Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/59 of 19 January 2016 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 January 2016 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 for garlic
Date: 2016-01-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, China, bulb vegetable, common organisation of markets, import (EU), import licence, tariff quota, third country




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20.1.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 13/55








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/59
of 19 January 2016
         
fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 January 2016 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 for garlic


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 341/2007 (2) opened annual tariff quotas for imports of garlic.












(2)


The quantities covered by the applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged in the first seven calendar days of January 2016, for the subperiod from 1 March 2016 to 31 May 2016, for certain quotas, exceed those available. The extent to which ‘A’ import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3).












(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
The quantities covered by the applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged under Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 for the subperiod from 1 March 2016 to 31 May 2016 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


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 January 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Jerzy PLEWA
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






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

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 of 29 March 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries (OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 12).

(3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13).




ANNEX







Origin


Reference number


Allocation coefficient — applications lodged for the subperiod from 1 March 2016 to 31 May 2016
(%)





Argentina












—


Traditional importers






09.4104


—










—


New importers






09.4099


—





China












—


Traditional importers






09.4105


62,826891










—


New importers






09.4100


0,466998





Other third countries












—


Traditional importers






09.4106


—










—


New importers






09.4102


—