L 335/10 Official Journal of the European Union 22.11.2014 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1250/2014 of 21 November 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 as regards tariff quotas for sugar originating in Serbia 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 Articles 180 and 187 thereof, Whereas: (1)  The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Serbia, of the other part (¥ (the SAA’) was approved by Council and Commission Decision 2013/490/EU, Euratom (*) and entered into force on 1 September 2013. Article 26(4) of the SAA provides for a duty-free access on imports into the Union for products originating in Serbia of headings 1701 and 1702 of the Combined Nomenclature, within the limit of an annual tariff quota of 180 000 tonnes. (2)  The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (*) (‘the Protocol) was signed on 25 June 2014. Its signature on behalf of the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States has been authorised by Council Decisions 2014/517/EU (°) and 2014/518/Euratom (°). (3)  Article 2 of the Protocol provides for an amendment to Article 26(4) of the SAA to increase the existing tariff quotas for sugar originating in Serbia within a limit of an annual tariff quota of 181 000 tonnes. (4)  In accordance with Article 3 of Decision 2014/517/EU, the Protocol is to be applied on a provisional basis, in accordance with its Article 14, as from the first day of the second month following the date of its signature, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion. Therefore, the increase of the existing tariff quotas for sugar originating in Serbia should take effect as from 1 August 2014. (50  Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 () provides for the opening and the administration of tariff quotas in the sugar sector, including those originating in Serbia. It is therefore necessary to amend that Regulation to take account of the Protocol. (6)  In accordance with Article 11 of the Protocol, in the first year of provisional application of the Protocol the volumes of the new tariff quotas and the increases in the volumes of existing tariff quotas are to be calculated as () OJL347,20.12.2013,p. 671. () OJL278,18.10.2013,p. 16. (®) Council and Commission Decision 2013/490/EU, Euratom of 22 July 2013 on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agree- ment between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Serbia, of the other part (OJ L 278, 18.10.2013, .14). () %} 1233,6.8.2014, p. 3. () Council Decision 2014/517EU of 14 April 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provi- sional application of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (O] L 233, 6.8.2014, p. 1). Council Decision 2014/518/Euratom of 14 April 2014 approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the Euro- pean Atomic Energy Community, of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (O] L 233, 6.8.2014, p. 20). Commission Regulgtion (EC) No 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (O] L 254, 26.9.2009, p. 82). < -