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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/981",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2015/981 of 23 June 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-981",
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  "text": "Council Regulation (EU) 2015/981\nof 23 June 2015\namending Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIn order to ensure sufficient and uninterrupted supply of certain goods insufficiently produced in the Union and to avoid any disturbances on the market for certain agricultural and industrial products, autonomous tariff quotas have been opened by Council Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013. Products within those tariff quotas can be imported into the Union at reduced or zero duty rates. For the reasons indicated, it is necessary to open, with effect from 1 July 2015, tariff quotas at zero duty rates for an appropriate volume as regards seven new products.\n(2)\nIn certain cases, the existing autonomous tariff quotas of the Union should be adapted. In the case of two products, it is necessary to amend the product description for clarification purposes and in order to take into account the recent product developments. In the case of six other products, the quota volumes should be increased as such increase is in the interest of economic operators of the Union.\n(3)\nIn the case of two products, the autonomous tariff quotas of the Union should be closed with effect from 1 July 2015 and converted into autonomous tariff suspensions, as there is no longer any need to limit the import volume.\n(4)\nIt should be clarified that any mixtures, preparations or products made up of different components containing products subject to autonomous tariff quotas are not covered by the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013.\n(5)\nRegulation (EU) No 1388/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nSince the amendments pursuant to this Regulation should take effect from 1 July 2015, this Regulation should apply from that date,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 of 17 December 2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 319)."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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