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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 1234/2007note, and in particular Article 187(a) and (c) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote provides for preferential arrangements as regards the customs duties for the import of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation, agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.
(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014note opened import tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014 and provided for their administration.
(3)Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote. The amendment consists mainly in extending the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and setting the quantities of the quotas for 2015.
(4)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(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:
Article 1Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014#
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 is amended as follows:
(1)In Article 1(1), ‘31 October 2014’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2015’;
(2)In Article 2(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:‘Import licence applications shall be submitted to the competent authorities of the Member States each week no later than Friday at 13:00 (Brussels time). Such applications may not be submitted after:
(a)13:00 (Brussels time) on Friday 12 December 2014, for the year 2014;
(b)13:00 (Brussels time) on Friday 11 December 2015, for the year 2015.’
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(3)Article 3 is replaced by the following:‘Article 3Validity of import licencesImport licences shall be valid from the period running from the actual day of issue, in accordance with Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, until the end of the second month following the month of that day. In any event, the period of validity expires at the latest on 31 December 2014 for the year 2014 and on 31 December 2015 for the year 2015.’;
(4)The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2Entry into force and application#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 2 November 2014.
Notwithstanding the rules on the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the product description shall be regarded as merely indicative, since the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined, within the context of this Annex, by virtue of the CN codes. When the CN code is preceded by “ex”, the application of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the description of the product.
| Order number | CN code | Product description | Period | Quantity in tonnes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.4306 | 100199 (00) | spelt, common wheat and meslin, other than seed | Year 2014Year 2015 | 950000950000 |
| 110100 (15-90) | common wheat flour and spelt flour, meslin flour | |||
| 110290 (90) | cereal flour other than wheat, meslin, rye, maize, barley, oat, rice | |||
| 110311 (90) | groats and meal of common wheat and spelt | |||
| 110320 (60) | wheat pellets | |||
| 09.4307 | 100390 (00) | barley, other than seed | Year 2014Year 2015 | 250000250000 |
| 110290 (10) | barley flour | |||
| ex110320 (25) | barley pellets | |||
| 09.4308 | 100590 (00) | maize other than seed | Year 2014Year 2015 | 400000400000’ |
| 110220 (10-90) | maize flour | |||
| 110313 (10-90) | groats and meal of maize | |||
| 110320 (40) | maize pellets | |||
| 110423 (40-98) | worked grains of maize |
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