The EU closes an agreement with China to redistribute import quotas after Brexit
18 May 2026
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Who is affected:
European importers of Chinese products subject to OMC tariff contingents
Summary
The EU and China agree on how to redistribute the tariff quotas that they previously shared with the United Kingdom, now that it is no longer part of the Union.
Detailed analysis
PRO
Following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU, the tariff contingents negotiated in the OMC list CLXXV had to be renegotiated to reflect that the European market is now smaller. This agreement between the EU and China, formalized through exchange of notes under article XXVIII of GATT 1994, establishes the new d…
Full official title
CELEX:32026D1076: Decisión (UE) 2026/1076 del Consejo, de 5 de mayo de 2026, relativa a la celebración, en nombre de la Unión, del Acuerdo en forma de Canje de Notas entre la Unión Europea y la República Popular China, en virtud del artículo XXVIII del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio (GATT) de 1994, en relación con la modificación de las concesiones en todos los contingentes arancelarios de la lista CLXXV de la Unión Europea, como consecuencia de la retirada del Reino Unido de la Unión Europea