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| 9.10.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 268/20 |
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9.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 268/20

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 988/2008

of 8 October 2008

setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 29 September to 3 October 2008 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 29 September to 3 October 2008 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 508/2007 of 7 May 2007 opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 (3), for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4317, 09.4318, 09.4319, 09.4320, 09.4325 and 09.4365. |
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(1)

Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 29 September to 3 October 2008 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 508/2007 of 7 May 2007 opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 (3), for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4317, 09.4318, 09.4319, 09.4320, 09.4325 and 09.4365.

| (2) | In these circumstances, the Commission should establish an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available and/or inform the Member States that the limit established has been reached, |
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(2)

In these circumstances, the Commission should establish an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available and/or inform the Member States that the limit established has been reached,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of import licence applications submitted from 29 September to 3 October 2008, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007.

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, 8 October 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 1.

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ANNEX

ACP/India Preferential Sugar

Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2007/08 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
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| 09.4331 | Barbados | 100 | |
| 09.4332 | Belize | 100 | |
| 09.4333 | Côte d’Ivoire | 100 | |
| 09.4334 | Republic of the Congo | — | |
| 09.4335 | Fiji | 100 | |
| 09.4336 | Guyana | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4337 | India | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4338 | Jamaica | 100 | |
| 09.4339 | Kenya | 100 | |
| 09.4340 | Madagascar | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4341 | Malawi | 100 | |
| 09.4342 | Mauritius | 100 | |
| 09.4343 | Mozambique | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4344 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | |
| 09.4345 | Suriname | — | |
| 09.4346 | Swaziland | 100 | |
| 09.4347 | Tanzania | 100 | |
| 09.4348 | Trinidad and Tobago | — | |
| 09.4349 | Uganda | — | |
| 09.4350 | Zambia | 100 | |
| 09.4351 | Zimbabwe | 0 | Reached |

Order No

Country

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4331

Barbados

100

09.4332

Belize

100

09.4333

Côte d’Ivoire

100

09.4334

Republic of the Congo

—

09.4335

Fiji

100

09.4336

Guyana

0

Reached

09.4337

India

0

Reached

09.4338

Jamaica

100

09.4339

Kenya

100

09.4340

Madagascar

0

Reached

09.4341

Malawi

100

09.4342

Mauritius

100

09.4343

Mozambique

0

Reached

09.4344

Saint Kitts and Nevis

—

09.4345

Suriname

—

09.4346

Swaziland

100

09.4347

Tanzania

100

09.4348

Trinidad and Tobago

—

09.4349

Uganda

—

09.4350

Zambia

100

09.4351

Zimbabwe

0

Reached

ACP/India Preferential Sugar

Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4331 | Barbados | 100 | |
| 09.4332 | Belize | 100 | |
| 09.4333 | Côte d’Ivoire | 100 | |
| 09.4334 | Republic of the Congo | 100 | |
| 09.4335 | Fiji | 100 | |
| 09.4336 | Guyana | 100 | |
| 09.4337 | India | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4338 | Jamaica | 100 | |
| 09.4339 | Kenya | 100 | |
| 09.4340 | Madagascar | 100 | |
| 09.4341 | Malawi | 100 | |
| 09.4342 | Mauritius | 100 | |
| 09.4343 | Mozambique | 100 | |
| 09.4344 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | |
| 09.4345 | Suriname | — | |
| 09.4346 | Swaziland | 100 | |
| 09.4347 | Tanzania | 100 | |
| 09.4348 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100 | |
| 09.4349 | Uganda | — | |
| 09.4350 | Zambia | 100 | |
| 09.4351 | Zimbabwe | 100 | |

Order No

Country

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4331

Barbados

100

09.4332

Belize

100

09.4333

Côte d’Ivoire

100

09.4334

Republic of the Congo

100

09.4335

Fiji

100

09.4336

Guyana

100

09.4337

India

0

Reached

09.4338

Jamaica

100

09.4339

Kenya

100

09.4340

Madagascar

100

09.4341

Malawi

100

09.4342

Mauritius

100

09.4343

Mozambique

100

09.4344

Saint Kitts and Nevis

—

09.4345

Suriname

—

09.4346

Swaziland

100

09.4347

Tanzania

100

09.4348

Trinidad and Tobago

100

09.4349

Uganda

—

09.4350

Zambia

100

09.4351

Zimbabwe

100

Complementary sugar

Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4315 | India | — | |
| 09.4316 | ACP Protocol signatory countries | — | |

Order No

Country

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4315

India

—

09.4316

ACP Protocol signatory countries

—

CXL Concessions Sugar

Chapter VI of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4317 | Australia | 20 | Reached |
| 09.4318 | Brazil | 14,2857 | Reached |
| 09.4319 | Cuba | 21,7686 | Reached |
| 09.4320 | Other third countries | 16,6666 | Reached |

Order No

Country

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4317

Australia

20

Reached

09.4318

Brazil

14,2857

Reached

09.4319

Cuba

21,7686

Reached

09.4320

Other third countries

16,6666

Reached

Balkans sugar

Chapter VII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
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| 09.4324 | Albania | 100 | |
| 09.4325 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 | Reached |
| 09.4326 | Serbia and Kosovo | 100 | |
| 09.4327 | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 100 | |
| 09.4328 | Croatia | 100 | |

Order No

Country

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4324

Albania

100

09.4325

Bosnia and Herzegovina

100

Reached

09.4326

Serbia and Kosovo

100

09.4327

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

100

09.4328

Croatia

100

Exceptional import sugar and industrial import sugar

Chapter VIII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Type | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4380 | Exceptional | — | |
| 09.4390 | Industrial | 100 | |

Order No

Type

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4380

Exceptional

—

09.4390

Industrial

100

Additional EPA sugar

Chapter VIIIa of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
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| 09.4431 | Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | 100 | |
| 09.4432 | Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda | 100 | |
| 09.4433 | Swaziland | 100 | |
| 09.4434 | Mozambique | 100 | |
| 09.4435 | Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago | 100 | |
| 09.4436 | Dominican Republic | 100 | |
| 09.4437 | Fiji, Papua New Guinea | 100 | |

Order No

Country

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4431

Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe

100

09.4432

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

100

09.4433

Swaziland

100

09.4434

Mozambique

100

09.4435

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

100

09.4436

Dominican Republic

100

09.4437

Fiji, Papua New Guinea

100

Import of sugar under the transitional tariff quotas opened for Bulgaria and Romania

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Type | Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
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| 09.4365 | Bulgaria | 100 | Reached |
| 09.4366 | Romania | 100 | |

Order No

Type

Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4365

Bulgaria

100

Reached

09.4366

Romania

100

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