Nařízení Komise v přenesené pravomoci (EU) 2026/542 ze dne 12. března 2026, kterým se mění příloha nařízení Evropského parlamentu a Rady (EU) 2019/287

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/287 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 February 2019 implementing bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms allowing for the temporary withdrawal of preferences in certain trade agreements concluded between the European Union and third countriesOJ L 53, 22.2.2019, p. 1 ., ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/287/oj. , and in particular Article 15 thereof,

The text in the Annex to this Regulation is added to the text in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287.

OJ L 53, 22.2.2019, p. 1 ., ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/287/oj.

(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/287 lays down provisions for the implementation of bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms for the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences or of other preferential treatment contained in certain trade agreements concluded between the Union and one or more third countries and referred to in the Annex to that Regulation. The provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/287 apply without prejudice to any specific provisions contained in those trade agreements, where such provisions are not in accordance with that Regulation. Such specific provisions contained in certain trade agreements are listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287.

(2) The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other partOJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2014/295/oj. , as amended by the Decision No 3/2025 of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade configurationDecision No 3/2025 of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 14 October 2025 on the reduction and elimination of customs duties pursuant to Article 29(4) of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part [2025/2130] (OJ L, 2025/2130, 20.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2130/oj). (the Agreement), is not listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287 and contains certain provisions on mechanisms allowing for the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences or of other preferential treatment with respect to certain products, that are not in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/287. Consequently, a reference to the Agreement and to its specific provisions should be included in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287.

(3) Pursuant to Article 29(4) of the Agreement, the EU and Ukraine have agreed to broaden the scope of customs duty elimination in their bilateral trade. In addition, they have agreed on specific mechanisms with respect to the agreed preferences:pursuant to Article 2 of Annex I-E of the Agreement, Ukraine must align its legislation to specific Union legislation by 31 December 2028 . In case Ukraine fails to meet that obligation, the Union may suspend all or part of the preferences granted pursuant to Article 1 of Annex I-E for relevant products, and pursuant to Article 3 of Annex I-E of the Agreement, if serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties of a sectoral or regional nature, liable to persist have arisen or threaten to arise in the Union or Ukraine, including in the case of the Union in one or several Member States, as result of imports of a product covered by the additional liberalisation under Article 1 of Annex I-E, the party concerned may take appropriate safeguard measures with respect to the preferences granted under that Article 1.

(4) Since these specific mechanisms provide for the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences or other preferential treatment with respect to certain products, they fall within the scope of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2019/287, which governs the mechanisms and criteria for such temporary withdrawals.

(5) Therefore, it is necessary to amend the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287 by including references to the Agreement and to the provisions pertaining to those mechanisms,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2014/295/oj.

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Decision No 3/2025 of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 14 October 2025 on the reduction and elimination of customs duties pursuant to Article 29(4) of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part [2025/2130] (OJ L, 2025/2130, 20.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2130/oj).

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