Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1289/2014 of 3 December 2014 fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugar
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1289/2014of 3 December 2014fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugarTHE 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 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.,Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sectorOJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24., and in particular Article 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)According to point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 139(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 the sugar produced during a marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 136 of that Regulation may be exported only within the quantitative limit fixed by the Commission.(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014 of 16 July 2014 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2014/15 marketing yearOJ L 210, 17.7.2014, p. 11. sets such quantitative limits.(3)The quantities of sugar covered by applications for export licences exceed the quantitative limit fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 776/2014. An acceptance percentage should therefore be set for quantities applied for from 24 to 28 November 2014. All export-licence applications for sugar lodged after 28 November 2014 should accordingly be rejected and the lodging of export-licence applications should be suspended,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 11.Export licences for out-of-quota sugar for which applications were lodged from 24 to 28 November 2014 shall be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied by an acceptance percentage of 30,097818 %.2.Applications for export licences for out-of-quota sugar submitted on 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 December 2014 are hereby rejected.3.The lodging of applications for export licences for out-of-quota sugar shall be suspended for the period 8 December 2014 to 30 September 2015.Article 2This 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, 3 December 2014.For the Commission,On behalf of the President,Jerzy PlewaDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural Development