31.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/23
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1168/2014
of 31 October 2014
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat originating in Ukraine
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 points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 187 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 (3) opened and provided for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigment originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014.
(3) Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
(a) 25 % from 1 January to 31 March;
(b) 25 % from 1 April to 30 June;
(c) 25 % from 1 July to 30 September;
(d) 25 % from 1 October to 31 December.’
(2) Article 3 is amended as follows:
(a) The title is replaced by the following: ‘Import rights application for the quota period 2014’;
(b) in paragraph 8, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2014’.
(3) The following Article 3a is inserted:
(4) Article 4 is amended as follows:
(a) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Issue of import licences for the quota period 2014’;
(b) in paragraph 9, the date ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2014’.
(5) The following Article 4a is inserted:
(a) in box 8, the name “Ukraine” as country of origin and box “yes” marked by a cross;
(b) in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II.
(6) Article 5 is replaced by the following:
(a) no later than 10 January 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued during the quota period 2014;
(b) no later than 30 April 2015, of the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.
(7) The following Article 5a is inserted:
(a) together with the notifications referred to in Article 3a(5) of this Regulation regarding the applications submitted for the last subperiod;
(b) for quantities not yet notified at the time of the first notification provided for in point (a), by 30 April 2016 at the latest.
(8) Annex I shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as of 2 November 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.