Date: 2015-06-18Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/933 of 17 June 2015 laying down the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 5 to 12 June 2015 under the tariff quotas opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 for certain cereals originating in Ukraine
**Executive Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/933 establishes an allocation coefficient of 39.550366% for import license applications lodged from June 5-12, 2015, under tariff quota 09.4306 for certain cereals originating in Ukraine, as opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014. New import license applications under this quota are suspended from June 12, 2015, for the current quota period. The regulation entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Allocation Coefficient:**
* The allocation coefficient of 39.550366% applies to quantities requested in import license applications lodged between June 5, 2015, at 13:00 and June 12, 2015, at 13:00 (Brussels time) under quota 09.4306.
* **Suspension of Applications:**
* The submission of new import license applications under quota 09.4306 is suspended from June 12, 2015, at 13:00 (Brussels time) for the current quota period.
* **Quota Details:**
* Quota number 09.4306 refers to the tariff quotas opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 for certain cereals originating in Ukraine.
* The initial quantity of the quota with order number 09.4306 was set at 950,000 tonnes for the period from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, as per Article 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis:**
* **Importers of Ukrainian Cereals:**
* *Impact:* Importers who applied for import licenses between June 5-12, 2015, will receive licenses for only 39.550366% of the originally requested quantities under quota 09.4306. They are also unable to submit new applications for this quota for the remainder of the current period.
* *Action Required:* Importers need to adjust their import plans based on the reduced quantities granted by the allocation coefficient and take note that no further import licenses will be issued for the current period under the specified quota.
* **European Commission / Member States:**
* *Impact:* The Commission is responsible for implementing and managing the tariff quota, while member states must apply the allocation coefficient to the import licenses.
* *Action Required:* Ensure that the allocation coefficient is correctly applied to the import licenses and that the suspension of new applications is enforced.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Ukraine: Country of origin for certain cereals subject to import tariff quotas.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/933: The regulation laying down the allocation coefficient for import licenses of certain cereals from Ukraine.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014: Regulation opening tariff quotas for the import of certain cereals originating in Ukraine.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organization of the markets in agricultural products.
Brussels: The city where the regulation was adopted and where import license applications are timed from.
Jerzy PLEWA: Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, signing on behalf of the President of the Commission.
L 151/22 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.6.2015
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/933
of 17 June 2015
laying down the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by the applications
for import licences lodged from 5 to 12 June 2015 under the tariff quotas opened by
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 for certain cereals 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 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188(1) and (3)
thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 (2) has opened tariff quotas for the import of certain
cereals originating in Ukraine.
(2) Article 1(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 set, for the period from 1 January 2015 to
31 December 2015, the quantity of the quota with order number 09.4306 at 950 000 tonnes.
(3) The quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 5 June 2015 at 13.00 to 12 June
2015 at 13.00 (Brussels time) exceed those available for the quota with order number 09.4306. The extent to
which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by fixing the allocation coefficient to be
applied to the quantities requested under the quota concerned, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3).
(4) No further import licences should be issued for the tariff quota with order number 09.4306 referred to in
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 for the current quota period.
(5) 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
1. The quantities covered by the applications for import licences under the quota with order number 09.4306 and
referred to in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014, lodged from 5 June 2015 at 13.00 to 12 June
2015 at 13.00 (Brussels time), shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 39,550366 % for applications lodged
under the tariff quota with order number 09.4306.
2. The submission of new import licence applications under the quota with order number 09.4306 referred to in the
Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014, shall be suspended from 12 June 2015 at 13.00 (Brussels time)
for the current quota period.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of import
tariff quotas for certain cereals originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 53).
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff
quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13).18.6.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 151/23
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 June 2015.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development