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 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Section 3 of Chapter III of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 determines the procedure for allocating export licences for certain milk products to be exported to the Dominican Republic under a quota opened for that country.
(2)
Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 provides for the possibility for operators to lodge export licence applications from 20 to 30 May for exports during the quota year from 1 July to 30 June of the following year. It is appropriate, pursuant to Article 31(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009, to determine to what extent licences for quantities applied for may be granted and to fix the allocation coefficient for each part of the quota.
(3)
The applications lodged between 20 and 30 May 2016 cover quantities lower than those available. As a result, it is appropriate, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 31(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 to fix the remaining quantity for which license applications can be lodged from 1 to 10 November 2016,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: