
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1188 of 20 July 2016 suspending submission of applications for import licences under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 in the sugar sector 

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, and in particular Article 188(1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 opened annual tariff quotas for imports of sugar products.

(2) The quantities covered by import licence applications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016 for the subperiod from 1 to 31 July 2016 are equal to the quantities available under order number 09.4325. Submission of further applications for import licences under this order number should be suspended until the end of the quota period.

(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 
Submission of further applications for import licences under the order numbers indicated in the Annex shall be suspended until the end of the 2015/2016 quota period.
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, 20 July 2016.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
ANNEX

‘CXL concessions sugar’2015/2016 Quota periodApplications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016Order No Country Further applications
09.4317 Australia Suspended
09.4318 Brazil —
09.4319 Cuba Suspended
09.4320 Any third country —
09.4321 India Suspended

‘Balkans sugar’2015/2016 Quota periodApplications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016Order No Country Further applications
09.4324 Albania —
09.4325 Bosnia and Herzegovina Suspended
09.4326 Serbia —
09.4327 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia —

‘Exceptional import sugar’ and ‘industrial sugar’2015/2016 Quota periodApplications lodged from 1 to 7 July 2016Order No Type Further applications
09.4380 Exceptional import —
09.4390 Industrial sugar —