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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1050/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/1050",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1050 of 24 June 2016 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-2016-1050",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1050\nof 24 June 2016\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 the sufficient and uninterrupted supply of certain goods insufficiently produced in the Union and to avoid disturbances on the market for certain agricultural and industrial products, autonomous tariff quotas were 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 2016, tariff quotas at zero duty rates for an appropriate volume as regards nine new products.\n(2)\nMoreover, in certain cases, the existing autonomous tariff quotas of the Union should be adapted. In the case of one product, it is necessary to amend the product description for clarification purposes. In the case of three other products, the quota volumes need to be increased as such increase is in the interest of economic operators and the Union.\n(3)\nFinally, in case of one product, the autonomous tariff quotas of the Union should be closed with effect from 1 July 2016, as it is not in the Union's interest to maintain the autonomous tariff quotas after that date.\n(4)\nRegulation (EU) No 1388/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nAs the changes regarding the tariff quotas for the products concerned provided for in this Regulation have to apply from 1 July 2016, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "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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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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