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Official Journal of the European Union
26.9.2013
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 924/2013
of 25 September 2013
opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for agricultural products
originating in Central America
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(EU) No 927/2012 ( 4 ), contains new CN codes which
are different from those referred to in the Agreement.
The new codes should therefore be reflected in the
Annex to this Regulation.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(4) Since
the
Agreement
takes
effect
on
1
August
2013,
this
Regulation should apply from the same date.
Having regard to Council Decision 2012/734/EU of 25 June
2012 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the
Agreement establishing an Association between the European
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central
accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
America on the other, and the provisional application of Part IV
Committee,
thereof concerning trade matters ( 1 ), and in particular Article 6
thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas:
Article 1
Union tariff quotas are opened for the goods originating in
Central America and listed in the Annex.
(1) Decision
2012/734/EU
authorised
the
signature,
on
behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement estab
lishing an Association between the European Union and
its 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 Central America and listed in the Annex
procedures for its conclusion. The Agreement applies
shall, 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. It is therefore necessary to open tariff
proof of origin as set out in Appendix 3 of Annex II of the
quotas for such products.
Agreement.
Article 4
(3) The
tariff
quotas
should
be
managed
by
the
Commission
on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with
The tariff quotas in the Annex shall be managed by the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regu
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation
lation (EEC) No 2454/93.
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing
the Community Customs Code ( 2 ). In order to benefit
from the tariff concessions provided for in this Regu
lation, the products listed in the Annex should be accom
Article 5
panied by a proof of origin as provided for in the
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
Agreement. Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
Union.
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( 3 ),
as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation
It shall apply from 1 August 2013.
( 1 ) OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 304, 31.10.2012, p. 1.

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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

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L 254/8
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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)
09.7300 0201
Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled From 1.8.2013 to
3 959 ( 1 )
or frozen
31.12.2013
0202
From 1.1. to
9 975 ( 1 ) ( 2 )
31.12.2014 and for
each period
thereafter from 1.1.
to 31.12.
09.7301 0703
20 Garlic From
1.8.2013
to
230
31.12.2013
From 1.1. to
550
31.12.2014 and for
each period
thereafter from 1.1.
to 31.12.
09.7302 0711
51 Mushrooms
of
the
genus Agaricus,
From 1.8.2013 to
115
provisionally preserved, but unsuitable
31.12.2013
in that state for immediate
consumption
2003 10 Mushrooms
of
the
genus Agaricus,
From 1.1. to
275
prepared or preserved otherwise than 31.12.2014 and for
by vinegar or acetic acid
each period
thereafter from 1.1.
to 31.12.
09.7303 1006
20
15 Husked rice, long grain From
1.8.2013
to
8 334
31.12.2013
1006 20 17
1006 20 96
1006 20 98
1006 30 25
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice,
From 1.1. to
21 000 ( 3 )
long grain
31.12.2014 and for
1006 30 27
each period
thereafter from 1.1.
1006 30 46
to 31.12.
1006 30 48
1006 30 65
1006 30 67
1006 30 96
1006 30 98
09.7304 ( 4 ) 2208
40
51 Rum and other spirits obtained by From 1.8.2013 to
2 917 hectolitres
distilling fermented sugar-cane 31.12.2013
(expressed in
2208 40 99
products, in containers holding more
equivalent pure
than 2 litres
alcohol)
From 1.1. to
7 300 hectolitres
31.12.2014 and for
(expressed in
each period
equivalent pure
thereafter from 1.1.
alcohol) ( 5 )
to 31.12.

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26.9.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
254/9
Annual quota
volume
Order No CN
code Description
of
goods Quota
period
(in tonnes net
weight unless
otherwise specified)
09.7305 0710
40 Sweetcorn From
1.8.2013
to
600
31.12.2013
0711 90 30
2001 90 30
From 1.1. to
1 560 ( 6 )
31.12.2014 and for
2004 90 10
each period
thereafter from 1.1.
2005 80
to 31.12.
09.7306 1108
14
00 Manioc
(cassava)
starch From
1.8.2013
to
2 084
31.12.2013
From 1.1. to
5 000
31.12.2014 and for
each period
thereafter from 1.1.
to 31.12.
09.7307 ( 4 ) 1701
13
Cane or beet sugar and chemically From 1.8.2013 to
62 500
pure sucrose, in solid form, other
31.12.2013
(expressed in raw
1701 14
than raw sugar not containing added
sugar equivalent)
flavouring or colouring matter
1701 91
1701 99
1702 30 Glucose
and
glucose
syrup,
not
From 1.1. to
154 500
containing fructose or containing in 31.12.2014 and for (expressed in raw
the dry state less than 20 % by
each period
sugar equival
weight of fructose
thereafter from 1.1.
ent) ( 7 )
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 other sugar and sugar syrup
1702 90 50
blends containing in the dry state
50 % by weight of fructose,
1702 90 71
excluding chemically pure maltose
1702 90 75
1702 90 79
1702 90 80
1702 90 95
1806 10 30
Cocoa powder, containing 65 % or
more by weight of sucrose or isog
1806 10 90
lucose 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

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L 254/10
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Official Journal of the European Union
26.9.2013
Annual quota
volume
Order No CN
code Description
of
goods Quota
period
(in tonnes net
weight unless
otherwise specified)
ex 1806 90 90 Other
chocolate
and
other
food
prep
arations containing cocoa, containing
70 % or more by weight of sucrose
(including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose)
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), vegetables, nuts (excluding
2006 00 38
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 purée and fruit or nut pastes,
2007 99 20
obtained by cooking
2007 99 31
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 mate, containing 70 % or more by
ex 2101 20 98
weight of sucrose
ex 2106 90 98 Other
food
preparations
not
elsewhere
specified or included, containing 70 %
or more by weight of sucrose

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26.9.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
254/11
Annual quota
volume
Order No CN
code Description
of
goods Quota
period
(in tonnes net
weight unless
otherwise specified)
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 char
acterising a beverage, of an actual
alcoholic strength by volume not
exceeding 0,5 %
( 1 ) Expressed in carcase weight equivalent as follows: 100 kg of bone-in meat shall be equivalent to 70 kg of boneless meat.
( 2 ) With an increase of 475 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 3 ) With an increase of 1 000 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 4 ) Applicable to Central American countries except Panama.
( 5 ) With an increase of 300 hectolitres (expressed in equivalent pure alcohol) each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 6 ) With an increase of 120 tonnes each year as from 1.1.2015.
( 7 ) With an increase of 4 500 tonnes (expressed in raw sugar equivalent) each year as from 1.1.2015.

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