{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-259/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/259",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/259 of 24 February 2016 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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-259",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/259\nof 24 February 2016\nfixing 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\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving 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,\nHaving 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 sector, and in particular Article 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAccording 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.\n(2)\nCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1164 sets such quantitative limits.\n(3)\nThe quantities of sugar covered by applications for export licences exceed the quantitative limit fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1164. An acceptance percentage should therefore be set for quantities applied for from 15 to 19 February 2016. All export-licence applications for sugar lodged after 19 February 2016 should accordingly be rejected and the lodging of export-licence applications should be suspended,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1164 of 15 July 2015 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2015/2016 marketing year (OJ L 188, 16.7.2015, p. 28)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/259/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}