containing
cocoa
1702 90 30
Other sugars, including invert sugar and
1702 90 50
other sugar and sugar syrup blends
1702 90 71
containing in the dry state 50 % by weight
1702 90 75
of fructose, excluding chemically pure
1702 90 79
maltose
1702 90 80
1702 90 95
1806 10 30
Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or more by
1806 10 90
weight of sucrose or isoglucose expressed
as sucrose
Ex 1806 20 95 Other
preparations
in
blocks,
slabs
or
bars
weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste,
powder, granular or other bulk in
containers or immediate packings, of a
content exceeding 2 kg, containing less
than 18 % by weight of cocoa butter and
70 % or more by weight of sucrose
Ex 1806 90 90 Other
chocolate
and
other
food
preparations containing cocoa, containing
70 % or more by weight of sucrose
(including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

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26.9.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
254/5
Annual quota
volume
Order No CN
code Description
of
goods Quota
period
(in tonnes net
weight unless
otherwise specified)
1901 90 99 Other
food
preparations
of
flour,
groats,
meal, starch or malt extract, not containing
cocoa or containing less than 40 % of
cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis,
other food preparations of goods of
headings 0401 to 0404, not containing
cocoa or containing less than 5 % by
weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis
2006 00 31
Fruit (excluding tropical fruit and ginger),
2006 00 38
vegetables, nuts (excluding tropical nuts),
fruit-peel and other parts of plants,
preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or
crystallised)
2007 91 10
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut
2007 99 20
purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by
2007 99 31
cooking
2007 99 33
2007 99 35
2007 99 39
Ex 2009 Fruit
juices
(excluding
tomato
juice,
juices
of tropical fruit and mixtures of juices of
tropical fruit) and vegetable juices of a value
not exceeding 30 EUR per 100 kg net
weight, unfermented and not containing
added spirit, containing 30 % or more by
weight of added sugar
Ex 2101 12 98
Preparations with a basis of coffee, tea or
Ex 2101 20 98
mate, containing 70 % or more by weight
of sucrose
Ex 2106 90 98 Other
food
preparations
not
elsewhere
specified or included, containing 70 % or
more by weight of sucrose
3302 10 29 Mixtures
of
odoriferous
substances
and
mixtures with a basis of one or more of
these substances, of a kind used in the
drink industries, containing all flavouring
agents characterising a beverage, of an
actual alcoholic strength by volume not
exceeding 0,5 %
( 1 ) With an increase of 50 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 2 ) With an increase of 360 tonnes (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) each year as from 1.1.2015.

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