# L_2017188EN.01000701.xml

| 20.7.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 188/7 |
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20.7.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 188/7

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1349

of 19 July 2017

suspending submission of applications for import licences under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 in the sugar sector

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(1) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 (2) opened annual tariff quotas for imports of sugar products. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 (2) opened annual tariff quotas for imports of sugar products.

| (2) | The quantities covered by import licence applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 for the subperiod from 1 to 31 July 2017 are equal to the quantities available under order number 09.4329. Submission of further applications for import licences under this order number should be suspended until the end of the quota period. |
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(2)

The quantities covered by import licence applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 for the subperiod from 1 to 31 July 2017 are equal to the quantities available under order number 09.4329. Submission of further applications for import licences under this order number should be suspended until the end of the quota period.

| (3) | In order to ensure the efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, |
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(3)

In order to ensure the efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Submission of further applications for import licences under the order numbers indicated in the Annex shall be suspended until the end of the 2016/2017 quota period.

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, 19 July 2017.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Jerzy PLEWA

Director-General

Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

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(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (OJ L 254, 26.9.2009, p. 82).

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ANNEX

| ‘CXL concessions sugar’
  2016/2017 Quota period
  Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 |
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| Order No | Country | Further applications |
| 09.4317 | Australia | — |
| 09.4318 | Brazil | — |
| 09.4319 | Cuba | Suspended |
| 09.4320 | Any third country | — |
| 09.4321 | India | Suspended |
| 09.4329 | Brazil | Suspended |
| 09.4330 | Brazil | Available in 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 |

‘CXL concessions sugar’

2016/2017 Quota period

Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017

Order No

Country

Further applications

09.4317

Australia

—

09.4318

Brazil

—

09.4319

Cuba

Suspended

09.4320

Any third country

—

09.4321

India

Suspended

09.4329

Brazil

Suspended

09.4330

Brazil

Available in 2022/2023 and 2023/2024

| ‘Balkans sugar’
  2016/2017 Quota period
  Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 |
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| Order No | Country | Further applications |
| 09.4324 | Albania | — |
| 09.4325 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |
| 09.4326 | Serbia | — |
| 09.4327 | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | — |

‘Balkans sugar’

2016/2017 Quota period

Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017

Order No

Country

Further applications

09.4324

Albania

—

09.4325

Bosnia and Herzegovina

—

09.4326

Serbia

—

09.4327

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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| Transitional measures, ‘exceptional import sugar’ and ‘industrial sugar’
  2016/2017 Quota period
  Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 |
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| Order No | Type | Further applications |
| 09.4367 | Transitional measures (Croatia) | — |
| 09.4380 | Exceptional import | — |
| 09.4390 | Industrial sugar | — |

Transitional measures, ‘exceptional import sugar’ and ‘industrial sugar’

2016/2017 Quota period

Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017

Order No

Type

Further applications

09.4367

Transitional measures (Croatia)

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09.4380

Exceptional import

—

09.4390

Industrial sugar

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