# Ethanol passage - Annex 2 Tariff Elimination Schedule Section A 21\. Tariff rate quota for ethanol (a) Originating goods marked with the notation "TRQ-EL" in Appendix 2-A-1 and listed in point (d) shall be subject to the in-quota tariff rate in point (b) of this paragraph in the following years and aggregate quantities, except for a duty-free portion of the total aggregate quantity in each year being reserved for a specific use for the chemical industry**1**:
Year Aggregate annual quantity (MT) All uses Aggregate annual
quantity (MT)
Specific use: for the chemical industry 		Total aggregate annual
quantity (MT)
0 33 333 75 000 108 333
1 66 667 150 000 216 667
2 100 000 225 000 325 000
3 133 333 300 000 433 333
4 166 667 375 000 541 667
5 and each subsequent year 200 000 450 000 650 000
***1*** ***The EU* *may provide* *that*** *imports of ethanol under* ***the portion of the quota reserved for use by*** ***the chemical industry are subject to an End Use Procedure****, with a view of conducting the* *customs control relating to the use of such goods.* ***The objective is to ensure that those imports are used for manufacturing products classified*** ***under Chapters 28 to 40 of the EU Combined Nomenclature (CN).*** *The customs controls* *applied to prevent circumvention of imports into the fuel or beverage market shall not* *represent a burden beyond those measures necessary to control imports under this TRQ.* *Those measures shall be proportional to the risk of circumvention and their urgency and shall* *be taken in accordance with Articles 4.12 and 4.16,* *inter alia* ***considering the record of the*** ***importer as appropriate****.*
(b) For the quota for all usages the in-quota duty for the undenatured ethyl alcohol imported under subheading 2207.10 and tariff items 2208.90.91 and 2208.90.99 shall be 6,4 (six point four) EUR/hl, and the in-quota duty for the denatured ethyl alcohol imported under subheading 2207.20 shall be 3,4 (three point four) EUR/hl. For the quota for specific use for the chemical industry the in-quota duty shall be 0 (zero). (c) Originating goods entered in excess of the aggregate quantities set out in point (a) of this paragraph shall be subject to the base rate of the customs duty set out in Appendix 2-A-1. (d) This paragraph applies to originating goods classified in the following tariff items: 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2208 90 91 and 2208 90 99.
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