Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1168/2014 of 31 October 2014 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat 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,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) 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 414/2014 (3) opened and provided for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigment 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 (4). 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 414/2014.

(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 414/2014

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 is amended as follows:

(3) The following Article 3a is inserted: ‘Article 3a Import rights applications for the quota period 2015

(8) Annex I shall be 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 as of 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) 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).

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2014 of 23 April 2014 opening and providing for the administration of Union import tariff quotas for fresh and frozen pigmeat originating in Ukraine (OJ L 121, 24.4.2014, p. 44).

(4) 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).