
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 is amended as follows:

((1)) Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
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Article 1 

1. Products originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia (‘the beneficiary parties’) covered by Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomenclature shall be admitted for import into the Union without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect, and with exemption from custom duties and charges having equivalent effect.
2. Products originating in the beneficiary parties shall continue to benefit from the provisions of this Regulation where so indicated therein. Such products shall also benefit from any concession provided for in this Regulation which is more favourable than that provided for under bilateral agreements between the Union and those beneficiary parties.
Article 2 

1. Entitlement to benefit from the preferential arrangements introduced by Article 1 shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) compliance with the definition of “originating products” provided for in Title II, Chapter 1, Section 2, Subsections 4 and 5 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, and Title II, Chapter 2, Section 2, Subsections 10 and 11 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447;
(b) abstention of the beneficiary parties from introducing new duties and charges having equivalent effect and new quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect in respect of imports originating in the Union, from increasing existing levels of duties or charges or from introducing any other restrictions from 30 September 2000;
(c) the involvement of beneficiary parties in effective administrative cooperation with the Union in order to prevent any risk of fraud; and
(d) abstention of the beneficiary parties from engaging in serious and systematic violations of human rights, including core labour rights, of fundamental principles of democracy and of the rule of law.
2. Without prejudice to the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, entitlement to benefit from the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to the readiness of the beneficiary parties to engage in effective economic reforms and in regional cooperation with other countries involved in the European Union’s Stabilisation and Association process, in particular through the establishment of free trade areas in accordance with Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and other relevant WTO provisions.In the event of non-compliance with the first subparagraph, the Council may take the appropriate measures by a qualified majority vote, on the basis of a Commission proposal.
3. In the event of non-compliance by a beneficiary party with point (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 or with paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, suspend, in whole or in part, the entitlement of the beneficiary party concerned to benefits under this Regulation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 8(4).';
((2)) Article 3 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. For certain wine products, as listed in Annex I, originating in the beneficiary parties, the customs duties applicable to imports into the Union shall be suspended during the periods, at the levels, within the limits of the Union tariff quota and under the conditions indicated for each product and origin set out in that Annex.';
((b)) paragraph 2 is deleted;
((3)) Article 4 is deleted;
((4)) in Article 5, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
'The tariff quotas referred to in Article 3(1) of this Regulation shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Title II, Chapter 1, Section 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.';
((5)) in Article 7, points (b) and (c) are replaced by the following:
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((b)) necessary adjustments following the granting of trade preferences under other arrangements between the Union and the beneficiary parties;
((c)) suspension, in whole or in part, of the entitlement of a beneficiary party concerned to benefits under this Regulation, in the event of non-compliance by that beneficiary party with point (d) of Article 2(1).';
((6)) in Article 8, paragraph 3 is deleted;
((7)) In Article 10, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Where the Commission finds that there is sufficient evidence of fraud or failure to provide administrative cooperation as required for the verification of evidence of origin, or that there is a massive increase in exports into the Union above the level of normal production and export capacity or a failure of compliance with point (a), (b) or (c) of Article 2(1) by the beneficiary parties, it may take measures to suspend in whole or in part the arrangements provided for in this Regulation for a period of three months, provided that it has first:
(a) informed the Western Balkans Implementation Committee;
(b) called on the Member States to take such precautionary measures as are necessary in order to safeguard the Union’s financial interests and/or to secure compliance by the beneficiary parties with Article 2(1);
(c) published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubts about the application of the preferential arrangements and/or compliance with Article 2(1) by the beneficiary party concerned which may call into question its right to continue enjoying the benefits granted by this Regulation.The measures referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be adopted by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 8(4).';
((8)) in Article 12, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
'It shall apply until 31 December 2025.';
((9)) Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation;
((10)) Annex II is deleted.
Article 2 
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 December 2020.
For the European Parliament
The President
D. M. SASSOLI
For the Council
The President
M. ROTH
ANNEX

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ANNEX I 
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. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of the CN code and the corresponding description, taken together.

Order No CN Code Description Quota volume per year Beneficiary parties Rate of duty
09.1530 ex 2204 21 94ex 2204 21 95ex 2204 21 96ex 2204 21 97ex 2204 21 98ex 2204 22 93ex 2204 22 94ex 2204 22 95ex 2204 29 93ex 2204 29 94ex 2204 29 95 Wine of fresh grapes, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol, other than sparkling wine 30 000 hl Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia. Exemption






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