Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/524 of 11 March 2026 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 as regards the administration of import tariff quotas in accordance with the first come, first served principle, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1484/95

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 182(1) and (4), and Article 187, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (2) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and establishes the method for fixing representative prices.

(2) In the interest of improving the coherence, transparency and accessibility of Union law, and in line with the objectives of better regulation, it is appropriate to streamline the regulatory framework by integrating the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 into Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 (3). This approach aims to reduce the overall number of legal acts in force, eliminate overlaps, and ensure a more consistent application of Union rules across sectors. The incorporation of sector-specific provisions into a horizontal framework contributes to the simplification and rationalisation of the acquis, while preserving the substantive rights and obligations of stakeholders and ensuring continuity and legal certainty.

(3) During the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, a frozen beef tariff rate quota was opened. The quota was divided into two with different definitions for each part, one part for frozen beef intended for processing as A products and one part for frozen beef intended for processing as B products. The ratio of the water/protein content of the B products was firstly defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1977/95 (4). This water/protein ratio was kept in the definition of B products but was written differently in the successor regulations to that Regulation.

(4) It is therefore appropriate to clarify the correct ratio in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 (5).

(5) Implementing Regulations (EU) 2023/2834 and (EU) 2020/1988 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 should be repealed.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 is amended as follows:

(1) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 of 10 October 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards imports in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar, hops, poultrymeat and eggs, and egg albumin’;

(3) a new Annex XVII, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this Regulation, is added.

Article 2

Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988

In Article 18 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.   For the purposes of this Regulation, a “B-product” within the tariff quotas under order numbers 09.0163 and 09.0164 shall mean a processed product containing beef, other than the products specified in point (a) of Part XV of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or the products referred to under paragraph 1 of this Article. A processed product falling within CN code 0210 20 90 , which has been dried or smoked so that the colour and consistency of the fresh meat has totally disappeared and with a water/protein ratio not exceeding 3,2:1, shall also be a B-product.’.

Article 3

Repeal

Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is repealed.

Article 4

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 11 March 2026.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 of 28 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing additional import duties in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC (OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 47, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1995/1484/oj).

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 of 10 October 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards imports in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops (OJ L, 2023/2834, 21.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2834/oj).

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1977/95 of 11 August 1995 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 1995-30 June 1996) (OJ L 191, 12.8.1995, p. 8, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1995/1977/oj).

(5) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 of 11 November 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the administration of import tariff quotas in accordance with the ‘first come, first served’ principle (OJ L 422, 14.12.2020, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/1988/oj).