Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1728 of 27 September 2016 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by applications for import licences lodged from 8 to 14 September 2016 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 in the sugar sector and suspending submission of applications for such licences
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1728of 27 September 2016fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by applications for import licences lodged from 8 to 14 September 2016 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 in the sugar sector and suspending submission of applications for such licences 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 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671., and in particular Article 188(1) and (3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009Commission 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 8 to 14 September 2016 for the subperiod from 1 to 31 October 2016 exceed the quantities available under order numbers 09.4320 and 09.4321. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006Commission 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).. Submission of further applications for import licences under those order numbers should be suspended until the end of the quota period.(3)The quantities covered by import licence applications lodged from 8 to 14 September 2016 for the subperiod from 1 to 31 October 2016 are equal to the quantities available under order number 09.4319. Submission of further applications for import licences under those order numbers should be suspended until the end of this quota period.(4)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 11.The quantities covered by import licence applications lodged under Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 from 8 to 14 September 2016 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation.2.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 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, 27 September 2016.For the Commission,On behalf of the President,Jerzy PlewaDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentANNEX
"CXL concessions sugar"2016/2017 Quota periodApplications lodged from 8 to 14 September 2016
Order NoCountryAllocation coefficient (%)Further applications
09.4317Australia——
09.4318Brazil——
09.4319Cuba—Suspended
09.4320Any third country4,79785Suspended
09.4321India3,118762Suspended
"Balkans sugar"2016/2017 Quota periodApplications lodged from 8 to 14 September 2016
Order NoCountryAllocation coefficient (%)Further applications
09.4324Albania——
09.4325Bosnia and Herzegovina——
09.4326Serbia——
09.4327Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia——
"Exceptional import sugar" and "industrial sugar"2016/2017 Quota periodApplications lodged from 8 to 14 September 2016
Order NoTypeAllocation coefficient (%)Further applications
09.4380Exceptional import——
09.4390Industrial sugar——