Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1781 of 28 September 2017 on the derogations from the product-specific rules of origin laid down in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part, that apply within the limits of annual quotas for certain products from Canada

The derogations from the product-specific rules of origin set out in Annex 5-A to the Protocol on rules of origin and origin procedures attached to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Origin Protocol’), shall apply to the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation within the quotas set out in that Annex.

The quotas set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

1 For the products listed in section B of the Annex, the volumes of the quotas shall be increased, from 1 January of the year in question, by 10 % of the volumes assigned in the previous calendar year, if more than 80 % of the corresponding quota is used up in that year. This paragraph shall apply for the first time on 1 January 2019 and for the last time on 1 January 2022.

2 For the products listed in section C of the Annex, the volumes of the quotas shall be increased, from 1 January of the year in question, by 3 % of the volumes assigned in the previous calendar year, if more than 80 % of the corresponding quota is used up in that year. This growth provision shall apply for the first time on 1 January 2019 and for the last time on 1 January 2028.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 21 September 2017.