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| 5.3.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 61/12 |
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5.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 61/12

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 174/2009

of 4 March 2009

setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 23 to 27 February 2009 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 23 to 27 February 2009 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 09.4351 (July-September 2009). |
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(1)

Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 23 to 27 February 2009 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 09.4351 (July-September 2009).

| (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 23 to 27 February 2009, 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, 4 March 2009.

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

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4331 | Barbados | 100 | |
| 09.4332 | Belize | 0 | Reached |
| 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 | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4344 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | |
| 09.4345 | Suriname | — | |
| 09.4346 | Swaziland | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4347 | Tanzania | 100 | |
| 09.4348 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100 | |
| 09.4349 | Uganda | — | |
| 09.4350 | Zambia | 100 | |
| 09.4351 | Zimbabwe | 0 | Reached |

Order No

Country

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4331

Barbados

100

09.4332

Belize

0

Reached

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

0

Reached

09.4344

Saint Kitts and Nevis

—

09.4345

Suriname

—

09.4346

Swaziland

0

Reached

09.4347

Tanzania

100

09.4348

Trinidad and Tobago

100

09.4349

Uganda

—

09.4350

Zambia

100

09.4351

Zimbabwe

0

Reached

ACP/India Preferential Sugar

Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

July-September 2009 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4331 | Barbados | — | |
| 09.4332 | Belize | 100 | |
| 09.4333 | Côte d’Ivoire | — | |
| 09.4334 | Republic of the Congo | — | |
| 09.4335 | Fiji | — | |
| 09.4336 | Guyana | — | |
| 09.4337 | India | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4338 | Jamaica | — | |
| 09.4339 | Kenya | — | |
| 09.4340 | Madagascar | — | |
| 09.4341 | Malawi | — | |
| 09.4342 | Mauritius | — | |
| 09.4343 | Mozambique | 100 | |
| 09.4344 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | |
| 09.4345 | Suriname | — | |
| 09.4346 | Swaziland | 100 | |
| 09.4347 | Tanzania | — | |
| 09.4348 | Trinidad and Tobago | — | |
| 09.4349 | Uganda | — | |
| 09.4350 | Zambia | — | |
| 09.4351 | Zimbabwe | 100 | Reached |

Order No

Country

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4331

Barbados

—

09.4332

Belize

100

09.4333

Côte d’Ivoire

—

09.4334

Republic of the Congo

—

09.4335

Fiji

—

09.4336

Guyana

—

09.4337

India

0

Reached

09.4338

Jamaica

—

09.4339

Kenya

—

09.4340

Madagascar

—

09.4341

Malawi

—

09.4342

Mauritius

—

09.4343

Mozambique

100

09.4344

Saint Kitts and Nevis

—

09.4345

Suriname

—

09.4346

Swaziland

100

09.4347

Tanzania

—

09.4348

Trinidad and Tobago

—

09.4349

Uganda

—

09.4350

Zambia

—

09.4351

Zimbabwe

100

Reached

Complementary sugar

Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4315 | India | — | |
| 09.4316 | ACP Protocol signatory countries | — | |

Order No

Country

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: 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 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4317 | Australia | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4318 | Brazil | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4319 | Cuba | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4320 | Other third countries | 0 | Reached |

Order No

Country

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4317

Australia

0

Reached

09.4318

Brazil

0

Reached

09.4319

Cuba

0

Reached

09.4320

Other third countries

0

Reached

Balkans sugar

Chapter VII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4324 | Albania | 100 | |
| 09.4325 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4326 | Serbia and Kosovo (*1) | 100 | |
| 09.4327 | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 100 | |
| 09.4328 | Croatia | 100 | |

Order No

Country

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4324

Albania

100

09.4325

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

Reached

09.4326

Serbia and Kosovo (*1)

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 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4380 | Exceptional | — | |
| 09.4390 | Industrial | 100 | |

Order No

Type

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: 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 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4431 | Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 100 | |
| 09.4432 | Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda | 100 | |
| 09.4433 | Swaziland | 100 | |
| 09.4434 | Mozambique | 0 | Reached |
| 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 | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4436 | Dominican Republic | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4437 | Fiji, Papua New Guinea | 100 | |

Order No

Country

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4431

Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe

100

09.4432

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

100

09.4433

Swaziland

100

09.4434

Mozambique

0

Reached

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

0

Reached

09.4436

Dominican Republic

0

Reached

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 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
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| 09.4365 | Bulgaria | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4366 | Romania | 100 | |

Order No

Type

Week of 23.2.2009-27.2.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

09.4365

Bulgaria

0

Reached

09.4366

Romania

100

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(*1)  As defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

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