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Official Journal of the European Union
9.4.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 343/2011
of 8 April 2011
opening and providing for the administration of Union tariff quotas for wines originating in Bosnia
and Herzegovina
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(5) In
Commission
Regulation
(EEC)
No
2454/93
of
2
July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Community Customs Code ( 3 ), management rules for
Union,
tariff quotas designed to be used following the chro
nological order of dates of acceptance of customs decla-
rations are set out.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
(6) Particular
care
should
be
taken
to
ensure
that
all
Union
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
importers have equal and continuous access to the tariff
Article 144(1), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
quotas and that the zero-rate duty laid down for the
quotas is applied uninterruptedly to all imports of the
products concerned into all Member States until the
Whereas:
quotas are exhausted. In order to ensure the efficiency
of a common administration of those quotas, there
should be no obstacle to authorising the Member
States to draw from the quota volumes the necessary
(1) The
Stabilisation
and
Association
Agreement
between
the
quantities corresponding to actual imports. Communi
European Communities and their Member States, of the
cation between the Member States and the Commission
one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part
should, as far as possible, take place by electronic trans
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Stabilisation and
mission.
Association Agreement’), signed on 16 June 2008, is in
the process of ratification.
(7)
From the entry into force of the Interim Agreement on
1 July 2008 until the final day of application of Council
(2) The
Interim
Agreement
on
trade
and
trade-related
matters between the European Community, of the one
Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 of 30 November 2009
part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part
introducing exceptional measures for countries and terri
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Interim Agreement’), and
tories participating in or linked to the European Union’s
the measures adopted by Council Regulation (EC)
Stabilisation and Association process ( 4 ), wine exports
No 594/2008 of 16 June 2008, on certain procedures
from Bosnia and Herzegovina took place within quota
for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement
number 09.1515 set out in that Regulation. This Regu
between the European Communities and their Member
lation should therefore apply from 1 January 2011.
States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of
the other part, and for applying the Interim Agreement
on trade and trade-related matters between the European
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herze
accordance with the opinion of the Management
govina, of the other part ( 2 ), provide for the early imple
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
mentation of the trade and trade-related provisions of the
Markets,
Stabilisation and Association Agreement.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3) The
Interim
Agreement
and
the
Stabilisation
and
Association Agreement provide that wines originating
in Bosnia and Herzegovina may be imported into the
Union, within the limits of Union tariff quotas, and
Article 1
subject to the condition that no export subsidies
should be paid for exports of these quantities by
1. An import tariff quota at zero-rate customs duty is hereby
Bosnia and Herzegovina, at a zero-rate customs duty.
opened for wines imported into the Union and originating in
Bosnia and Herzegovina as set out in the Annex.
(4) The
Commission
should
adopt
the
implementing
measures for the opening and the administration of
2. The zero-rate duty is applied subject to the following
those Union tariff quotas.
conditions:
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 169, 30.6.2008, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 1.

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(a) the imported wines shall be accompanied by a proof of
Article 3
origin as provided for in Protocol 2 to the Interim
Agreement and to the Stabilisation and Association
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely
Agreement;
to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
(b) the imported wines shall not benefit from export subsidies.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
Article 2
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by
the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and
308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
It shall apply from 1 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 April 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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9.4.2011
ANNEX
Tariff quotas for wines originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina imported into the Union
Order No CN
code
(*)
TARIC
Tariff quota
extension
Description
Annual quota volume
(in hl) (**)
duty
09.1528 2204
10
93 Quality
sparkling
wine,
From 1 January 2011 Exemption
other than Champagne until 31 December 2011
or Asti spumante; other and following years:
2204 10 94
wine of fresh grapes, in 12 800
containers holding 2
2204 10 96
litres or less
2204 10 98
2204 21 06
2204 21 07
2204 21 08
2204 21 09
ex 2204 21 93 19, 29, 31,
41 and 51
ex 2204 21 94 19, 29, 31,
41 and 51
2204 21 95
ex 2204 21 96 11, 21, 31,
41 and 51
2204 21 97
ex 2204 21 98 11, 21, 31,
41 and 51
09.1529 2204
29
10 Other
wine
of
fresh
From 1 January 2011 Exemption
grapes, in containers until 31 December 2011
holding more than 2 and following years:
2204 29 93
litres
3 200
ex 2204 29 94 11, 21, 31,
41 and 51
2204 29 95
ex 2204 29 96 11, 21, 31,
41 and 51
2204 29 97
ex 2204 29 98 11, 21, 31,
41 and 51
(*) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to
be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this
Annex, by the coverage of CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of
the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
(**) Consultations at the request of one of the Parties may be held to adapt the quotas by transferring quantities from the quota applying
to position ex 2204 29 (order number 09.1529) to the quota applying to positions ex 2204 10 and ex 2204 21 (order number
09.1528).

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