Regulation (EU) 2026/2269

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THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure^note,Whereas:

(1)The Comprehensive and enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part^note (the ‘Partnership Agreement’) constitutes the basis for the relationship between the Union and the Republic of Armenia (‘Armenia’). In accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2018/104^note, Title VI of the Partnership Agreement, which relates to trade and trade-related matters, has been applied provisionally since 1 June 2018. The Partnership Agreement entered into force on 1 March 2021, following its ratification by all Member States.

(2)One of the main objectives of the Partnership Agreement is to establish enhanced trade cooperation allowing for sustained regulatory cooperation in relevant areas, in compliance with the rights and obligations arising from World Trade Organization membership. Furthermore, the Partnership Agreement reflects the intention of the Union and Armenia to develop trade between them. In order to support and accelerate the development of closer economic relations between the Union and Armenia, it is important to increase the trade flows by stimulating the import of certain products.

(3)Since May 2026, the Russian Federation has introduced large-scale trade measures affecting imports of, and transit for, key Armenian export products including alcoholic beverages, mineral water, fruits and vegetables. Those measures have significantly reduced Armenia’s access to its traditional markets and disrupted established supply chains. The situation has had an adverse impact on Armenia’s export opportunities, particularly affecting small and medium-sized enterprises and agricultural producers, and risks seriously undermining Armenia’s economic resilience and social stability. Under the framework of the Partnership Agreement and the Strategic Agenda for the EU-Armenia Partnership adopted on 2 December 2025, the Union and Armenia have committed to deepening their economic and trade relations and to supporting trade and economic diversification. Against that background and in a spirit of solidarity with Armenia, it is appropriate to stimulate trade flows and grant concessions in the form of trade-liberalisation measures for selected Armenian products.

(4)In accordance with Article 21(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the Union is to ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action. Pursuant to Article 207(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the common commercial policy is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action.

(5)Therefore, temporary trade-liberalisation measures should be introduced in the form of the suspension of ad valorem duties similar to the suspensions envisaged by the Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus schedule with some adjustments, such as the removal of certain sensitive products and the inclusion of certain agricultural goods banned by Russia, and in the form of the removal of ad valorem duties on eight agricultural products within the limits of applicable tariff quotas.

(6)In order to prevent fraud, the trade-liberalisation measures established by this Regulation should be conditional upon Armenia complying with all the relevant conditions set out in this Regulation and in the Partnership Agreement, including with the rules of origin applicable to the products concerned and the procedures related thereto, and upon Armenia’s involvement in close administrative cooperation with the Union, as provided for in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446^note and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447^note.

(7)Armenia should abstain from introducing new duties or charges having equivalent effect or new quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect, from increasing existing levels of duties or charges and from introducing any other restrictions on trade with the Union. In the event that Armenia fails to comply with any of those conditions, the Commission should be empowered to suspend temporarily, in whole or in part, the trade-liberalisation measures provided for in this Regulation.

(8)Articles 2 and 9 of the Partnership Agreement establish that respecting democratic principles, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are essential elements of the Partnership Agreement. It is appropriate to introduce the possibility of temporarily suspending the trade-liberalisation measures provided for in this Regulation in the event that Armenia fails to comply with any of the provisions identified as essential elements in the Partnership Agreement.

(9)Subject to an assessment by the Commission initiated either following a duly substantiated request from a Member State or on the Commission’s own initiative, it is necessary to provide for the possibility to take any necessary measures regarding imports of any products falling under the scope of this Regulation which are adversely affecting the Union market or the market of one or more Member States for like or directly competing products.

(10)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to temporarily suspend the trade-liberalisation measures provided for in this Regulation in the event that the conditions for entitlement to those trade-liberalisation measures are no longer complied with, and to introduce safeguards in cases where the Union market or the market of one or more Member States for like or directly competing products are adversely affected by imports under this Regulation. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note. The advisory procedure should be used for the adoption of provisional safeguard measures, given the effects and nature of those measures and their sequential logic in relation to the adoption of definitive safeguard measures.

(11)In view of the urgent situation in Armenia, it is considered to be appropriate to invoke the exception to the eight-week period provided for in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the TEU, to the TFEU and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.

(12)In light of the urgent situation in Armenia, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and should apply for a period of two years,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1Trade-liberalisation measures#

1.The following trade-liberalisation measures are introduced:

(a)the products originating in Armenia listed in Annex I shall be admitted for import into the Union exempted from ad valorem import duties;

(b)the products originating in Armenia listed in Annex II shall be admitted for import into the Union exempted from ad valorem import duties within the limits of Union tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.

2.The tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 2Conditions for entitlement to the trade-liberalisation measures#

The trade-liberalisation measures provided for in Article 1 shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a)compliance by Armenia with the rules of origin provided for in Articles 59 to 70 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 and Articles 113 to 126 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447;

(b)Armenia engaging in close and effective administrative cooperation with the Union, including for the verification of evidence of origin, in order to prevent any risk of fraud;

(c)Armenia abstaining from introducing new duties or charges having equivalent effect or new quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect for imports originating in the Union, from increasing existing levels of duties or charges, and from introducing any other restrictions on trade with the Union, including discriminatory internal administrative measures, unless duly justified and notified to the Commission; and

(d)Armenia respecting democratic principles, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms and countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as provided for in Articles 2 and 9 of the Partnership Agreement.

For the purposes of point (a) of the first paragraph of this Article and without prejudice to Article 119(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, an invoice declaration may also be made out by an Armenian exporter registered in the Union’s Registered Exporter (REX) system in accordance with the relevant provisions of Articles 70, 72, 86, 89 and 91 of that Regulation.

Article 3Temporary suspension of trade-liberalisation measures#

1.Where the Commission finds that there is sufficient evidence of a failure by Armenia to comply with any of the conditions set out in Article 2, first paragraph, it may, by means of an implementing act, temporarily suspend in whole or in part the trade-liberalisation measures provided for in Article 1. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 5(3).

2.Where a Member State requests that the Commission suspend any of the trade-liberalisation measures provided for in Article 1 on the basis of a failure by Armenia to comply with the conditions set out in Article 2, first paragraph, point (c), the Commission shall provide, within four months of the request, a reasoned opinion on whether the claim that Armenia has failed to comply is substantiated. If the Commission concludes that the claim is substantiated, it shall initiate the procedure referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article 4Safeguard measures#

1.Where a product covered by Article 1(1) originating in Armenia is imported under conditions that adversely affect the Union market or the market of one or more Member States for like or directly competing products, the Commission may impose, by means of an implementing act, any measure that is necessary. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 5(3).Such measures may be imposed for as long as necessary to counteract the adverse effects on the Union market or on the market of one or more Member States for like or directly competing products.

2.The Commission shall carry out an assessment of the situation of the Union market or the market of one or more Member States for like or directly competing products with a view to imposing measures in accordance with paragraph 1. That assessment shall be initiated:

(a)following a duly substantiated request from a Member State including sufficient prima facie evidence reasonably available to that Member State pursuant to paragraph 3 of imports adversely affecting the market referred to in paragraph 1; or

(b)on its own initiative, after it has become apparent to the Commission that there is sufficient prima facie evidence of imports adversely affecting the market referred to in paragraph 1.

The assessment referred to in the first subparagraph shall be concluded within four months of its initiation.

3.In carrying out the assessment pursuant to paragraph 2, the Commission shall take into consideration all relevant market developments, including the impact of the imports concerned on the situation of the Union market or the market of one or more Member States for like or directly competing products. That assessment shall include the following factors:

(a)the rate and amount of the increase in imports from Armenia of the product concerned in absolute and relative terms;

(b)the effect of the imports concerned on production and prices in the Union market or the market of one or more Member States, while taking into consideration the development of imports from other sources.

Other relevant factors may also be taken into consideration.

4.In critical circumstances where delay would cause damage to the relevant market that would be difficult to repair, the Commission may provisionally impose, by means of an implementing act, any measure that is necessary. Such measure may be imposed only after a duly substantiated request from a Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, first subparagraph, point (a), of this Article and shall be adopted within 21 days of receipt of that request. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 5(4). Those acts shall remain in force for a period not exceeding 120 days.

5.Where, as a result of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission considers that the Union market or the market of one or more Member States for like or directly competing products has been adversely affected and intends to impose a definitive measure pursuant to paragraph 1, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing its intention to impose such a measure. That notice shall provide a summary of the main results of the assessment and specify the period within which interested parties may submit their views in writing. That period shall not exceed 10 days from the date of publication of the notice.

Article 5Committee procedure#

1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established by Article 285(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note with regard to Article 3(1) of this Regulation. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2.The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note with regard to Article 4(1) of this Regulation. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

3.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

4.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 6Reporting on the implementation of the trade-liberalisation measures#

The Commission shall report on the implementation of the trade-liberalisation measures provided for in this Regulation in the Partnership Committee in trade configuration set up under the Partnership Agreement.

Article 7Entry into force and application#

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 apply until 11 October 2028.

Annex I · List of products subject to trade-liberalisation measures referred to in Article 1(1), point (a)

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’), the description of the products is to be considered as indicative, the tariff preferences being determined by the CN codes. Where ‘ex’ CN codes are indicated, the tariff preferences are to be determined by the CN code and the description, together.

Entry of products with a CN code marked with an asterisk (*) is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Union law.

For reasons of simplification, the products are listed in groups. These may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties were withdrawn or suspended.

CN code | Description01012990 | Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals, other than for slaughter01013000 | Live asses01019000 | Live mules and hinnies01042010* | Live, pure-bred breeding goats01061410 | Live domestic rabbits01063910 | Live pigeons020500 | Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen02068091 | Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products02069091 | Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products02071491 | Livers, frozen, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus02072791 | Livers, frozen, of turkeys020745950207559502076091 | Livers, frozen, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, other than fatty livers of ducks or geeseex0208 | Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding products under subheading 0208402002109910 | Meat of horses, salted, in brine or dried02109959 | Offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than thick skirt and thin skirtex02109985 | Offal of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried or smokedex02109985 | Offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than poultry liver, other than of domestic swine, of bovine animals or of sheep or goats04032051 | Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa040320530403205904032091040320930403209904039071 | Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa040390730403907904039091040390930403909904052010 | Dairy spreads, of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but not exceeding 75 %04052030040719900407299004079090 | Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked, other than of poultry04090000 | Natural honey04101010041010910410109904109000 | Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included05119939 | Natural sponges of animal origin, other than rawChapter 3 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebratesChapter 6 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage0701 | Potatoes, fresh or chilled0702 | Tomatoes, fresh or chilled070310 | Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled07039000 | Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled0704 | Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled0705 | Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled0706 | Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled0708 | Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled07092000 | Asparagus, fresh or chilled07093000 | Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled07094000 | Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled070951000709520007095300070954000709550007095900 | Mushrooms, fresh or chilled07096010 | Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled07096099 | Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled, other than sweet peppers, other than of the genus Capsicum for the manufacture of capsaicin or capsicum oleoresin dyes and other than for the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids07097000 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or chilledex07099100 | Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to 31 October07099210* | Olives, fresh or chilled, for uses other than the production of oil07099310 | Courgettes, fresh or chilled07099910 | Salad vegetables, fresh or chilled, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.)07099920 | Chard (or white beet) and cardoons, fresh or chilled07099940 | Capers, fresh or chilled07099950 | Fennel, fresh or chilled0709939007099990 | Other vegetables, fresh or chilledex0710 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, excluding products under subheading 07104000ex0711 | Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding the products under subheadings 07112090 and 07119030ex0712 | Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, excluding olives and the products under subheading 071290190713 | Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split07142010* | Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, intended for human consumption07142090 | Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, other than fresh and whole and intended for human consumption07149090 | Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith08021190 | Almonds, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled, other than bitter0802129008022100 | Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled0802220008023100 | Walnuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled080232000802410008024200 | Chestnuts (Castanea spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled0802510008025200 | Pistachios, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled0802610008026200 | Macadamia nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled0802910008029200 | Pine nuts (Pinus spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled0802991008029990 | Pecans and other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled08031010 | Plantains, fresh0803109008039090 | Bananas, including plantains, dried08041000 | Dates, fresh or dried08042010 | Figs, fresh or dried0804209008043000 | Pineapples, fresh or dried08044000 | Avocados, fresh or driedex080521 | Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh or dried, from 1 March to 31 Octoberex08052200ex0805290008054000 | Grapefruit and pomelos, fresh or dried08055090 | Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia), fresh or dried08059000 | Other citrus fruit, fresh or dried08071100 | Melons (including watermelons), fresh08071900080810 | Apples, fresh08083010 | Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December08084000 | Quinces, fresh08092100 | Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh08094090 | Sloes, fresh081020 | Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh081030 | Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, fresh08104030 | Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus, fresh08104050 | Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum, fresh08104090 | Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium, fresh08105000 | Kiwifruit, fresh08106000 | Durians, fresh08107000 | Persimmons, fresh081090 | Other fruit, fresh0811 | Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter0812 | Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption08131000 | Apricots, dried08132000 | Prunes, dried08133000 | Apples, dried08134010 | Peaches, including nectarines, dried08134030 | Pears, dried08134050 | Papaws (papayas), dried0813406508134095 | Tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya and other fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 080608135012 | Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806) of papaws (papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, but not containing prunes08135015 | Other mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806), not containing prunes08135019 | Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806), containing prunes08135031 | Mixtures exclusively of tropical nuts of headings 0801 and 080208135039 | Mixtures exclusively of nuts of headings 0801 and 0802, other than of tropical nuts08135091 | Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 8, not containing prunes or figs08135099 | Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 808140000 | Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutionsChapter 9 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices10085000 | Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)ex11042917 | Hulled (shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled cereal grains excluding barley, oats, maize, rice and wheat1105 | Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes11061000 | Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713110630 | Flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 811082000 | Inulinex Chapter 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder excluding products under heading 1210 and subheadings 121291 and 12129300Chapter 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts15019000 | Poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 15031502109015029090 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 and other than for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption15030019 | Lard stearin and oleostearin, other than for industrial uses15030090 | Lard oil, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared, other than tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption1504 | Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified15050010 | Wool grease, crude1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified1508 | Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified15111090 | Palm oil, crude, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption, but not chemically modified151190 | Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically modified, other than crude oil1512 | Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified1513 | Coconut (copra), palm-kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified1515 | Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified1516 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of Chapter 15, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516151800 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of Chapter 15, not elsewhere specified or included15219099 | Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, other than raw15220010 | Degras15220091 | Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks, other than containing oil having the characteristics of olive oil16010010 | Sausages and similar products, of liver, and food preparations based on liver16022010 | Goose or duck liver, prepared or preserved16024190 | Ham and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domestic swine16024290 | Shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domestic swine16024990 | Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, including mixtures, of swine other than of domestic swine1602503116025095 | Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of bovine animals, other than uncooked, other than mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal, whether or not in airtight containers16029031 | Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of game or rabbit16029069 | Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of sheep or goats or other animals, not containing uncooked bovine meat or offal and not containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine16029091160290951602909916030010 | Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or less1604 | Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs1605 | Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved17025000 | Chemically pure fructose17029010 | Chemically pure maltose1704 | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoaChapter 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparationsChapter 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ productsex Chapter 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants excluding products under subheadings 20019030, 20049010 and 20058000ex Chapter 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations excluding products under subheadings 210610, 21069020, 21069030, 21069051, 21069055, 21069059, 21069092 and 21069098ex Chapter 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar excluding products under subheadings 22041011 to 22043010, heading 2207 and subheading 22084023025000 | Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of leguminous plants23070019 | Other wine lees23080019 | Other grape marc23080090 | Other vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included23091090 | Other dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch or glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of subheadings 17023050, 17023090, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 or milk products23099010 | Fish or marine mammal solubles, of a kind used in animal feeding23099091 | Beetpulp with added molasses, of a kind used in animal feeding23099096 | Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, whether or not containing by weight 49 % or more of choline chloride on an organic or inorganic baseChapter 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into human body25199010 | Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate2522 | Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28252523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkersChapter 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes2801 | Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine28020000 | Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphurex2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products under subheading 28046900280519 | Alkali or alkaline-earth metals other than sodium and calcium280530 | Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed2806 | Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid28070000 | Sulphuric acid; oleum28080000 | Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids2809 | Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined28100090 | Oxides of boron, other than diboron trioxide; boric acids2811 | Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals2812 | Halides and halide oxides of non-metals2813 | Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide2814 | Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxide of sodium or potassium2816 | Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium28170000 | Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide281810 | Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined28182000 | Aluminium oxide other than artificial corundum2819 | Chromium oxides and hydroxides2820 | Manganese oxides2821 | Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O328220000 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides28230000 | Titanium oxides2824 | Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead2825 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides2826 | Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts2827 | Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides2828 | Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites2829 | Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates2830 | Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined2831 | Dithionites and sulphoxylates2832 | Sulphites; thiosulphates2833 | Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)28341000 | Nitrites28342100 | Nitrates2834292835 | Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined2836 | Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate2837 | Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides2839 | Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates2840 | Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)2841 | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids2842 | Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined), other than azides2843 | Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metalsex28443011 | Cermets containing uranium depleted in U-235 or compounds of this product, other than unwroughtex28443051 | Cermets containing thorium or compounds of thorium, other than unwrought28459090 | Isotopes other than those of heading 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined, other than heavy water (deuterium oxide) (Euratom), other than boron enriched in boron-10 and its compounds, other than lithium enriched in lithium-6 and its compounds, other than Helium-3, other than deuterium and compounds thereof, hydrogen and compounds thereof enriched in deuterium or mixtures and solutions containing these products (Euratom)2846 | Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals28470000 | Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea2849 | Carbides, whether or not chemically defined285000 | Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 28492852 | Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams2853 | Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals2903 | Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons2904 | Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenatedex2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products under subheadings 29054300 and 2905442906 | Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2907 | Phenols; phenol-alcohols2908 | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2910 | Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives29110000 | Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2912 | Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde29130000 | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products under heading 29122914 | Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2915 | Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2916 | Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2917 | Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2918 | Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2919 | Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2920 | Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2921 | Amine-function compounds2922 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds2923 | Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined2924 | Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid2925 | Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds2926 | Nitrile-function compounds29270000 | Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds29280090 | Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine, other than N,N-Bis(2-methoxyethyl)hydroxylamine29291000 | Isocyanates292990 | Other compounds with other nitrogen function29302000 | Thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, and thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides; dithiocarbonates (xanthates)29303000ex2930909529304090 | Methionine (other than Methionine (INN)), 2-(N,N-Diethylamino)ethanethiol, Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (INN)), Aldicarb (ISO), captafol (ISO), methamidophos (ISO), and other organo-sulphur compounds other than dithiocarbonates (xanthates)2930600029307000293080002930901329309016ex293090952931 | Other organo-inorganic compounds2932 | Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only2933 | Heterocylic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only2934 | Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds29351000 | N-Methylperfluorooctane sulphonamide29352000 | N-Ethylperfluorooctane sulphonamide29353000 | N-Ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) perfluorooctane sulphonamide29354000 | N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-N-methylperfluorooctane sulphonamide29355000 | Other perfluorooctane sulphonamides29359090 | Other sulphonamides2938 | Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives29400000 | Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of heading 2937, 2938 or 293929412030 | Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates29420000 | Other organic compounds3102 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous31031100 | Superphosphates310319003105 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kgex Chapter 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks; excluding products under subheadings 32012000, 32019020, ex32019090 (tanning extracts of eucalyptus), ex32019090 (tanning extracts derived from gambier and myrobalan fruits) and ex32019090 (other tanning extracts of vegetable origin)Chapter 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparationsChapter 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster3501 | Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues35029090 | Albuminates and other albumin derivatives350300 | Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 3501350400 | Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed3506 | Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg3507 | Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or includedChapter 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparationsChapter 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goodsex Chapter 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products excluding the products under subheadings 380910 and 382460Chapter 39 | Plastics and articles thereofChapter 40 | Rubber and articles thereofex4104 | Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding the products under subheadings 41044119 and 41044919ex41063100 | Tanned or crust hides and skins of swine, without hair on, in the wet state (including wet-blue), split but not further prepared, or in the dry state (crust), whether or not split, but not further prepared410632004107 | Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 411441120000 | Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41144113 | Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41144114 | Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather41151000 | Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rollsChapter 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)Chapter 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereofChapter 44 | Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoalChapter 45 | Cork and articles of corkChapter 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerworkChapter 50 | Silkex Chapter 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, excluding the products under heading 5105; horsehair yarn and woven fabricChapter 52 | CottonChapter 53 | Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarnChapter 54 | Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materialsChapter 55 | Man-made staple fibresChapter 56 | Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereofChapter 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coveringsChapter 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroideryChapter 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial useChapter 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabricsChapter 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crochetedChapter 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crochetedChapter 63 | Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; ragsChapter 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articlesChapter 65 | Headgear and parts thereofChapter 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereofChapter 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hairChapter 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materialsChapter 69 | Ceramic productsChapter 70 | Glass and glasswareChapter 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin7202 | Ferro-alloysex Chapter 73 | Articles of iron or steel, excluding the products under subheadings: 73011000, 73021022, 73021028, 73021040, 73021050, 73024000, 73041100, 73041910, 73041930, 73041990, 73042200, 73042300, 73042400, 730429, 730431, 730439, 73044100, 730449, 73045181, 73045189, 730459, 73049000, 7305, 7306Chapter 74 | Copper and articles thereof75051200 | Bars, rods and profiles, of nickel alloys75052200 | Wire, of nickel alloys75062000 | Plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys75072000 | Nickel tube or pipe fittingsex Chapter 76 | Aluminium and articles thereof, excluding the products under headings 7601 and 7607Chapter 78 | Lead and articles thereofex Chapter 79 | Zinc and articles thereof, excluding the products under headings 7901 and 7903ex Chapter 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof, excluding the products under subheadings 81011000, 81019400, 81021000, 81029400, 81041100, 81041900, 81082000, 81083000, 81092100, 81092900, 81101000, 81122190, 81125100, 81125900, 81126910, 811292 and 81130020Chapter 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metalChapter 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metalChapter 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereofChapter 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articlesChapter 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic-signalling equipment of all kindsChapter 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereofChapter 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereofChapter 89 | Ships, boats and floating structuresChapter 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereofChapter 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereofChapter 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articlesChapter 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildingsChapter 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereofChapter 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Annex II · List of products subject to trade-liberalisation measures referred to in Article 1(1), point (b)

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’), the description of the products in the third column of the table is to be considered as indicative. The preferential scheme is determined, within the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes set out in the second column of the table as applicable at the time of adoption of this Regulation.

Order number | CN code | Description | Volume (tonnes)per calendar year090190 | 070700 | Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled | 6500090191 | 0806 | Grapes, fresh or dried | 5000090192 | 08083090 | Pears, other than perry pears in bulk from 1 August to 31 December, fresh | 750090193 | 08091000 | Apricots, fresh | 7000090194 | 08092900 | Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh | 2000090195 | 080930 | Peaches, including nectarines, fresh | 3500090196 | 08094005 | Plums, fresh | 1500090197 | 08101000 | Strawberries, fresh | 2500