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Ref : EIC 230/3

30 December 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1060/2013

European Union (EU)* : Tariff Quotas for Certain Agricultural and Industrial Products

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 520/2013 of 2 July 2013, the Council of the EU has adopted a regulation (the Regulation) repealing and replacing the existing regulation which opens and provides for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products. The Regulation can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:354:0319:0325:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2.Tariff quotas allow Union industries to acquire agricultural and industrial products of which production is insufficient in the Union. Products eligible for tariff quotas can be imported into the EU at reduced or zero tariff rate up to the quota volume within a specified period of time. The normal tariff rate will resume when imports reach the quota volume or upon expiry of the quota period. Details of the tariff quotas including CN and TARIC codes, product descriptions, quota period, quota volumes and the rates of quota duty are set out in the Annex to the Regulation which shall apply from 1 January 2014.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Stella CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

*The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.