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23.5.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
136/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 470/2013
of 22 May 2013
opening a tariff quota for certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2013/14 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(EC) No 891/2009 the quantities of those products for
which import duties are to be suspended has to be
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
determined by a separate legal act.
Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
(3) The
import
quantities
of
industrial
sugar
for
which
no
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
import duties should apply for the 2013/14 marketing
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
year, need to be set accordingly.
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 1 ), and in particular
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Article 142, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas:
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,
(1) In
order
to
ensure
that
the
supply
necessary
for
the
production of the products referred to in Article 62(2)
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is available at a price
Article 1
that corresponds to the world price, it is in the interest of
the Union to suspend the import duties on sugar
The import duties for industrial sugar falling within CN 1701
intended for the production of those products for the
and with order number 09.4390 shall be suspended for a
2013/14 marketing year, for a quantity that would
quantity of 400 000 tonnes from 1 October 2013 to
correspond to half of its industrial sugar needs.
30 September 2014.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 of
Article 2
25 September 2009 opening and providing for the
administration of certain Community tariff quotas in
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
the sugar sector (
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the

2 ) provides for the administration of
the tariff quotas for imports of sugar products under
European Union.
Article 142 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 with
It shall apply from 1 October 2013.
order number 09.4390 (industrial import sugar).
However, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation
It shall expire on 30 September 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 May 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 254, 26.9.2009, p. 82.

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