# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2014 of 12 June 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 as regards the import tariff quota for garlic originating in China

EU Regulation No 628/2014 · adopted 12 June 2014

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2014 of 12 June 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 as regards the import tariff quota for garlic originating in China

## Introductory text

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2014
of 12 June 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 as regards the import tariff quota for garlic originating in China
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, and in particular point (a) of Article 187 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries.
(2)
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union, approved by Council Decision 2014/116/EU, provides for an increase of 12 375 tonnes to the allocation for People's Republic of China under the EU tariff rate quota for garlic.
(3)
The increase in the tariff rate quota should be reflected in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 341/2007. Since the Agreement between the European Union and the People's Republic of China was approved by the Council on 28 January 2014, importers should have access to the increased quantities as from the second sub-period of the import tariff quota period 2014/2015.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 341/2007

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

## 2 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2014.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 June 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso

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ANNEX I
Tariff quotas opened pursuant to Decisions 2001/404/EC, 2006/398/EC and 2014/116/EU for imports of garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00
Origin
Order number
Quota (tonnes)
First subperiod (June to August)
Second subperiod (September to November)
Third subperiod (December to February)
Fourth subperiod (March to May)
Total
Argentina
19 147
Traditional importers
09.4104
—
—
9 590
3 813
New importers
09.4099
—
—
4 110
1 634
Total
—
—
13 700
5 447
China
46 075
Traditional importers
09.4105
8 278
8 278
7210
8 488
New importers
09.4100
3 547
3 547
3090
3 637
Total
11 825
11 825
10 300
12 125
Other third countries
6 023
Traditional importers
09.4106
941
1 960
929
386
New importers
09.4102
403
840
398
166
Total
1 344
2 800
1 327
552
Total
13 169
14 625
25 327
18 124
71 245

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/628 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-628
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