ANNEXES OF TITLE V TRADE AND TRADE-RELATED MATTERS

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1 Disclaimer: Please note that the present documents are only made available for information purposes and do not represent the final version of the Association Agreement. The texts which have been initialled will be subject to legal-linguistic and legal revision before the Association Agreement will be finalised. The texts neither confer any rights nor create any legally binding obligations of public international law. ANNEXES OF TITLE V TRADE AND TRADE-RELATED MATTERS EN 68 EN

2 ANNEX XV TO THIS AGREEMENT ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES 1. The Parties shall eliminate all customs duties on goods originating in the other Party as from the date of entry into force of this Agreement except as provided in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 and without prejudice to paragraph 5 of this Annex. 2. Products listed in Annex XV-A shall be imported into the Union free of customs duties within the limits of the tariff quotas set out in that Annex. The most-favoured-nation (MFN) customs duty rate shall apply to imports exceeding the tariff rate quota limit. 3. Products listed in Annex XV-B shall be subject to an import duty into the European Union with exemption of the ad valorem component of that import duty. 4. The elimination of certain customs duties by the Republic of Moldova as set out in Annex XV-D shall take place in accordance with the following modalities: (a) The customs duties for the items in staging category 5 in the Republic of Moldova s Schedule shall be eliminated in 6 equal stages, starting on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, with the following reductions taking place on 1 January of the next 5 years following the date of entry into force of this Agreement. (b) The customs duties for the items in staging category 3 in the Republic of Moldova s Schedule shall be eliminated in 4 equal stages starting on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, with the following reductions taking place on 1 January of the next 3 years following the date of the entry into force of this Agreement. (c) The customs duties for the items in staging category 10-A in the Republic of Moldova s Schedule shall be eliminated in 10 equal annual stages starting on 1 January of the year following the date of entry into force of this Agreement. (d) The customs duties for the items in staging category 5-A in the Republic of Moldova s Schedule shall be eliminated in 5 equal annual stages starting on 1 January of the year following the date of entry into force of this Agreement. (e) The customs duties for the items in staging category 3-A in the Republic of Moldova s Schedule shall be eliminated in 3 equal annual stages starting on 1 January of the year following the date of entry into force of this Agreement. (f) The elimination of customs duties for products in staging category 10-S (products subject to a 5-year standstill) shall start on 1 January of the fifth year following the entry into force of this Agreement. 5. The import of products originating in the Republic of Moldova listed in Annex XV-C shall be subject to the Union anti-circumvention mechanism set out in Article 148 of this Agreement. EN 69 EN

3 ANNEX XV-A PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL DUTY-FREE TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS (UNION) Order No CN code 2012 Product description Volume (tonnes) Rate of duty Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 1.000t free Garlic, fresh or chilled 220t free Table grapes, fresh 5.000t free Apples, fresh (excl. cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December) t free Plums, fresh 5.000t free Grape juice, incl. grape must, unfermented, Brix value <= 30 at 20 C, value of > 18 per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit) Grape juice, incl. grape must, unfermented, Brix value > 67 at 20 C, value of > 22 per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit) Concentrated grape juice, incl. grape must, unfermented, Brix value > 30 but <= 67 at 20 C, value of > 18 per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. containing spirit) Grape juice, incl. grape must, unfermented, Brix value > 30 but <= 67 at 20 C, value of > 18 per 100 kg, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (excl. concentrated or containing spirit) 500t free EN 70 EN

4 ANNEX XV-B PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO ENTRY PRICE 1 for which the ad valorem component of the import duty is exempted (UNION) CN 2012 code Product description Cucumbers, fresh or chilled Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled Courgettes, fresh or chilled Sweet oranges, fresh Clementines Monreales and satsumas Mandarins and wilkings Tangerines Tangelos, ortaniques, malaquinas and similar citrus hybrids (excl. clementines, monreales, satsumas, mandarins, wilkings and tangerines) Lemons "Citrus limon, Citrus limonum" Pears (excl. perry pears in bulk from 1 August to 31 December) Apricots, fresh Sour cherries "Prunus cerasus", fresh Cherries (excl. sour cherries), fresh Nectarines, fresh Peaches (excl. nectarines), fresh Grape must, unfermented, concentrated within the meaning of Additional Note 7 to chapter 22, of a density <= 1,33 g/cm³ at 20 C and of an actual alcoholic strength <= 1% vol but > 0,5% vol (excl. grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol) Grape must, unfermented, non-concentrated, of a density <= 1,33 g/cm³ at 20 C and of an actual alcoholic strength <= 1% vol but > 0,5% vol (excl. grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol) Grape must, unfermented, concentrated within the meaning of Additional Note 7 to chapter 22, of a density > 1,33 g/cm³ at 20 C and of an actual alcoholic strength <= 1% vol but > 0,5% vol (excl. grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition 1 See Annex 2 to the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 927/2012 of 9 October 2012 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff. EN 71 EN

5 of alcohol) Grape must, unfermented, non-concentrated, of a density > 1,33 g/cm³ at 20 C and of an actual alcoholic strength <= 1% vol but > 0,5% vol (excl. grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol) EN 72 EN

6 ANNEX XV-C PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION MECHANISM (UNION) Product categor y CN 2012 code Product description Trigger volume (tonnes ) Agricultural products 1 Pig Fresh or chilled domestic swine carcases and half-carcases 4.500t Fresh or chilled with bone in, domestic swine hams and cuts thereof Fresh or chilled with bone in, domestic swine shoulders and cuts thereof Fresh or chilled fore-ends and cuts thereof of domestic swine Fresh or chilled loins and cuts thereof of domestic swine Fresh or chilled bellies "streaky" and cuts thereof of domestic swine Fresh or chilled boneless of domestic swine (excl. bellies and cuts thereof) Fresh or chilled of domestic swine, with bone in (excl. carcases and half-carcases, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, and fore-ends, loins, bellies and cuts thereof) Frozen domestic swine carcases and half-carcases Frozen hams and cuts thereof of domestic swine, with bone in Frozen shoulders and cuts thereof of domestic swine, with bone in Frozen fore-ends and cuts thereof of domestic swine Frozen loins and cuts thereof of domestic swine, with bone in EN 73 EN

7 1 Pig Frozen bellies "streaky" and cuts thereof of domestic swine Frozen boneless of domestic swine (excl. bellies and cuts thereof) 2 Poultry Frozen of domestic swine, with bone in (excl. carcases and half-carcases, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, and fore-ends, loins, bellies and cuts thereof) Fresh or chilled, plucked and drawn fowls of species Gallus domesticus, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "70% chickens" Fresh or chilled, plucked and drawn fowls of species Gallus domesticus, without heads, feet, necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "65% chickens", and other forms of fresh or chilled fowl, not cut in pieces (excl. "83% and 70% chickens") Frozen fowls of species Gallus domesticus, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "70% chickens" Frozen fowls of species Gallus domesticus, plucked and drawn, without heads, feet, necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "65% chickens", and other forms of fowl, not cut in pieces (excl. "70% chickens") Fresh or chilled boneless cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Fresh or chilled halves or quarters of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Fresh or chilled whole wings, with or without tips, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Fresh or chilled breasts and cuts thereof of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, with bone in Fresh or chilled legs and cuts thereof of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, with bone in Fresh or chilled edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (excl. livers) 600t EN 74 EN

8 2 Poultry Frozen boneless cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Frozen halves or quarters of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Frozen whole wings, with or without tips, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Frozen breasts and cuts thereof of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, with bone in Frozen legs and cuts thereof of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, with bone in Frozen edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (excl. livers) Fresh or chilled, plucked and drawn turkeys of the species domesticus, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "80% turkeys" Fresh or chilled, plucked and drawn turkeys of the species domesticus, without heads, feet, necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "73% turkeys", and other forms of fresh or chilled turkeys, not cut in pieces (excl. "80% turkeys") Frozen turkeys of the species domesticus, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "80% turkeys" Frozen turkeys of the species domesticus, plucked and drawn, without heads, feet, necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as "73% turkeys", and other forms of turkeys, not cut in pieces (excl. "80% turkeys") Fresh or chilled boneless cuts of turkeys of the species domesticus Fresh or chilled halves or quarters of turkeys of the species domesticus Fresh or chilled whole wings, with or without tips, of turkeys of the species domesticus 600t EN 75 EN

9 2 Poultry Fresh or chilled breasts and cuts thereof of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in Fresh or chilled drumsticks and cuts thereof of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in Fresh or chilled legs and cuts thereof of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in (excl. drumsticks) Fresh or chilled cuts of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in (excl. halves or quarters, whole wings, with or without tips, backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing-tips, breasts, legs and cuts thereof) Fresh or chilled edible offal of turkeys of the species domesticus (excl. livers) Frozen boneless cuts of turkeys of the species domesticus Frozen halves and quarters of turkeys of the species domesticus Frozen whole wings, with or without tips, of turkeys of the species domesticus Frozen breasts and cuts thereof of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in Frozen drumsticks and cuts thereof of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in Frozen legs and cuts thereof of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in (excl. drumsticks) Frozen cuts of turkeys of the species domesticus, with bone in (excl. halves or quarters, whole wings, with or without tips, backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing-tips, breasts, legs and cuts thereof) Frozen edible offal of turkeys of the species domesticus (excl. livers) Fresh or chilled domestic ducks, not cut in pieces, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzard "70 % ducks" 600t EN 76 EN

10 2 Poultry Fresh or chilled domestic ducks, not cut in pieces, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, "63 % ducks" or otherwise presented Frozen domestic ducks, not cut in pieces, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards "70 % ducks" Frozen domestic ducks, not cut in pieces, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, "63 % ducks" or otherwise presented Fresh or chilled cuts of domestic ducks, boneless Fresh or chilled halves or quarters of domestic ducks Fresh or chilled whole wings of domestic ducks Fresh or chilled backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing-tips of domestic ducks Fresh or chilled breasts and cuts thereof, of domestic ducks, with bone in Fresh or chilled legs and cuts thereof, of domestic ducks, with bone in Fresh or chilled paletots of domestic ducks, with bone in Fresh or chilled cuts of domestic ducks, with bone in, n.e.s Fresh or chilled edible offal of domestic ducks (excl. livers) Frozen cuts of domestic ducks, boneless Frozen halves or quarters of domestic ducks Frozen whole wings of domestic ducks Frozen backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing-tips of domestic ducks Frozen breasts and cuts thereof, of domestic ducks, with bone in 600t EN 77 EN

11 2 Poultry Frozen legs and cuts thereof, of domestic ducks, with bone in Frozen cuts of domestic ducks, with bone in, n.e.s Frozen edible offal of domestic ducks (excl. livers) Fresh or chilled domestic geese, not cut in pieces, plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet "82 % geese" Fresh or chilled domestic geese, not cut in pieces, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, "75 % geese" or otherwise presented Frozen domestic geese, not cut in pieces, plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, "75 % geese" or otherwise presented Fresh or chilled cuts of domestic geese, boneless Fresh or chilled halves or quarters of domestic geese Fresh or chilled whole wings of domestic geese Fresh or chilled backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing-tips of domestic geese Fresh or chilled breasts and cuts thereof, of domestic geese, with bone in Fresh or chilled legs and cuts thereof, of domestic geese, with bone in Fresh or chilled paletots of domestic geese, with bone in Fresh or chilled cuts of domestic geese, with bone in, n.e.s Fresh or chilled edible offal of domestic geese (excl. livers) Frozen cuts of domestic geese, boneless Frozen halves or quarters of domestic geese Frozen whole wings of domestic geese Frozen backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing-tips of domestic geese 600t EN 78 EN

12 2 Poultry Frozen breasts and cuts thereof, of domestic geese, with bone in Frozen legs and cuts thereof, of domestic geese, with bone in Frozen cuts of domestic geese, with bone in, n.e.s Frozen edible offal of domestic geese (excl. livers) Fresh, chilled or frozen domestic guinea fowls, not cut in pieces Fresh, chilled or frozen cuts of domestic guinea fowls, boneless Fresh, chilled or frozen whole wings of domestic guinea fowls Fresh, chilled or frozen backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing-tips of domestic guinea fowls Fresh, chilled or frozen breasts and cuts thereof, of domestic guinea fowls, with bone in Fresh, chilled or frozen legs and cuts thereof, of domestic guinea fowls, with bone in Fresh, chilled or frozen cuts of domestic guinea fowls, with bone in, n.e.s Fresh, chilled or frozen edible offal of domestic guinea fowls (excl. livers) Uncooked, prepared or preserved or offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus containing >= 57% or offal of poultry (excl. sausages and similar products, and preparations of liver) Prepared or preserved or offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus containing >= 25% but < 57% of poultry or offal (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for die 600t EN 79 EN

13 2 Poultry 3 Dairy product s 4 Eggs in shell Prepared or preserved or offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (excl. that containing >= 25% or offal of poultry, or offal of turkeys or guinea fowl, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for r Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 1,5%, unsweetened, in immediate packings of <= 2,5 kg Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 1,5%, unsweetened, in immediate packings of > 2,5 kg Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 1,5%, sweetened, in immediate packings of <= 2,5 kg Milk and cream in solid forms, of a fat content by weight of <= 1,5%, sweetened, in immediate packings of > 2,5 kg Natural butter of a fat content, by weight, of >= 80% but <= 85%, in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg (excl. dehydrated butter and ghee) Natural butter of a fat content, by weight, of >= 80% but <= 85% (excl. in immediate packings of a net content of <= 1 kg, and dehydrated butter and ghee) Recombined butter of a fat content, by weight, of >= 80% but <= 85% (excl. dehydrated butter and ghee) Whey butter of a fat content, by weight, of >= 80% but <= 85% (excl. dehydrated butter and ghee) Butter of a fat content, by weight, of > 85% but <= 95% (excl. dehydrated butter and ghee) Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excl. fertilised for incubation) Fresh poultry eggs, in shell (excl. of fowls, and fertilised for incubation) 600t 1.700t 7.000t mln x 50gr =6600t EN 80 EN

14 4 Eggs in shell 5 Eggs and albumin s 6 Wheat, flour and pellets Fresh birds' eggs, in shell (excl. of poultry, and fertilised for incubation) Poultry eggs, in shell, preserved or cooked Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, suitable for human consumption (excl. egg yolks) Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, suitable for human consumption (excl. dried and egg yolks) Wheat seed for sowing (excl. durum, common wheat and spelt) Wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat) 400t t 7 Barley, flour and pellets 8 Maize, flour and pellets Barley (excl. seed for sowing) t Maize (excl. seed for sowing) t 9 Sugars White sugar, containing in dry state>= 99,5% sucrose (excl. flavoured or coloured) t Processed agricultural products 10 Cereal processed Bulgur wheat in the form of worked grains, obtained by cooking hard wheat grains Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of actual alcoholic strength of >= 80% Denatured ethyl alcohol and other spirits of any strength 2.500t EN 81 EN

15 10 Cereal processed Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, in containers holding <= 2 l Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of an alcoholic strength of < 80% vol, in containers holding > 2 l Mannitol D-glucitol "sorbitol", in aqueous solution containing <= 2% by weight of d-mannitol, calculated on the d-glucitol content D-glucitol "sorbitol" in aqueous solution (excl. containing <= 2% by weight of d-mannitol, calculated on the d-glucitol content) D-glucitol "sorbitol", containing <= 2% by weight of d-mannitol, calculated on the d-glucitol content (excl. in aqueous solution) D-glucitol "sorbitol" (excl. in aqueous solution and containing <= 2% by weight of d-mannitol, calculated on the d-glucitol content) Dextrins Starches, etherified or esterified (excl. dextrins) Modified starches (excl. etherified starches, esterified starches and dextrins) Glues containing >= 25% but < 55% starches, dextrins or other modified starches by weight (excl. those put up for retail sale and weighing net <= 1 kg) Glues containing >= 55% but < 80% starches, dextrins or other modified starches by weight (excl. those put up for retail sale and weighing net <= 1 kg) Glues containing >= 80% starches, dextrins or other modified starches by weight (excl. those put up for retail sale and weighing net <= 1 kg) Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., with a basis of amylaceous substances, containing <55% of these substances by weight Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., with a basis of amylaceous substances, containing >=55% to <70% of these substances by weight 2.500t EN 82 EN

16 10 Cereal processed Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., with a basis of amylaceous substances, containing >=70% to <83% of these substances by weight Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., with a basis of amylaceous substances, containing >=83% of these substances by weight Sorbitol in aqueous solution, containing <= 2% by weight of d- mannitol, calculated on the d-glucitol content (excl. dglucitol [sorbitol]) Sorbitol in aqueous solution, containing > 2% by weight of d- mannitol, calculated on the d-glucitol content (excl. dglucitol [sorbitol]) Sorbitol containing <= 2% by weight of d-mannitol, calculated on the d-glucitol content (excl. sorbitol in aqueous solution and dglucitol [sorbitol]) Sorbitol containing > 2% by weight of d-mannitol, calculated on the d- glucitol content (excl. sorbitol in aqueous solution and dglucitol [sorbitol]) 2.500t 11 Cigarettes Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing tobacco 1.000t or 1 billion Cigarettes, containing tobacco (excl. containing cloves) pieces 3 12 Dairy processed Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39% or more but less than 60% Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 60% or more but not exceeding 75% Chocolate milk crumb Protein concentrates and textured protein substances other than Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5% milkfat, 5% sucrose or isoglucose, 5% glucose or starch Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 2009, containing by weight 2% or more of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401 to t 3 Provided that 1 piece weighs approximately 1 g. EN 83 EN

17 13 Sugar processed Dry pectic substances, pectinates and pectates in powder form 4.200t Liquid pectic substances, pectinates and pectates Chemically pure fructose in solid form 14 Sweet corn Chemically pure maltose, in solid form Pastes, marzipan, nougat and other prepared sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa (excl. chewing gum, white chocolate, throat pastilles and cough drops, gum and jelly confectionery incl. fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery, boiled sweets, Sweetened cocoa powder, containing >= 65% but < 80% sucrose, incl. inverted sugar expressed as sucrose or isoglucose expressed as sucrose Sweetened cocoa powder, containing >= 80% sucrose, incl. inverted sugar expressed as sucrose or isoglucose expressed as sucrose Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars weighing > 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form, in containers or immediate packings of a content > 2 kg, containing < 18% by weight of cocoa butter Food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing cocoa in a proportion by weight of < 40%, calculated on a totally defatted basis, and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, sour cream Preparations with a basis of coffee Preparations with a basis of tea or maté Food preparations, n.e.s., containing, by weight, >= 1,5% milkfat, >= 5% sucrose or isoglucose, >= 5% glucose or >= 5% starch Preparations based on odoriferous substances, containing all flavouring agents characterizing a beverage, containing, by weight, >= 1,5% milkfat, >= 5% sucrose or isoglucose, >= 5% glucose or >= 5% starch, of a kind used in the drink industries (excl. of an actual alcoholic strength of >0,5% vol) Sweet corn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen Sweet corn provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption Sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid Sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Zaccharata", prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen Sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen) 1.500t EN 84 EN