Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/67 of 16 January 2019 imposing safeguard measures with regard to imports of Indica rice originating in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008⁽¹⁾, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Common Customs Tariff duties are temporarily reintroduced on imports of Indica rice originating in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma and currently falling within CN codes 1006 30 27, 1006 30 48, 1006 30 67 and 1006 30 98.

The duty applicable in EUR per tonne of the product described in paragraph 1 shall be 175 for the first year, 150 for the second year and 125 for the third year from the date on which this Regulation enters into force.

If the Commission adjusts the Common Customs Tariff duty pursuant to Article 180 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the tariff duty referred to in paragraph 2 should be set at the level of the lower of the adjusted Common Customs Tariff and the tariff duty referred to in paragraph 2.

Article 2

Imports of the products referred to in Article 1, which are already on the way to the Union on the date of entry into force of this Regulation, provided that the destination of such products cannot be changed, shall not be subject to the duty specified in Article 1(2).

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 16 January 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker