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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1248/2014 of 20 November 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014            fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar until the end of the 2014/2015 marketing year and repealing            Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2014         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1248/2014                     

# of 20 November 2014

# amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar until                        the end of the 2014/2015 marketing year and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2014                     

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 139(2) and point (g) of the first paragraph of Article 144 thereof,                        

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:

(1)According to point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 139(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the sugar or isoglucose                              produced during a marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 136 of that Regulation may be exported only                              within a quantitative limit to be fixed by the Commission.

(2)Detailed implementing rules for out-of-quota exports, in particular concerning the issue of export licences, are laid down                              by Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.

(3)For the 2014/2015 marketing year it was initially estimated that fixing the quantitative limit at 650 000 tonnes, in white                              sugar equivalent, for out-of-quota sugar exports would correspond to the market demand. Such a limit was set by Commission                              Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014(3). However, according to most recent estimates, the production of out-of-quota sugar is expected to reach 6 200 000 tonnes.                              Additional market outlets for out-of-quota sugar should therefore be ensured.

(4)Taking into account that the WTO ceiling for exports in the 2014/2015 marketing year has not been fully used, it is appropriate                              to increase the export quantitative limit of out-of-quota sugar by 700 000 tonnes, so as to provide additional business opportunities                              for the Union producers of sugar.

(5)Regulation (EU) No 776/2014 should be amended accordingly.

(6)To allow the lodging of applications for out-of-quota sugar export licences, the suspension of the lodging of applications                              provided for in Article 1(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2014(4) should be abolished. As Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2014 has exhausted its effects, it is appropriate to repeal                              it.

(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation                              of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

In Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.For the 2014/2015 marketing year, the quantitative limit referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 139(1)                           of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be 1 350 000 tonnes for exports without refund of out-of-quota white sugar falling within                           CN code 1701 99.’                  

# Article 2U.K.

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2014 is repealed.

# Article 3U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 20 November 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

Jean-Claude Juncker                            

1

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.                           

2

OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24.                           

3

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014 of 16 July 2014 fixing the quantitative limit for exports of out-of-quota                              sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2014/2015 marketing year (OJ L 210, 17.7.2014, p. 11).                           

4

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1061/2014 of 8 October 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 (OJ L 293, 9.10.2014, p. 24).