Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2349

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 quotas opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2077 for eggs, egg products and egg albumin originating in Ukraine

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:

(1)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/20772 opened annual tariff quotas for imports of eggs and egg albumin originating in Ukraine.
(2)

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 next quota subperiod.

(3)

In order to ensure 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:

Article 1

The quantities for which import licence applications have not been lodged pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2077, to be added to the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2017, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2016.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Jerzy Plewa

Director-General

Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

ANNEX

Order No

Quantities not applied for, to be added to the quantities available for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2017(shell egg equivalent weight in kg)

09.4275

405 000

09.4276

750 000