THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Transitional measures should be adopted in order to avoid the risk of deflection of trade, affecting the common organisation of agricultural markets due to the accession of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013.
(2)
Trade deflections liable to disrupt the market organisations often involve products moved artificially with a view to benefit from enlargement of the Union and do not form part of the normal stocks of the acceding State concerned. Accumulation of such surplus quantities can also give rise to distortion of competition likely to affect the proper functioning of the common organisation of the markets. Surplus stocks may also result from national production. Provisions should, therefore, be made for effective, proportionate, and deterrent charges at the amount of the difference between import duties applicable in Croatia before accession and the import duties applicable in the Union increased with 20 %, to be levied on surplus stocks in Croatia.
(3)
It is necessary to prevent goods in respect of which export refunds were paid before 1 July 2013 from benefiting from a second export refund when exported to third countries after 30 June 2013.
(4)
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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