# 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, Introduction: Introductory text

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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, 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 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, (EC) No 1342/2003 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 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 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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