Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1166/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for eggs, egg products and albumins 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 points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 187 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (2), and in particular points (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) provides for preferential arrangements for 2014 as regards customs duties for imports of certain goods originating in Ukraine. In accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation the agricultural products listed in Annex III thereto are to be admitted for import into the Union within the limits of the tariff quotas as set out in that Annex.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 (4) opened and provided for administration of Union tariff import quota for eggs, eggs products and albumins originating in Ukraine until 31 October 2014.

(3) Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 has been amended by Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). The amendment primarily provides for the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 until 31 December 2015 and for fixing the quantities of the quotas for 2015. It is therefore appropriate to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 is amended as follows:

(2) the title of Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Import licence applications and import licences for the quota period 2014’

(5) the following Article 4a is inserted: ‘Article 4a Validity of import licences for the quota period 2015 By way of derogation from Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, the import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the first day of the subperiod for which they have been issued. The term of validity of the import licences shall, however, expire at the latest on 31 December 2015.’

(8) Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 2 November 2014.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2014.

For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2) OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1.

(3) Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 118, 22.4.2014, p. 1).

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of a Union import tariff quota for eggs, eggs products and albumins originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 32).

(5) Regulation (EU) No 1150/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (OJ L 313, 31.10.2014, p. 1).