COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 931/2013

of 26 September 2013

fixing the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 8 to 14 September 2013 for sugar products under certain tariff quotas and suspending the submission of applications for such licences

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (‘Single CMO’ Regulation) (1),

Having regard to 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 (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (3), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Quantities covered by applications for import licences submitted to the competent authorities from 8 to 14 September 2013 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 170/2013 of 25 February 2013 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of Croatia (4), exceed the quantity available under order numbers 09.4317, 09.4319, 09.4320, 09.4321 and 09.4367.

(2)

An allocation coefficient for licences to be issued regarding order numbers 09.4317, 09.4319, 09.4320, 09.4321 and 09.4367 should therefore be fixed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. Submission of further applications for licences for those order numbers should be suspended until the end of the marketing year, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 170/2013 from 8 to 14 September 2013 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2. Submission of further applications for licences, which correspond to the order numbers indicated in the Annex, shall be suspended until the end of the marketing year 2013/14.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2013.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Jerzy PLEWA

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

(3) OJ L 254, 26.9.2009, p. 82.

(4) OJ L 55, 27.2.2013, p. 1.

ANNEX

CXL Concessions Sugar

2013/2014 marketing year

Applications lodged from 8.9.2013 to 14.9.2013

Order No	Country	Allocation coefficient (%)	Further applications
09.4317	Australia	33,333333	Suspended
09.4318	Brazil	(1)
09.4319	Cuba	50	Suspended
09.4320	Any third countries	3,451014	Suspended
09.4321	India	8,298755	Suspended

Balkans Sugar

2013/2014 marketing year

Applications lodged from 8.9.2013 to 14.9.2013

Order No

Country

Allocation coefficient

(%)

Further applications

09.4324

Albania

—

09.4325

Bosnia and Herzegovina

(2)

09.4326

Serbia

(2)

09.4327

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

—

Not applicable: no licence application has been sent to the Commission.

Transitional measures, exceptional import sugar and industrial import sugar

2013/2014 marketing year

Applications lodged from 8.9.2013 to 14.9.2013

Order No

Type

Allocation coefficient

(%)

Further applications

09.4367

Transitional (Croatia)

33,333333

Suspended

09.4380

Exceptional

—

09.4390

Industrial

(3)

—

Not applicable: no licence application has been sent to the Commission.

(1) Not applicable: the applications do not exceed the quantities available and are fully granted.

(2) Not applicable: the applications do not exceed the quantities available and are fully granted.

(3) Not applicable: the applications do not exceed the quantities available and are fully granted.