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),
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, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 opens an overall annual import tariff quota of 2 989 240 tonnes of common wheat of a quality other than high quality. That quota is divided into three subquotas.
(2)
Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 divides subquota III (order number 09.4125) into four quarterly subperiods and has fixed the quantity at 594 597 tonnes for subperiod 3, for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2011.
(3)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EC) No 632/2011 derogates from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for 2011 by merging subperiods 3 and 4 of subquota III (order number 09.4125) and fixes the quantity at 1 189 193 tonnes for subperiod 3, which runs from 1 July to 31 December 2011.
(4)
The notification made under Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 shows that the applications lodged between 1 July 2011 at 13:00 and 8 July 2011 at 13:00 (Brussels time), in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of that Regulation, exceed the quantities available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for should be fixed.
(5)
Import licences should no longer be issued under subquota III as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for the current quota period.
(6)
In order to ensure sound management of the procedure for issuing import licences, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,
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