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Ref : EIC 230/3

19 December 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1073/2014

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

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 623/2014 of 30 June 2014, the Council of the EU has adopted a regulation to amend the list of agricultural and industrial products eligible for the Union's autonomous tariff quotas. The amending regulation can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2014_363_R_0001&from=EN.

DETAILS

2.Tariff quotas allow Union industries to acquire agricultural and industrial products of which production is insufficient in the Union. Products eligible for autonomous 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 amendments and the related quotas are set out in the amending regulation and its annex and shall apply from 1 January 2015.

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.