Document ID: 32014R0055
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>22.1.2014&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 19/5</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 55/2014
of 21 January 2014
on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod from 1 March 2014 to 31 May 2014
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 188 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences ( 2 ) , and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007<a>&#160;(<span>3</span>)</a> opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas and introduces a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and other agricultural products imported from third countries.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The quantities for which &#8216;A&#8217; licence applications have been lodged by traditional importers and by new importers during the first seven working days of January 2014, pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 exceed the quantities available for products originating in China.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Therefore, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, it is now necessary to establish the extent to which the &#8216;A&#8217; licence applications sent to the Commission by 14 January 2014 can be met in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, the present Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 during the first seven working days of January 2014 and sent to the Commission by 14 January 2014 shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities applied for as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 January 2014.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President ,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
( 1 ) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 .
( 2 ) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13 .
( 3 ) OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 12 .
ANNEX
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Origin</p></td><td><p>Order number</p></td><td><p>Allocation coefficient</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td></tr><tr><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>Traditional importers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>09.4104</p></td><td><p>100&#160;%</p></td></tr><tr><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>New importers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>09.4099</p></td><td><p>100&#160;%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td></tr><tr><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>Traditional importers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>09.4105</p></td><td><p>32,455175&#160;%</p></td></tr><tr><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>New importers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>09.4100</p></td><td><p>0,409006&#160;%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other third countries</p></td></tr><tr><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>Traditional importers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>09.4106</p></td><td><p>&#8212;</p></td></tr><tr><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>New importers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>09.4102</p></td><td><p>&#8212;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#8216;&#8212;&#8217;: No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>