20.9.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 241/15

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 (2) lays down rules on the calculation and on the fixing of the import duty on certain products, including products falling within CN codes 1001 11 00, 1001 19 00, ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than seed), 1002 10 00 and 1002 90 00.

(2)

Pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2017/38 (3), the Council agreed on the provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’).

(3)

Article 2.4 of the Agreement provides for the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in either Party in accordance with the tariff elimination schedules set out in Annex 2-A to the Agreement. Point 3(d) of that Annex provides for the removal of customs duties on certain goods, including goods falling within CN codes 1001 11 00, 1001 19 00, ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than seed), 1002 10 00 and 1002 90 00, in eight equal stages, beginning on the date that the Agreement enters into force.

(4)

Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly. The proposed amendments should apply as from 21 September 2017, the date of the provisional application of the Agreement, and therefore this Regulation should enter into force as soon as possible.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

(1)

In Article 2, the following paragraph is added:

‘5.   With regard to products originating in Canada and falling within CN codes 1001 11 00, 1001 19 00, ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than seed), 1002 10 00 and 1002 90 00, the import duty shall be equal to a percentage of the duty fixed in accordance with paragraph 2 and, if appropriate, paragraph 4. The percentage to be applied is set out in Annex Ia. The import duty shall be rounded down at least to the nearest EUR 0,001.’

(2)

Annex Ia is inserted, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.