Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1349 of 19 July 2017 suspending submission of applications for import licences under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 in the sugar sector

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1349 of 19 July 2017 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 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. , and in particular Article 188(1) and (3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 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). opened annual tariff quotas for imports of sugar products. (2) The quantities covered by import licence applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 for the subperiod from 1 to 31 July 2017 are equal to the quantities available under order number 09.4329. 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 2016/2017 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, 19 July 2017. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Jerzy Plewa Director-General Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Annex

ANNEX CXL concessions sugar 2016/2017 Quota period Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 Order NoCountryFurther applications09.4317Australia—09.4318Brazil—09.4319CubaSuspended09.4320Any third country—09.4321IndiaSuspended09.4329BrazilSuspended09.4330BrazilAvailable in 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 Balkans sugar 2016/2017 Quota period Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 Order NoCountryFurther applications09.4324Albania—09.4325Bosnia and Herzegovina—09.4326Serbia—09.4327Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia— Transitional measures, exceptional import sugar and industrial sugar 2016/2017 Quota period Applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2017 Order NoTypeFurther applications09.4367Transitional measures (Croatia)—09.4380Exceptional import—09.4390Industrial sugar—