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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 67/2013 of 24 January 2013 on the minimum customs duty for sugar to be fixed in            response to the first partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No            36/2013         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 67/2013                     

# of 24 January 2013

# on the minimum customs duty for sugar to be fixed in response to the first partial invitation to tender within the tendering                        procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural                           markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 186, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013(2) opened a standing invitation to tender for the 2012/2013 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701                              99 10 at a reduced customs duty.

(2)In accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013, the Commission is to decide, in the light of the                              tenders received in response to a partial invitation to tender, either to fix a minimum customs duty or not to fix a minimum                              customs duty per eight digit CN code.

(3)On the basis of the tenders received for the first partial invitation to tender, a minimum customs duty should be fixed for                              sugar falling within CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10.

(4)In order to give a rapid signal to the market and to ensure 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*.

(5)The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time                              limit set by its Chair,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

For the first partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013,                     in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 23 January 2013, a minimum customs duty has been                     fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation for sugar falling within CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10.                  

# Article 2U.K.

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, 24 January 2013.

*For the Commission, On behalf of the President*,                           

José Manuel Silva Rodríguez                            

*Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*                            

## ANNEXU.K.

### **Minimum customs duties**

1

OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.                           

2

OJ L 16, 19.1.2013, p. 7.