SECTION 1 — Applicability of the Single CMO in the sugar sector
Applicability of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Articles 49, 50, 51, Article 55(1)(b) and Article 56 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall not apply to Croatia for the marketing year 2012/2013.
However, Article 56 shall apply in respect of the allocation in 2013 of the national quota which will apply as from marketing year 2013/2014.
SECTION 2 — Opening of tariff quotas for refining
Opening of a tariff quota for the import of raw cane sugar for refining
1. For the period of 1 July to 30 September 2013 a tariff quota of 40 000 tonnes for the import from any third country of raw cane sugar for refining, falling within CN code 1701 14 10 shall be opened at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne.
2. For each of the marketing years 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 a tariff quota of 40 000 tonnes for the import from any third country of raw cane sugar for refining, falling within CN code 1701 14 10 shall be opened at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne.
3. Quantities imported in accordance with this Regulation shall bear the order number: 09.4367.
Application of Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 ( 4 )
The rules on import licences and administration of certain Union tariff quotas in the sugar sector laid down in Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 shall apply to the imports of sugar under the tariff quotas opened by the present Regulation, unless otherwise provided for in Article 4.
Import licences
1. Import licence applications for the quantities referred to in Article 2(1) and (2) shall be submitted to the competent authorities of Croatia.
2. Import licence applications may be submitted only by fulltime refiners, which are established on the territory of Croatia and which are approved in accordance with Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
3. By way of derogation from Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 applications for import licences in respect of the quantity referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation may be submitted only as from 1 July 2013.
4. Import licence applications and licences shall contain the following entries:
(a)
in boxes 17 and 18: the quantities of raw sugar which may not exceed the quantities referred to in Article 2(1) and (2);
(b)
in box 20: at least one of the entries listed in Part A of the Annex;
(c)
in box 24 (in the case of licences): at least one of the entries listed in Part B of the Annex.
5. Import licences issued under this Regulation shall be valid only for imports into Croatia. They shall be valid:
(a)
until 31 January 2014 in respect of the tariff quota referred to in Article 2(1);
(b)
until the end of the marketing year concerned in respect of the tariff quota referred to in Article 2(2).
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