
Article 1 

1. The import tariff quotas for certain products originating in Ukraine, referred to in the Annex, shall be open annually from1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020.
2. Duties on imports within the import tariff quota referred to in paragraph 1 shall be levied at a rate of EUR 0 per tonne.
3. Regulations (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 1301/2006 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
Article 2 

1. Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants may not submit more than one import licence application per order number and per week. Where applicants lodge more than one application, none of those applications shall be admissible and the securities lodged when the applications were submitted shall be forfeited to the Member State concerned.Import licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States each week no later than Friday at 13.00 (Brussels time).
2. Each import licence application shall indicate, in whole numbers, a quantity in kilograms which may not exceed the total quantity of the quota concerned.
3. Import licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the deadline for the notification referred to in Article 4(1).
4. Section 8 of the import licence application and the import licence shall contain the name Ukraine and the ‘Yes’ box shall be marked with a cross. Licences shall be valid only for products originating in Ukraine.
Article 3 
Import licences shall be valid from the period running from the actual day of issue, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, until the end of the second month following the month in question.
Article 4 

1. No later than 18.00 (Brussels time) on the Monday following the week in which the import licence application was lodged, Member States shall send the Commission, by electronic means, each application by order number with the origin of the product and the quantity applied for by CN code, including ‘nil’ notifications. The notification shall be made in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, by electronic means, on the day of issue of the import licences, the information on the licences issued as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with the total quantities by CN code for which import licences have been issued.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 28 November 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the scope of the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by CN codes as they exist on 1 January 2017. When the CN code is preceded by ‘ex’, the application of the preferential arrangements is determined on the basis of the CN code and the description of the product.

Order No Product CN code Quantity in tonnes
09.4277 Spelt, common wheat and meslin, other than seed 1001 99 00 65 000
Common wheat flour and spelt flour, 1101 00 15
Meslin flour 1101 00 90
Cereal flour other than wheat, meslin, rye, maize, barley, oat, rice 1102 90 90
Groats and meal of common wheat and spelt 1103 11 90
Wheat pellets 1103 20 60
09.4278 Maize other than seed 1005 90 00 625 000
Maize flour 1102 20
Groats and meal of maize 1103 13
Maize pellets 1103 20 40
Worked grains of maize 1104 23
09.4279 Barley other than seed 1003 90 00 325 000
Barley flour 1102 90 10
Barley pellets ex 1103 20 25