Some provisions following the EU/New Zealand free trade agreement and deletion of obsolete provisions as regards export tariff quota for milk powder

The European Parliament decided to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 as regards some provisions following the free trade agreement between the European Union and New Zealand and deletion of obsolete provisions as regards export tariff quota for milk powder.

The Union’s procedural steps for the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand have been completed with the publication of Council Decision (EU) 2024/244 in the Official Journal of the European Union on 28 February 2024.

According to the latest information received on the New Zealand side, the legislation required to implement the Agreement was likely to be adopted by the end of March 2024, which would allow the Agreement to enter into force on 1 May 2024.

The Agreement introduces several new tariff rate quotas and amends some existing WTO country specific tariff rate quotas for products originating in New Zealand, among others. Those changes will be reflected in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760, which supplements Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the rules for the administration of import and export tariff quotas for agricultural products subject to licences.

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 should therefore be amended by the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

Parliament declared that it has no objections to the delegated regulation.