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28.12.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
354/319
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1388/2013
of 17 December 2013
opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain
agricultural and industrial products, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 7/2010
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
lation (EEC) No 2658/87 ( 2 ) there can be uncertainty in
respect of the measurement unit used. For the sake of
clarity and in the interests of better quota management it
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
is therefore necessary to provide that, in order to benefit
Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,
from those autonomous tariff quotas, the exact quantity
of the products imported be entered in the declaration
for release for free circulation using the measurement
unit of the quota volume set out for those products in
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
the Annex to this Regulation.
Whereas:
(5) Council
Regulation
(EU)
No
7/2010
( 3 ) has been
amended many times. In the interest of transparency
and in order to facilitate economic operators in
(1) The
Union
production
of
certain
agricultural
and
following the goods subject to autonomous tariff
industrial products is insufficient to meet the specific
quotas, it is appropriate to replace Regulation (EU) No
requirements of the user industries in the Union.
7/2010 in its entirety.
Consequently Union supplies of those products depend
to a considerable extent on imports from third countries.
The most urgent Union needs for the products in
question should be met immediately on the most
(6) In
accordance
with
the
principle
of
proportionality,
it
is
favourable terms. Union tariff quotas at preferential
necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the
duty rates should therefore be opened within the limits
basic objective of promoting trade between Member
of appropriate volumes taking into account the need not
States and third countries to lay down rules in order to
to perturb the markets for such products or impede the
balance the commercial interest of economic operators in
establishment or development of Union production.
the Union without changing the Union's Word Trade
Organisation (WTO) schedule. This Regulation does not
go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the
objectives pursued in accordance with Article 5(4) of
(2) It
is
necessary
to
ensure
for
all
Union
importers
equal
the Treaty on European Union.
and uninterrupted access to those quotas and to ensure
the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for
the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into
all Member States until the quotas have been exhausted.
(7) Since
the
tariff
quotas
must
take
effect
from
1
January
2014, this Regulation should enter into force
immediately upon its publication in the Official Journal
of the European Union and should apply from 1 January
(3) Commission
Regulation
(EEC)
No
2454/93
( 1 ) provides
for a system of tariff quota management which ensures
2014,
equal and uninterrupted access to the quotas and uninter
rupted application of the rates and follows the chro
nological order of dates of acceptance of declarations
of release for free circulation. The tariff quotas opened
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
by this Regulation should therefore be managed by the
Commission and the Member States in accordance with
that system.
Article 1
For the products listed in the Annex, autonomous tariff quotas
of the Union shall be opened within which the autonomous
(4) The
quota
volumes
are
usually
expressed
in
tonnes.
For Common Customs Tariff duties shall be suspended for the
certain products for which an autonomous tariff quota is
periods, at the duty rates, and up to the volumes indicated
opened the quota volume is set out in another
therein.
measurement unit. Where for those products no supple
mentary measurement unit is specified in the Combined
Nomenclature laid down in Annex I to Council Regu
( 2 ) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff
and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ
L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).
( 1 ) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying
( 3 ) Council Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 of 22 December 2009 opening
down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation
and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of
(EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ
the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products and
L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1).
repealing Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 (OJ L 3, 7.1.2010, p. 1).

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Official Journal of the European Union
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Article 2
declaration using the measurement unit of the quota volume
for those products as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation shall
be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles
308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 4
Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 is hereby repealed.
Article 3
Where a declaration for release for free circulation is presented
for a product mentioned in this Regulation, for which the quota
Article 5
volume is expressed in a measurement unit other than the
weight in tonnes or kilograms and other than the value, for
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
products for which no supplementary unit is set out in the
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Combined Nomenclature laid down in Annex I to Regulation
(EEC) No 2658/87, the exact quantity of the products imported
shall be entered in ‘Box 41: Supplementary units’ of that
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 Council
The President
L. LINKEVIIUS

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28.12.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
354/321
ANNEX
Order
number
CN code TARIC Description Quota
period Quota
volume
Quota
duty (%)
09.2849 ex
0710
80
69 10 Mushrooms
of
the
species
Auricularia
polytricha
(uncooked
1.1.-31.12. 700
tonnes 0
%
or cooked by steaming or boiling), frozen, for the manu
facture of prepared meals ( 1 ) ( 2 )
09.2663 ex
1104
29
17 10 Sorghum
grains,
processed
using
milling
techniques,
that
1.1.-31.12 1
500
tonnes 0
%
have been at least hulled and de-germed for use in the
manufacture of loose fill packaging products ( 1 )
09.2664 ex
2008
60
19 30 Sweet
cherries
containing
added
spirit,
whether
or
not
with
1.1.-31.12 1
000
tonnes 10
%
( 3 )
a sugar content of 9 % by weight, of a diameter of not more
than 19,9 mm, with stone, for use in chocolate products ( 1 )
ex 2008 60 39 30
09.2913 ex
2401
10
35 91 Natural
unmanufactured
tobacco,
whether
or
not
cut
in
1.1.-31.12. 6
000
tonnes 0
%
regular size, having a custom value of not less than Euro
450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for
ex 2401 10 70 10
the manufacture of goods falling within subheading
2402 10 00 ( 1 )
ex 2401 10 95 11
ex 2401 10 95 21
ex 2401 10 95 91
ex 2401 20 35 91
ex 2401 20 70 10
ex 2401 20 95 11
ex 2401 20 95 21
ex 2401 20 95 91
09.2928 ex
2811
22
00 40 Silica
filler
in
the
form
of
granules,
with
a
purity
by
weight
1.1.-31.12 1
700
tonnes 0
%
of 97 % or more of silicon dioxide
09.2703 ex
2825
30
00 10 Vanadium
oxides
and
hydroxides
exclusively
for
use
in
1.1.-31.12. 13
000
tonnes 0
%
alloys ( 1 )
09.2806 ex
2825
90
40 30 Tungsten
trioxide,
including
blue
tungsten
oxide
(CAS
RN
1.1.-31.12. 12
000
tonnes 0
%
1314-35-8 + 39318-18-8)
09.2929 2903
22
00 Trichloroethylene
(CAS
RN
79-01-6) 1.1.-31.12 10
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2837 ex
2903
79
90 10 Bromochloromethane
(CAS
RN
74-97-5) 1.1.-31.12. 600
tonnes 0
%
09.2933 ex
2903
99
90 30 1,3-Dichlorobenzene
(CAS
RN
541-73-1) 1.1.-31.12. 2
600
tonnes 0
%
09.2950 ex
2905
59
98 10 2-Chloroethanol,
for
the
manufacture
of
liquid
thioplasts
of
1.1.-31.12. 15
000
tonnes 0
%
subheading 4002 99 90 (CAS RN 107-07-3) ( 1 )
09.2851 ex
2907
12
00 10 O-Cresol
having
a
purity
of
not
less
than
98.5
%
by
weight
1.1.-31.12. 20
000
tonnes 0
%
(CAS RN 95-48-7)
09.2624 2912
42
00 Ethylvanillin
(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde)
(CAS
RN
1.1.-31.12. 950
tonnes 0
%
121-32-4)
09.2852 ex
2914
29
00 60 Cyclopropyl
methyl
ketone
(CAS
RN
765-43-5) 1.1.-31.12 300
tonnes 0
%
09.2638 ex
2915
21
00 10 Acetic
acid
of
a
purity
by
weight
of
99
%
or
more
(CAS
RN
1.1.-31.12. 1
000
000
tonnes 0
%
64-19-7)

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Order
number
CN code TARIC Description Quota
period Quota
volume
Quota
duty (%)
09.2972 2915
24
00 Acetic
anhydride
(CAS
RN
108-24-7) 1.1.-31.12 20
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2665 ex
2916
19
95 30 Potassium
(E,E)-hexa-2,4-dienoate
(CAS
RN
24634-61-5) 1.1.-31.12 8
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2769 ex
2917
13
90 10 Dimethyl
sebacate
(CAS
RN
106-79-6) 1.1.-31.12 1
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2634 ex
2917
19
90 40
Dodecanedioic acid, of a purity by weight of more than 1.1.-31.12 4
600
tonnes 0
%
98,5 % (CAS RN693-23-2)
09.2808 ex
2918
22
00 10
o-Acetylsalicylic acid (CAS RN 50-78-2) 1.1.-31.12. 120
tonnes 0
%
09.2975 ex
2918
30
00 10 Benzophenone-3,3',4,4'-tetracarboxylic
dianhydride
(CAS
RN
1.1.-31.12. 1
000
tonnes 0
%
2421-28-5)
09.2602 ex
2921
51
19 10 o-Phenylenediamine
(CAS
RN
95-54-5) 1.1.-31.12. 1
800
tonnes 0
%
09.2854 ex
2924
19
00 85 3-Iodoprop-2-ynyl
N-butylcarbamate
(CAS
RN
55406-53-6) 1.1.-31.12 1
300
tonnes 0
%
09.2977 2926
10
00 Acrylonitrile
(CAS
RN
107-13-1) 1.1.-31.12. 75
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2856 ex
2926
90
95 84 2-Nitro-4(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile
(CAS
RN
778-94-9) 1.1.-31.12 500
tonnes 0
%
09.2838 ex
2927
00
00 85 C,C'-Azodi(formamide)
(CAS
RN
123-77-3)
with:
1.1.-31.12 100
tonnes 0
%
— a pH of 6,5 or more but not more than 7,5, and
— a semicarbazide (CAS RN 57-56-7) content of not more
than 1 500 mg/kg as determined by liquid chroma
tography mass spectrometry (LC-MS),
— decomposition temperature range of 195 °C - 205 °C,
— specific gravity 1,64 - 1,66, and
— combustion heat 215 - 220 Kcal/mol
09.2603 ex
2930
90
99 79 Bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulphide
(CAS
RN
40372-72-
1.1.-31.12 9
000
tonnes 0
%
3)
09.2955 ex
2932
19
00 60 Flurtamone
(ISO)
(CAS
RN
96525-23-4) 1.1.-31.12. 300
tonnes 0
%
09.2812 ex
2932
20
90 77 Hexan-6-olide
(CAS
RN
502-44-3) 1.1.-31.12. 4
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2858 2932
93
00 Piperonal
(CAS
RN
120-57-0) 1.1.-31.12 220
tonnes 0
%
09.2860 ex
2933
69
80 30 1,3,5-Tris[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine
1.1.-31.12 300
tonnes 0
%
(CAS RN 15875-13-5)
09.2658 ex
2933
99
80 73 5-(Acetoacetylamino)benzimidazolone
(CAS
RN
26576-46-
1.1.-31.12 200
tonnes 0
%
5)
09.2945 ex
2940
00
00 20 D-Xylose
(CAS
RN
58-86-6) 1.1.-31.12. 400
tonnes 0
%
09.2862 ex
3105
40
00 10 Monoammonium
phosphate
(CAS
RN
7722-76-1) 1.1.- 45 000 tonnes 0
%
31.12.2014
09.2666 ex
3204
17
00 55 Dye
C.I.
Pigment
Red
169
(CAS
RN
12237-63-7) 1.1.-31.12 40
tonnes 0
%
09.2659 ex
3802
90
00 19 Soda
flux
calcinated
diatomaceous
earth 1.1.-31.12 30
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2908 ex
3804
00
00 10 Sodium
lignosulphonate 1.1.-31.12. 40
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2889 3805
10
90 Sulphate
turpentine 1.1.-31.12. 25
000
tonnes 0
%

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28.12.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
354/323
Order
number
CN code TARIC Description Quota
period Quota
volume
Quota
duty (%)
09.2935 ex
3806
10
00 10 Rosin
and
resin
acids
obtained
from
fresh
oleoresins 1.1.-31.12. 280
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2814 ex
3815
90
90 76 Catalyst
consisting
of
titanium
dioxide
and
tungsten
trioxide 1.1.-31.12. 3
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2829 ex
3824
90
97 19 Solid
extract
of
the
residual,
insoluble
in
aliphatic
solvents,
1.1.-31.12 1
600
tonnes 0
%
obtained during the extraction of rosin from wood, having
the following characteristics:
— a resin acid content not exceeding 30 % by weight,
— an acid number not exceeding 110
and
— a melting point of 100 °C or more
09.2907 ex
3824
90
97 86
Mixture of phytosterols, in the form of powder, containing 1.1.-31.12. 2
500
tonnes 0
%
by weight:
— 75 % or more of sterols,
— not more than 25 % of stanols
for use in the manufacture of stanols/sterols or stanol/sterol
esters ( 1 )
09.2644 ex
3824
90
97 96 Preparation
containing
by
weight:
1.1.-31.12 10
000
tonnes 0
%
— 55 % or more but not more than 78 % of dimethyl
glutarate,
— 10 % or more but not more than 30 % of dimethyl
adipate, and
— not more than 35 % of dimethyl succinate
09.2140 ex
3824
90
97 98 Mixture
of
tertiary
amines
containing
by
weight:
1.1.-31.12. 4
500
tonnes 0
%
— 2.0-4.0 % of N,N-dimethyl-1-octanamine
— 94 % minimum of N,N-dimethyl-1-decanamine
— 2 % maximum of N,N-dimethyl-1-dodecanamine
09.2660 ex
3902
30
00 96 Propylene-ethylene
copolymer,
with
a
melt
viscosity
of
not
1.1.-31.12 500
tonnes 0
%
more than 1 700 mPa at 190°C, as determined by ASTM D
3236 method
09.2639 3905
30
00 Poly(vinyl
alcohol),
whether
or
not
containing
unhydrolysed
1.1.-31.12. 18
000
tonnes 0
%
acetate groups
09.2930 ex
3905
30
00 30 Vinyl
alcohol
containing
unhydrolysed
acetate
groups
and
1.1.-30.06 192
tonnes 0
%
methylenebutanedioic sodium salts copolymer (CAS RN
122625-12-1) of a kind used for the manufacture of
thermal paper
09.2671 ex
3905
99
90 81 Poly(vinylbutyral)(CAS
RN
63148-65-2):
1.1.-31.12 11
000
tonnes 0
%
— containing by weight 17,5 % or more, but not more
than 20 % of hydroxyl groups and
— with a median particle size (D50) more than 0,6 mm
09.2616 ex
3910
00
00 30 Polydimethylsiloxane
with
a
degree
of
polymerisation
of
1.1.-31.12. 1
300
tonnes 0
%
2 800 monomer units (± 100)

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28.12.2013
Order
number
CN code TARIC Description Quota
period Quota
volume
Quota
duty (%)
09.2816 ex
3912
11
00 20 Cellulose
acetate
flakes 1.1.-31.12. 75
000
tonnes 0
%
09.2864 ex
3913
10
00 10 Sodium
alginate,
extracted
from
brown
seaweed
(CAS
RN
1.1.-31.12 1
000
tonnes 0
%
9005-38-3)
09.2641 ex
3913
90
00 87 Sodium
hyaluronate,
non
sterile,
with:
1.1.-31.12. 200
kg 0
%
— a weight average molecular weight (M w ) of not more
than 900 000,
— an endotoxin level of not more than 0,008 Endotoxin
units (EU)/mg,
— an ethanol content of not more than 1 % by weight,
— an isopropanol content of not more than 0,5 % by
weight
09.2661 ex
3920
51
00 50 Sheets
of
polymethylmethacrylate
conforming
to
standards:
1.1.-31.12 100
tonnes 0
%
— EN 4364 (MIL-P-5425E) and DTD5592A, or
— EN 4365 (MIL-P-8184) and DTD5592A
09.2645 ex
3921
14
00 20 Cellular
block
of
regenerated
cellulose,
impregnated
with
1.1.-31.12 1
300
tonnes 0
%
water containing magnesium chloride and quaternary
ammonium compounds, measuring 100 cm (± 10 cm) ×
100 cm (± 10 cm) × 40 cm (± 5 cm)
09.2818 ex
6902
90
00 10 Refractory
bricks
with
1.1.-31.12. 75
tonnes 0
%
— an edge length of more than 300 mm and
— a TiO 2 content of not more than 1 % by weight and
— a Al 2 O 3 content of not more than 0.4 % by weight and
— a change in volume of less than 9 % at 1 700 °C
09.2628 ex
7019
52
00 10 Glass
web
woven
from
glass
fibre
coated
in
plastic,
of
a
1.1.-31.12. 3
000
000
m 2
0 %
weight of 120 g/m 2 (± 10 g/m 2 ), of a type used in rolling
insect screens with fixed frames
09.2799 ex
7202
49
90 10 Ferro-chromium
containing
1.5
%
or
more
but
not
more
1.1.-31.12. 50
000
tonnes 0
%
than 4 % by weight of carbon and not more than 70 % of
chromium
09.2629 ex
7616
99
90 85 Aluminium
telescopic
handle
for
use
in
the
manufacture
of
1.1.-31.12 800
000
pieces 0
%
luggage ( 1 )
ex 8302 49 00 91
09.2840 ex
8104
30
00 20 Magnesium
powder:
1.1.-31.12 2
000
tonnes 0
%
— of purity by weight of 98 % or more, but not more
than 99,5 %
— with a particle size of 0,2 mm or more but not more
than 0,8 mm
09.2642 ex
8501
40
20 30 Assembly,
consisting
of
1.1.-31.12. 120
000
pieces 0
%
— a single-phase electric AC commutator motor, with an
ex 8501 40 80 40
output of 480 W or more, but not more than 1 400 W,
an input power of more than 900 W but not more
than 1 600 W, an external diameter of more than
119,8 mm but not more than 135,2 mm and a rated
speed of more than 30 000 rpm but not more than
50 000 rpm, and
— an air-inducting ventilator,
for use in the manufacture of vacuum cleaners ( 1 )

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Journal
of
the
European
Union L
354/325
Order
number
CN code TARIC Description Quota
period Quota
volume
Quota
duty (%)
09.2763 ex
8501
40
80 30 Electric
AC
commutator
motor,
single-phase,
with
an
output
1.1.-31.12. 2
000
000
pieces 0
%
of more than 750 W, an input power of more than 1 600
W but not more than 2 700 W, an external diameter of
more than 120 mm (± 0,2 mm) but not more than 135 mm
(± 0,2 mm), a rated speed of more than 30 000 rpm but not
more than 50 000 rpm, equipped with air-inducting venti
lator, for use in the manufacture of vacuum cleaners ( 1 )
09.2633 ex
8504
40
82 20 Electric
rectifier,
with
a
capacity
of
not
more
than
1
kVA,
1.1.-31.12 4
500
000
pieces 0
%
for use in the manufacture of appliances falling within
subheading 8509 80 and heading 8510 ( 1 )
09.2643 ex
8504
40
82 30 Power
supply
boards
for
use
in
the
manufacture
of
goods
1.1.-31.12. 1
038
000
pieces 0
%
falling under heading 8521 and 8528 ( 1 )
09.2620 ex
8526
91
20 20 Assembly
for
GPS
system
having
a
position
determination
1.1.-31.12 3
000
000
pieces 0
%
function, without display, and a weight of not more than
2 500 g
09.2672 ex
8529
90
92 75 Printed
circuit
board
with
LED
diodes:
1.1.-31.12 115
000
000
pieces 0
%
ex 9405 40 39 70
— whether or not equipped with prisms/lens, and
— whether or not fitted with connector(s)
for the manufacture of backlight units for goods of heading
8528 ( 1 )
09.2003 ex
8543
70
90 63 Voltage
controlled
frequency
generator,
consisting
of
active
1.1.-31.12. 1
400
000
pieces 0
%
and passive elements mounted on a printed circuit,
contained in a housing with dimensions of not more than
30 mm × 30 mm
09.2668 ex
8714
91
10 21
Bicycle frame, constructed from carbon fibres and artificial 1.1.-31.12 76
000
pieces 0
%
resin, painted, lacquered and/or polished, for use in the
ex 8714 91 10 31
manufacture of bicycles ( 1 )
09.2669 ex
8714
91
30 21 Bicycle
front
fork,
constructed
from
carbon
fibres
and
1.1.-31.12 52
000
pieces 0
%
artificial resin, painted, lacquered and/or polished, for use
ex 8714 91 30 31
in the manufacture of bicycles ( 1 )
09.2631 ex
9001
90
00 80 Unmounted
glass
lenses,
prisms
and
cemented
elements
for
1.1.-31.12. 5
000
000
pieces 0
%
use in the manufacture of goods of CN codes 9002, 9005,
9013 10 and 9015 ( 1 )
( 1 ) Suspension of duties is subject to Articles 291 to 300 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253 11.10.1993, p. 1).
( 2 ) However, the measure is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.
( 3 ) The specific duty shall apply.

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