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CHAPTER 1 Cereals

Section 1 Cereals other than maize and sorghum referred to in Article 185 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

Article 18 Tariff quotas

In accordance with the concessions made in the framework of the World Trade Organisation approved by Council Decision 94/800/EC(1) and the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America approved by Decision 2006/333/EC(2), tariff quotas are open for imports into the Union of maize, subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation.

In accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC and the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 negotiations approved by Council Decision 2007/444/EC(3), tariff quotas are open for imports into the Union of common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries, subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation.

The volume of each tariff quota, the import tariff quota period and sub-periods for which it applies and the order number are specified in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 19 Quality standards

The quality standards and tolerances applicable to the common wheat of a quality other than high quality falling within CN code 1001 99 00, shall be those set out in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2010(4). The methods of analysis provided for in Part II of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240(5) shall apply.

Article 20 Specific rules applicable to tariff quotas under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada

The release into free circulation in the Union of common wheat originating in Canada, of a quality other than high quality shall be subject to submission of an origin declaration. The origin declaration shall be provided on an invoice or any other commercial document that describes the originating product in sufficient detail to enable its identification. The text of the origin declaration shall be the one set out in Annex 2 to the Protocol on rules of origin and origin procedures to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part(6).

Section 2 Maize and sorghum referred to in Article 185 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

Article 21 Licence application period

From the date of application of the zero import duty referred to in Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760, import licence applications for the tariff quotas of maize and sorghum referred to in Article 185 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be submitted to the Spanish and Portuguese competent authorities between the 7th and the 11th of each month no later than 13.00 (Brussels time).

Article 22 Application and licence content

The import licence application and the licence shall in all cases contain the following information:

(a)

the country of origin shall be mentioned in Section 8, and the box ‘yes’ in that section shall be crossed;

(b)

one of the entries listed in Annex XIV shall be mentioned in Section 24.

Article 23 Notifications to the Commission

From the date of application of the zero import duty referred to in Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760, the Spanish and Portuguese competent authorities shall notify the Commission, by electronic tools:

(a)

no later than 18.00 (Brussels time) on the 15th day of each month, of the total quantities covered by licence applications by order number;

(b)

before the end of the month, of the total quantities by CN code for which import licences have been issued.

Article 24 Allocation coefficient

The Commission shall communicate the allocation coefficient to the licence issuing authorities no later than on the 22nd day of the month in which the Member States notified the quantities applied for in accordance with Article 23.

Article 25 Issue of import licence

Import licences shall be issued by the Spanish and Portuguese competent authorities between the 23rd day and the last day of each month.

Article 26 Validity of licence

By way of derogation from Article 13, licences shall be valid from the day of issue until the end of the second month following that day.

(1)

Council Decision 94/800/EC (of 22 December 1994) concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994) (OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 1).

(2)

Council Decision 2006/333/EC of 20 March 2006 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13).

(3)

Council Decision 2007/444/EC of 22 February 2007 on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 Negotiations (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 53).

(4)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 187, 21.7.2010, p. 5).

(5)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention and aid for private storage (OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 71).

(6)

OJ L 11, 14.1.2017, p. 23.