30.11.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 321/1 (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 1202/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 November 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 in relation to tariff quotas for wine THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO- PEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ('), Whereas: (1) Since 2000, the Union has granted unlimited duty-free access to the Union market for almost all products originating in the Western Balkan countries. Currently, this system is provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 (). (2)  All of the Western Balkan countries benefit from prefer- ential trade arrangements, including individual tariff (") Position of the European Parliament of 22 October 2013 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 15 November 2013. (3 Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 of 30 November 2009 intro- ducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories partici- pating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation and Associa- tion process (O] L 328,15.12.2009, p. 1). quotas, under the Stabilisation and Association Agree- ments or Interim Agreements on trade and trade-related matters concluded with those countries, with the excep- tion of Kosovo (°). (3)  Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 made available a global tariff quota of 50 000 hl for wine, on a first-come, first- served’ basis to all the beneficiaries, subject to the exhaus- tion of their individual tariff quotas available under the Stabilisation and Association Agreements or Interim Agreements. (4)  Stable access to the market of the Union is necessary for the socioeconomic development of Kosovo, which has demonstrated the capacity to export wine. In the absence of an individual tariff quota, Kosovan wine producers lack the necessary predictability for their exports. (5) It is appropriate to allocate an individual annual tariff quota of 20 000 hl for wine exports from Kosovo to the Union, and to reduce proportionately the global annual tariff quota for wine available to all the beneficiaries from 50 000 hl to 30 000 hl. (6)  The allocation of an individual tariff quota is achieved by closing the existing global tariff quota and opening two new ones, whose total volume is equivalent to the volume of the tariff quota closed. (*) This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 (1999) and the IC] opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.