Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2348
of 20 December 2016
determining the quantities to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2017 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 536/2007 for poultrymeat originating in the United States of America
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 1234/20071, and in particular Article 188(2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 536/20072 opened an annual tariff quota for imports of poultrymeat products originating in the United States of America.
The quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 December 2016 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2017 are less than those available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod.
In order to ensure the efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: