# Council Decision (EU) 2017/2152 of 15 November 2017 amending Decision No 189/2014/EU authorising France to apply a reduced rate of certain indirect taxes on ‘traditional’ rum produced in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Decision No 189/2014/EU is amended as follows:
(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) Article 5 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 5 This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020, except for:
(a) Article 1, point (a) of Article 3(1) and Article 3(2), which shall apply from 1 January 2012; and
(b) point (b) of Article 3(1), which shall apply from 1 January 2016.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2152/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2152/article-1
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