
Article 1 
Decision No 189/2014/EU is amended as follows:

((1)) In Article 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The reduced rates of excise duty and the reduced rates of VSS referred to in Article 1 that are applicable to the rum referred to in Article 2 shall be limited to:
(a) an annual quota of 120 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol for the period from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2015; and
(b) an annual quota of 144 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol for the period from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2020'.
((2)) Article 5 is replaced by the following:
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Article 5 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020, except for:

((a)) Article 1, point (a) of Article 3(1) and Article 3(2), which shall apply from 1 January 2012; and
((b)) point (b) of Article 3(1), which shall apply from 1 January 2016.'
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 15 November 2017.
For the Council
The President
J. AAB