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The Vietnam Trade Office in the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg said that the European Union (EU) has just issued the Regulation No. (EU) 2021/760 amending the Regulation No. (EU) 2020/761, amending Regulation No. implementing regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988 relating to the management system of a number of licensed tariff quotas and the abolition of Implementation Regulation (EU) 2020/991.
The regulation takes effect from May 11, 2021. However, this regulation applies to rice in the quotas of the Vietnam - EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) imported from Vietnam, effective January 1, 2022.
This regulation (clause f, section 3 of Appendix I) states that the EU quota for Vietnam is 80,000 tons of rice per year, including: 30,000 tons of milled rice, 20,000 tons of unmilled rice and 30,000 tons of fragrant rice.
Specifically, for 20 thousand tons of milled rice to be distributed as follows: 10 thousand tons for the period from January 1 to March 31; 5 thousand tons are allocated for the period 1/4 to 30/6 and 5 thousand tons are allocated for the period 1/7 to 30/9. No quota allocation for the period October 1 to December 31.
For 30,000 tons of milled rice, the allocation is as follows: 15,000 tons are allocated for the period from January 1 to March 31; 7.5 thousand tons are allocated for the period 1/4 to 30/6 and 7,5 thousand tons are allocated for the period 1/7 to 30/9. No quota allocation for the period October 1 to December 31.
For 30,000 tons of fragrant rice (9 varieties Jasmine 85, ST 5, ST 20, Nang Hoa 9,VD 20, RVT, OM 4900, OM 5451, Cho Dao Resources) allocation is as follows: 15 thousand tons are allocated to the period from January 1 to March 31; 7.5 thousand tons are allocated for the period 1/4 to 30/6 and 7,5 thousand tons are allocated for the period 1/7 to 30/9. No quota allocation for the period October 1 to December 31.
The deposit to secure the enforcement of the rice quota license is 30 Euros/ton.
In addition, in this regulation (Section 12, Appendix I), Part D specifically stipulates the Certificate of aromatic rice varieties exported to the EU. This form of paper has been agreed by Vietnam and the EU and is specified in Appendix VI of Decree 103/2020/ND-CP dated September 4, 2020 of the Government on certification of aromatic rice varieties exported to European Union.
Source: vneconomy.vn
