Introductory text

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 1037/01 and (EC) No 1234/07^f1, and in particular point (a) of Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006^f2 opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China concluded pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union^f3, approved by Council Decision 2014/116/EU^f4, provides for an increase of 800 tonnes (drained net weight) to the allocation for People's Republic of China under the EU tariff rate quota for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus falling within CN codes 0711 51 00, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30.

The increase in the tariff rate quota should be reflected in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006.

Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

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