This Regulation opens Union tariff quotas for certain goods originating in Chile and sets how they are managed, including quota volumes in the Annex.
| Official Journal of the European Union | EN L series ---|---|--- * * * | 2025/468 | 13.3.2025 ---|---|--- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/468 of 12 March 2025 opening and providing for the management of Union tariff quotas for certain processed agricultural products originating in the Republic of Chile THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 58(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) | In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2024/3016 (2), the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (3) was concluded on 13 December 2024. ---|--- (2) | The Agreement stipulates that customs duties on imports into the Union of goods originating in Chile are to be reduced or eliminated in accordance with the tariff elimination schedule set out in Annex 2 to the Agreement. Annex 2 provides that, for certain goods originating in Chile, the reduction or elimination of customs duties is granted within tariff quotas. ---|--- (3) | Section B, of Annex 2 to the Agreement provides that the Union is to manage those tariff quotas on a first-come, first-served basis. The Commission is to manage those tariff quotas in accordance with the rules on the management of tariff quotas laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (4). ---|--- (4) | The Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2025. In order to ensure the effective application and management of the tariff quotas granted under the Agreement, this Regulation should apply from that date. ---|--- (5) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Union tariff quotas are opened for goods originating in Chile as set out in the Annex. Article 2 The tariff quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 February 2025. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 March 2025. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/952/oj. (2) Council Decision (EU) 2024/3016 of 18 March 2024 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (OJ L, 2024/3016, 20.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3016/oj). (3) Interim Agreement on trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (OJ L, 2024/2953, 20.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2024/2953/oj). (4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2015/2447/oj). * * * ANNEX Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together. Order No | CN Code | Description | Quota volume (in tonnes net weight unless otherwise specified) | Tariff quota duty (% reduction) ---|---|---|---|--- 09.1931 | 1704 10 1704 90 30 1704 90 51 1704 90 55 1704 90 61 1704 90 65 1704 90 71 1704 90 75 1704 90 81 1704 90 10 | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | From 1.2.2025 to 31.12.2025: 366,67 tonnes and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12: 400 tonnes | 100 09.1932 | 1806 20 10 1806 20 30 1806 20 50 1806 20 70 1806 20 80 1806 31 00 1806 32 1806 90 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | From 1.2.2025 to 31.12.2025: 366,67 tonnes and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12: 400 tonnes | 100 09.1933 | 1905 31 1905 32 1905 90 45 | Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers | From 1.2.2025 to 31.12.2025: 458,34 tonnes and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12: 500 tonnes | 100 09.1936 | 1604 14 21 1604 14 26 1604 14 28 1604 14 31 1604 14 36 1604 14 38 1604 14 41 1604 14 46 1604 14 48 1604 19 31 1604 19 39 1604 20 70 | Prepared or preserved fish | From 1.2.2025 to 31.12.2025: 229,17 tonnes and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12: 250 tonnes | 100 09.1952 | 2208 40 11 2208 40 39 2208 40 51 2208 40 99 | Rum | From 1.2.2025 to 31.12.2025: 458,34 hectolitres (equivalent pure alcohol) and for each year thereafter from 1.1 to 31.12: 500 hectolitres (equivalent pure alcohol) | 100 * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/468/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *