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 1234/2007, and in particular Article 188(1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 opened an annual import tariff quota of 277 988 tonnes of maize (order number 09.4131).
(2)
Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 fixes a quantity of 138 994 tonnes for subperiod 2 from 1 July to 31 December 2014.
(3)
The notification made in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 shows that the applications lodged from 13:00 on 27 June 2014 to 13.00 (Brussels time) on 4 July 2014 in accordance with Article 4(1) of that Regulation exceed the quantities available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.
(4)
Import licences should no longer be issued under Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 for the current quota period.
(5)
In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, the present Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,
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