Document ID: 32014R1289
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>4.12.2014&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 348/25</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1289/2014
of 3 December 2014
fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugar
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 ) ,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector ( 2 ) , and in particular Article 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>According to point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 139(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 the sugar produced during a marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 136 of that Regulation may be exported only within the quantitative limit fixed by the Commission.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014 of 16 July 2014 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2014/15 marketing year<a>&#160;(<span>3</span>)</a> sets such quantitative limits.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The quantities of sugar covered by applications for export licences exceed the quantitative limit fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014. An acceptance percentage should therefore be set for quantities applied for from 24 to 28 November 2014. All export-licence applications for sugar lodged after 28 November 2014 should accordingly be rejected and the lodging of export-licence applications should be suspended,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Export licences for out-of-quota sugar for which applications were lodged from 24 to 28 November 2014 shall be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied by an acceptance percentage of 30,097818 %.
2. Applications for export licences for out-of-quota sugar submitted on 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 December 2014 are hereby rejected.
3. The lodging of applications for export licences for out-of-quota sugar shall be suspended for the period 8 December 2014 to 30 September 2015.
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, 3 December 2014.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
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( 1 ) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 .
( 2 ) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24 .
( 3 ) OJ L 210, 17.7.2014, p. 11 .
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