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United Kingdom

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2200

of 28 November 2017

opening and providing for the administration of import tariff quotas of certain cereals from Ukraine

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 1234/2007^f1, and in particular its Article 187 points (a) and (c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EU) 2017/1566 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2 provides for preferential arrangements as regards customs duties for the import of certain goods originating in Ukraine. The import tariff quotas referred to in Annex II of that Regulation are to be administered by the Commission in accordance with Article 184 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. They shall apply for three years as from1 January 2018.

(2)

To ensure that imports of certain cereals originating in Ukraine covered by the tariff quotas are orderly and not speculative, it is appropriate to provide that these imports are managed through the use of import licences. To this end, Commission Regulations (EC) No 1301/2006^f3, (EC) No 1342/2003^f4 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239^f5 should apply, save where derogations are laid down in this Regulation.

(3)

To ensure the proper management of these quotas, deadlines for the lodging of import licence applications should be laid down and the information to be included in applications and licences should be specified.

(4)

In the interests of efficient administration, when notifying the Commission in accordance with this Regulation, Member States should use the information systems provided for in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183^f6 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185^f7.

(5)

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

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
f2: Regulation (EU) 2017/1566 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on the introduction of temporary autonomous measures for Ukraine supplementing the trade concessions available under the Association Agreement (OJ L 254, 30.9.2017, p. 1).
f3: Commission 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).
f4: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice, (OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12).
f5: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 of 18 May 2016 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the system of import and export licences (OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 44).
f6: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 of 20 April 2017 on supplementing Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the notifications to the Commission of information and documents (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 100).
f7: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission Regulations (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 113).