CELEX: 32016R1188
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1188 of 20 July 2016 suspending submission of applications for import licences under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 in the sugar sector

21.7.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 196/48
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1188
   of 20 July 2016
   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.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The quantities covered by import licence applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016 for the subperiod from 1 to 31 July 2016 are equal to the quantities available under order number 09.4325. 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,
            
         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 2015/2016 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, 20 July 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 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).
   
      ANNEX
      
         ‘CXL concessions sugar’
      
      2015/2016 Quota period
      Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016
      
                  Order No
               
               
                  Country
               
               
                  Further applications
               
            
                  09.4317
               
               
                  Australia
               
               
                  Suspended
               
            
                  09.4318
               
               
                  Brazil
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  09.4319
               
               
                  Cuba
               
               
                  Suspended
               
            
                  09.4320
               
               
                  Any third country
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  09.4321
               
               
                  India
               
               
                  Suspended
               
            
         
      
         ‘Balkans sugar’
      
      2015/2016 Quota period
      Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016
      
                  Order No
               
               
                  Country
               
               
                  Further applications
               
            
                  09.4324
               
               
                  Albania
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  09.4325
               
               
                  Bosnia and Herzegovina
               
               
                  Suspended
               
            
                  09.4326
               
               
                  Serbia
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  09.4327
               
               
                  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
               
               
                  —
               
            
         
      
         ‘Exceptional import sugar’ and ‘industrial sugar’
      
      2015/2016 Quota period
      Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016
      
                  Order No
               
               
                  Type
               
               
                  Further applications
               
            
                  09.4380
               
               
                  Exceptional import
               
               
                  —
               
            
                  09.4390
               
               
                  Industrial sugar
               
               
                  —