Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2077Show full title

Article 1 Opening and management of tariff quotas

1. This Regulation opens and manages, from 2016, annual import tariff quotas for the egg sector and albumin products indicated in Annex I, for the period from 1 January until 31 December.

2. The quantity of products covered by the quotas referred to in paragraph 1, the applicable rate of customs duty and the order numbers shall be as set out in Annex I.

3. The import tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be managed by means of import licences.

4. Regulations (EC) No 1301/2006 and (EC) No 376/2008 shall apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

5. For the purposes of this Regulation, the weight of egg products shall be converted into the shell egg equivalent according to the standard rates of yield set out in Annex 69 to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(1).

6. For the purposes of this Regulation, the weight of milk albumins shall be converted into the shell egg equivalent according to the standard rates of yield of 7,00 for dried milk albumins (CN code 3502 20 91) and of 53,00 for other milk albumins (CN code 3502 20 99) using the principles of conversion laid down in Annex 69 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 2 Import tariff quota periods

The quantity of the products set for the annual import tariff quota for each order number set out in Annex I shall be subdivided into four subperiods, as follows:

(a)

25 % from 1 January to 31 March;

(b)

25 % from 1 April to 30 June;

(c)

25 % from 1 July to 30 September;

(d)

25 % from 1 October to 31 December.

Article 3 Import licence applications and import licences

1. The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded under the import tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(1) shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

2. A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged by the operator at the time of the submission of an import licence application.

3. Import licence applications shall refer to only one order number. They may concern several products covered by different CN codes. In that case, all the CN codes and their descriptions shall be entered in boxes 15 and 16 of the import licence application and the licence, respectively. In the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I, the total quantity shall be converted into the shell egg equivalent.

4. Import licence applications and licences shall contain:

(a) in box 8, the name ‘Ukraine’ as country of origin and the box ‘yes’ marked by a cross;

(b) in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.

5. Each licence shall mention the quantity for each CN code.

6. Applications for import licences shall be submitted in the first seven days of the month which precedes each of the subperiods referred to in Article 2.

7. Import licence applications shall be made for a minimum quantity of 1 tonne and a maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the quota concerned in the quota subperiod concerned.

8. Member States shall notify the Commission, by the 14th day of the month in which applications are submitted, of the total quantities, including nil returns, of all applications, expressed in kilograms egg shell equivalent weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I and in kilograms product weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4276, and broken down by order number.

9. Import licences shall be issued as from the 23rd day of the month in which applications are submitted and at the latest by the last day of that month.

10. The Commission shall set, where appropriate, the quantity for which no applications for licenses were received and which are automatically added to the quantity set for the next quota subperiod.

Article 4 Validity of import licences

By way of derogation from Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the first day of the subperiod for which they have been issued. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire on 31 December of each import tariff quota period at the latest.

Article 5 Notifications to the Commission

1. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission not later than the 10th day following the month of application, of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by licences they have issued.

2. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partially used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued:

(a) together with the notifications referred to in Article 3(8) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod of the quota period;

(b) for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April following the end of each import tariff quota period at the latest.

3. No later than 30 April following the end of each import tariff quota period, Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of products, which were actually released into free circulation during that import tariff quota period.

4. In the case of the notifications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the quantity shall be expressed in kilograms egg shell equivalent weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4275 set out in Annex I and in kilograms of product weight in the case of tariff quota 09.4276 and broken down by order number.

Article 6 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 November 2015.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker