Article 1

Decision No 189/2014/EU is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   In Article 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   The reduced rates of excise duty and the reduced rates of VSS referred to in Article 1 that are applicable to the rum referred to in Article 2 shall be limited to:

   (a)

   an annual quota of 120 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol for the period from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2015; and

   (b)

   an annual quota of 144 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol for the period from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2020’.

2. (2)

   Article 5 is replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 5

   This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020, except for:

   1. (a)

      Article 1, point (a) of Article 3(1) and Article 3(2), which shall apply from 1 January 2012; and

   2. (b)

      point (b) of Article 3(1), which shall apply from 1 January 2016.’