Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1300 of 27 September 2018 amending and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards import licences for dairy products originating in Norway
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1300of 27 September 2018amending and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards import licences for dairy products originating in NorwayTHE 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 187 thereof,Whereas:(1)Annex IV to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products ("the Agreement"), reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and approved by Council Decision (EU) 2018/760Council Decision (EU) 2018/760 of 14 May 2018 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (OJ L 129, 25.5.2018, p. 1)., provides for the introduction of new quotas for dairy products.(2)The Agreement enters into force on the first day of the third month following the date of the deposit of the last instrument of approval. The last instrument of approval was notified by Norway on 16 July 2018. The new quota quantities will therefore apply from 1 October 2018.(3)Article 14(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas (OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29). provides that licence applications lodged from 1 to 10 June may be used for imports during the period from 1 July to 31 December following. A new period for the lodging of applications and the issue of import licences should therefore be introduced for the new quotas opened by the Agreement. In addition, in 2018 the validity period of those licenses should start on their date of issue.(4)Section 2 of Chapter I of Title 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 provides that applicants for import licences are to be approved in advance by the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established. The relevant requests are to be submitted before 1 April each year. It is necessary to provide for an ad-hoc procedure allowing applicants who have not yet been approved to request for approval for the purposes of the new import quotas opening on 1 October 2018. The relevant derogations form Articles 8, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should be provided for.(5)Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be amended and derogated from accordingly.(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: