On 22 December 2023, according to the Official Journal of the European Union, the European Commission published authorizing Regulation (EU) 2023/2835 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council. And repeal Commission Regulations (EC) No 3330/94, (EC) No 2810/95, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 972/2006, (EC) No 504/2007, (EC) No 1375/2007, (EC) No 402/2008, (EC) No 1295/2008, (EC) No 1312/2008 and (EU) No 642/2010, (EEC) No 1361/76, (EEC) No 1842/81, (EEC) No 3556/87, (EEC) No 3846/87, (EEC) No 815/89, (EC) No 765/2002, (EC) No 1993/2005, (EC) No 1670/2006, (EC) No 1731/2006, (EC) No 1741/2006, (EC) No 433/2007, (EC) No 1359/2007, (EC) No 433/2007, (EC) No 1359/2007, (EC) No 1454/2007, (EC) No 508/2008, (EC) No 903/2008, (EC) No 147/2009, (EC) No 612/2009, (EU) No 817/2010, (EU) No 1178/2010, (EU) No 90/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2013; On 10 October 2023, the Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834, setting out the rules applicable to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Parliament and of the Council on the import of rice, cereals, sugar and hops. The main contents include:

(1) The Regulations set out specific rules for the import of rice, cereals, sugar and hops. In particular, rules on the provision of guarantees for imports of flint maize, common wheat and durum wheat; Suspend or reduce import duties on molasses; Inspection of imported hops and exemption from the equivalence and labeling requirements for imported hops;

(2) Suspend and reduce the import duty on molasses. If the CIF representative price of molasses referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 and the import duty applicable to sugarcane molasses (CN code 17031000) or beet molasses (CN code 17039000) exceeds €8.21 /100 kg, the import duty shall be suspended or reduced to an amount determined by the Commission. The amount shall be determined at the same time as the representative price referred to in that article. However, if the suspension of the import duty is likely to have an adverse effect on the EU molasses market, it may be provided that the import duty is not suspended for a specified period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 183 (1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(3) Inspection of imported hops to ensure that they meet the minimum sales requirements;

 (4) The Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The regulations are fully binding and directly applicable to all Member States.