Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 747/2011 of 28 July 2011 on the minimum customs duty to be fixed in response to the second partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 634/2011
Date: 2011-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import (EU), import licence, invitation to tender, sugar, sugar industry








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29.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 197/10








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 747/2011
of 28 July 2011
         
on the minimum customs duty to be fixed in response to the second partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 634/2011


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 187, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 634/2011 (2) opened a standing invitation to tender for the 2010/2011 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN code 1701  at a reduced customs duty.












(2)


In accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 634/2011, 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 second partial invitation to tender, a minimum customs duty should be fixed for certain eight digit codes for sugar falling within CN code 1701  and no minimum customs duty should be fixed for the other eight digit codes for sugar falling within that CN code.












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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the second partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 634/2011, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 27 July 2011, a minimum customs duty has been fixed, or has not been fixed, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation for the eight digit codes for sugar falling within CN code 1701 .


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, 28 July 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 170, 30.6.2011, p. 21.




ANNEX

Minimum customs duties







(EUR/tonne)




Eight digit CN code


Minimum customs duty




1


2




1701 11 10 


151,05 




1701 11 90 


170,00 




1701 12 10 


X




1701 12 90 


X




1701 91 00 


X




1701 99 10 


225,00 




1701 99 90 


X










(—)


no minimum customs duty fixed (all offers rejected)










(X)


no offers