# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/339 of 7 March 2018 amending and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the import licences for dairy products originating in Iceland, Introduction: Introductory text

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/339
of 7 March 2018
amending and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the import licences for dairy products originating in Iceland
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 Article 187 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Annex V to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, approved by Council Decision (EU) 2017/1913 provides for an increase in the annual duty free tariff quotas and for the introduction of a new quota for cheeses.
(2)
The new quota quantities will apply from 1 May 2018. Consequently, by way of derogation from Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, a new period from 1 May to 31 December 2018 should be established replacing the period from 1 July to 31 December 2018 and for the quantities to be set for that new period in Point I.I of Annex I to that Regulation as amended by this Regulation.
(3)
The application period precedes the end of the approval procedure for applicants to be authorised to import under the quotas as from 1 July 2018. In order for applicants, not yet listed on an approval list, to participate in the quota allocation for the period 1 May to 31 December 2018, derogation from Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should be provided for.
(4)
The period for lodging import licence applications for the first half year of 2018, as provided for in Article 14(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, has expired. By way of derogation from Article 14(1)(b) of that Regulation provision should therefore be made for a new license application period from 1 to 10 April 2018.
(5)
Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be amended 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:

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