6. Member States shall notify the Commission, for each certificate of authenticity or IMA 1 certificate lodged by an operator in relation to tariff quotas managed with documents issued by third countries, of the number of the corresponding licence they have issued and the quantity covered by that licence. The notification shall be made before the issued licence is made available to the operator.

7. By way of derogation to Article 3(4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71, where periods and time limits are set out in this Article, those periods and time limits shall end with the expiry of the last hour of the last day, irrespective of whether that day is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday as defined in that Regulation.

8. The notifications to the Commission referred to in this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 (15) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 (16).

TITLE III

SPECIFIC SECTORAL RULES

CHAPTER 1

Cereals

Section 1

Cereals other than maize and sorghum referred to in Article 185 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

Article 18

Tariff quotas

In accordance with the concessions made in the framework of the World Trade Organisation approved by Council Decision 94/800/EC (17) and the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America approved by Decision 2006/333/EC (18), tariff quotas are open for imports into the Union of maize, subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation.

In accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC and the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 negotiations approved by Council Decision 2007/444/EC (19), tariff quotas are open for imports into the Union of common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries, subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation.

The volume of each tariff quota, the import tariff quota period and sub-periods for which it applies and the order number are specified in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 19

Quality standards

The quality standards and tolerances applicable to the common wheat of a quality other than high quality falling within CN code 1001 99 00, shall be those set out in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2010 (20). The methods of analysis provided for in Part II of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 (21) shall apply.