L 3342 Official Journal of the European Union 13.12.2013 REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1325/2013 of 9 December 2013 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1) The Union market for jet fuel depends considerably on imports of jet fuel from third countries. Although bilateral aviation agreements between Member States and third countries typically include provisions concerning duty relief for jet fuel, it is necessary to lay down common rules on duty relief for jet fuel in order to ensure clarity and uniformity in this regard, to provide legal certainty for operators and to avoid any distortion of competition resulting from differing practices and rules. A significant part of jet fuel imports to the Union orig- inates in countries that benefit from the scheme of gener- alised tariff preferences or have preferential access to the Union market, and thus the imports are duty-free. With the application of tariff preferences in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (') starting from 1 January 2014, a number of countries which are important exporters of jet fuel will cease to be bene- ficiaries of that preferential access to the Union market, and certain other exporting countries will not benefit from preferential access for certain product categories, (1) Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1). including fuel, in accordance with Commission Imple- menting Regulation (EU) No 12132012 (?). The imposition of customs duties on jet fuel from those suppliers would likely cause an increase in the price of jet fuel on the Union market as it is not economically viable for refineries in the Union to increase their production of aviation fuel to any significant degree. It is therefore appropriate to suspend the autonomous rate of customs duty for jet fuel. The suspension should cover all products falling within CN code 271019 21. Taking into account possible future changes in the market situation of jet fuel, the suspension should be reviewed on the basis of an assessment within five years. Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (°) should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the text for CN code 271019 21 in column 3 of the table in Chapter 27 of Section V of Part Two, is replaced by the following: ‘4,7 () (*) Autonomous rate of duty: Free. (%) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2012 of 17 December 2012 suspending the tariff preferences for certain GSP beneficiary countries in respect of certain GSP sections in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (O] L 348, 18.12.2012, p. 11). (*) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (O] L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).