Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/708

of 19 April 2017

fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 April 2017 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 for garlic

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(1) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/20072 opened annual tariff quotas for imports of garlic.
(2)
The quantities covered by the applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged in the first seven calendar days of April 2017, for the subperiod from 1 June 2017 to 31 August 2017, for certain quotas, exceed those available. The extent to which ‘A’ 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 1301/20063.
(3)

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:

Article 1

The quantities covered by the applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged under Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 for the subperiod from 1 June 2017 to 31 August 2017 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficient 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, 19 April 2017.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Jerzy Plewa

Director-General

Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

ANNEX

Origin

Reference number

Allocation coefficient — applications lodged for the subperiod from 1 June 2017 to 31 August 2017(%)

China

—

Traditional importers

09.4105

—

—

New importers

09.4100

0,511358

Other third countries

—

Traditional importers

09.4106

—

—

New importers

09.4102

—