Date: 2018-02-23Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/268 of 21 February 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/268 amends Regulation (EC) No 1484/95, adjusting representative prices for poultrymeat and egg sectors, and for egg albumin, based on monitoring of import data. The regulation aims to reflect price variations according to origin. It entered into force on the day of its publication, 23 February 2018.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment of Representative Prices:**
* Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced with updated representative prices for specific poultrymeat, egg, and egg albumin products.
* The updated prices are listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/268, specifying prices based on product description, origin, and CN code.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Impact Analysis:
* **Importers of Poultrymeat, Eggs, and Egg Albumin:**
* Impact: Importers are subject to the amended representative prices when importing poultrymeat, eggs, and egg albumin. The changes in representative prices impact the calculation of additional import duties.
* Action Required: Importers need to be aware of the updated representative prices for relevant products from various origins to accurately calculate import duties.
* **European Commission:**
* Impact: The Commission is responsible for monitoring and updating representative prices to reflect market variations.
* Action Required: The Commission must continue to monitor market data and adjust representative prices as needed through further implementing regulations.
* **Member States:**
* Impact: Member states are obligated to apply the updated representative prices in their customs procedures.
* Action Required: Member states must ensure their customs authorities are aware of and implement the changes to the representative prices as specified in the Annex.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A legislative body of the European Union consisting of government ministers from each member state.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/268: A European Union regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: A European Union regulation establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
Regulation (EU) No 510/2014: A European Union regulation laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products.
Brussels: The location where the regulation was adopted.
23.2.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 51/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/268
of 21 February 2018
amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat
and egg sectors and for egg albumin
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 (1), and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying
down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and
repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (2), and in particular Article 5(6)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (3) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional
import duties and fixes representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin.
(2) Regular monitoring of the data used to determine representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for
egg albumin shows that the representative import prices for certain products should be amended to take account
of variations in price according to origin.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made
available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 February 2018.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
(2) OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 of 28 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import
duties and fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC
(OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 47).L 51/12 EN Official Journal of the European Union 23.2.2018
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
Representative Security under
NC code Description price Article 3 Origin(1)
(EUR/100 kg) (EUR/100 kg)
0207 12 10 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, 116,8 0 AR
not cut in pieces, presented as “70 %
chickens”, frozen
0207 12 90 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, 132,1 0 AR
not cut in pieces, presented as “65 % 118,7 0 BR
chickens”, frozen
0207 14 10 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, 244,4 17 AR
boneless cuts, frozen 225,4 22 BR
314,4 0 CL
255,8 13 TH
0207 27 10 Turkeys, boneless cuts, frozen 320,5 0 BR
314,7 0 CL
0408 91 80 Eggs, not in shell, dried 446,6 0 AR
1602 32 11 Preparations of fowls of the species 224,3 19 BR
Gallus domesticus, uncooked
(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regu
lation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with
non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7).’