Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/254 of 6 February 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 as regards certain technical rules on the management of tariff rate quotas

Article 1 shall apply to the licence application periods starting after the entry into force of this Regulation.

However:

(a) Article 1(2), points (3)(b)(i) and (ii), and (3)(c)(i) and (ii), and point (6) of the Annex shall apply as from the first day of 90-day period after the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union or, where applicable, to the first application period opening after that period;

(b) point (1)(b) and point (5)(b) of the Annex shall apply to the tariff rate quota period starting in July 2023.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 February 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX

Annexes I, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV.5 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 are amended as follows:

(1) Annex I is amended as follows:

(a) the row relating to tariff quota with order number 09.4264 is deleted;

(b) the rows relating to tariff quotas with order numbers 09.4268 and 09.4269 are replaced by the following:

09.4268Poultry meatImportEU: simultaneous examinationYesOnly when Article 9(9) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 appliesTill end of TRQ periodYes09.4269Poultry meatImportEU: simultaneous examinationYesOnly when Article 9(9) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 appliesTill end of TRQ periodYes

(2) in Annex VIII, in the table relating to tariff quota with order number 09.4281, the row Quantity in kg is replaced by the following:

Quantity in kg

15000000 kg (carcass weight equivalent) divided as follows:

25 % for sub-period 1 January to 31 March

25 % for sub-period 1 April to 30 June

25 % for sub-period 1 July to 30 September

25 % for sub-period 1 October to 31 December

(3) Annex IX is amended as follows:

(a) in the table relating to tariff quota with order number 09.4225, the row Proof of trade is replaced by the following:

Proof of tradeNo

(b) the table relating to tariff quota with order number 09.4226 is amended as follows:

(i) the row Product description is replaced by the following:

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential arrangements being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are referred to, the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined to the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.;

Product descriptionSkyr

(ii) the row CN codes is replaced by the following:

CN codesEx04061050 (TARIC code 0406105010)

(iii) the row Proof of trade is replaced by the following:

Proof of tradeNo

(c) the table relating to tariff quota with order number 09.4227 is amended as follows:

(i) the row Product description is replaced by the following:

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential arrangements being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are referred to, the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined to the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.;