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), and in particular Article 144 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 3(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 of 30 October 2008 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries and derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 stipulates that the annual import quota of 2 989 240 tonnes be subdivided into three subquotas: 572 000 tonnes for the United States, 38 853 tonnes for Canada and 2 378 387 tonnes for other third countries.
(2)
Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 stipulates that subquota III of 2 378 387 tonnes for other third countries be divided into four quarterly subperiods, covering in particular subperiod 3 extending from 1 July to 30 September for a quantity of 594 597 tonnes and subperiod 4 extending from 1 October to 31 December for a quantity of 594 596 tonnes.
(3)
In view of the situation of the market, in order to promote a fluid supply of the EU market in cereals under subquota III for 2011, subperiod 3 and subperiod 4 should be merged into a single subperiod, covering the cumulative quantity for subperiods 3 and 4, namely 1 189 193 tonnes.
(4)
A derogation should therefore be made from Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for 2011.
(5)
In order to ensure effective management of the procedure for issuing import certificates from 1 July 2011, this Regulation must enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
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