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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 917/2008

of 18 September 2008

on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of September 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 for pigmeat

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 979/2007 of 21 August 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for pigmeat originating in Canada (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 opened a tariff quota for imports of pigmeat products.

(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of September 2008 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2008 do not cover the quantities available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantities for which import licence applications covered by the quota bearing order number 09.4204 have not been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 979/2007, to be added to the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2009, amount to 2 312 000 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 September 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 September 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 217, 22.8.2007, p. 12.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 898/2008

of 16 September 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2008

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 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2008 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 (3).

(2) As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 896/2008.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 896/2008 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 17 September 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 September 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.

(3) OJ L 247, 16.9.2008, p. 20.

ANNEX I Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 17 September 2008 CN code Description Import duties (1) (EUR/t) 1001 10 00 Durum wheat, high quality 0,00 (2) medium quality 0,00 (2) low quality 0,00 (2) 1001 90 91 Common wheat seed 0,00 ex 1001 90 99 High quality common wheat, other than for sowing 0,00 (2) 1002 00 00 Rye 4,57 (2) 1005 10 90 Maize seed other than hybrid 0,00 1005 90 00 Maize, other than seed (3) 0,00 (2) 1007 00 90 Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing 9,56 (2) (1) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal the importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, from a reduction in the duty of: — 3 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or — 2 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom or the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula. (2) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 608/2008, application of this duty is suspended. (3) The importer may benefit from a flatrate reduction of EUR 24 per tonne where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/30

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 919/2008

of 18 September 2008

granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008

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), and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a permanent tender.

(2) Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 16 September 2008.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 16 September 2008 no export refund shall be granted for the products and destinations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 September 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 September 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 20.

(3) OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 69.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/18

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 911/2008

of 18 September 2008

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007

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 1529/2007 of 21 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration in 2008 and 2009 of import quotas for rice originating in the ACP States which are part of the Cariforum region and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 opens and provides for the administration of an annual import tariff quota for 2008 of 187 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in States that are part of the Cariforum region (order number 09.4219), an import tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (order number 09.4189) and an import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the least-developed OCTs (order number 09.4190).

(2) September is the third subperiod for the quota laid down in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007.

(3) The notification sent in accordance with Article 6(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 shows that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4219 — 09.4189 — 09.4190, the applications lodged in the first seven days of September 2008 under Article 2(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity, in husked-rice equivalent, less than that available.

(4) The total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4189 — 09.4190, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The total quantities available for the following subperiod under the quotas with order numbers 09.4189 and 09.4190 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 18 September 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 348, 31.12.2007, p. 155.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 258/66

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 951/2008

of 25 September 2008

fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the differences between the prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b), (c), (d) and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to that Regulation.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.

(3) In accordance with paragraph 2(a) of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed for a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.

(4) Article 32(4) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in goods may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1) and in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 September 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 September 2008. For the Commission Heinz ZOUREK Director-General Enterprise and Industry

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 172, 5.7.2005, p. 24.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 266/10

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 978/2008

of 6 October 2008

amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year

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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2008 (4).

(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 October 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24.

(3) OJ L 258, 26.9.2008, p. 56.

(4) OJ L 264, 3.10.2008, p. 5.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 993/2008

of 10 October 2008

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 October 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1015/2008

of 16 October 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1003/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 October 2008

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 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 October 2008 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1003/2008 (3).

(2) As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1003/2008.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1003/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1003/2008 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 17 October 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 October 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.

(3) OJ L 275, 16.10.2008, p. 34.

ANNEX I Import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 applicable from 17 October 2008 CN code Description Import duties (1) (EUR/t) 1001 10 00 Durum wheat, high quality 0,00 (2) medium quality 0,00 (2) low quality 0,00 (2) 1001 90 91 Common wheat seed 0,00 ex 1001 90 99 High quality common wheat, other than for sowing 0,00 (2) 1002 00 00 Rye 19,11 (2) 1005 10 90 Maize seed other than hybrid 8,68 1005 90 00 Maize, other than seed (3) 8,68 (2) 1007 00 90 Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing 19,11 (2) (1) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal the importer may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, from a reduction in the duty of: — 3 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or — 2 EUR/t, where the port of unloading is in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom or the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula. (2) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 608/2008, application of this duty is suspended. (3) The importer may benefit from a flatrate reduction of EUR 24 per tonne where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met.
5.

The following Article 13a is inserted: ‘Article 13a Euro area enlargement 1. The ECB’s Governing Council delegates power to the ECB’s Executive Board to decide, in cases when a Member State adopts the euro in accordance with the Treaty on the following matters, after taking into consideration the views of the Market Operations Committee of the ESCB, as applicable: (a) the dates of the transitional maintenance period for the application of minimum reserve requirements to institutions located in that Member State, with the initial date being the date of the adoption of the euro in that Member State; (b) the manner of calculation of the reserve base for the purposes of determining the level of minimum reserves required to be held by institutions located in the Member State adopting the euro during the transitional maintenance period taking into account the ECB’s reporting framework for money and banking statistics as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13); and (c) the time limit by which the calculation and verification of the minimum reserves is to be carried out by the institutions located in the Member State adopting the euro and their national central bank in respect of the transitional maintenance period. The Executive Board shall publish a statement on its decision at least two months before the date of the adoption of the euro in that Member State. 2. The Governing Council of the ECB further delegates to the Executive Board of the ECB the power to authorise institutions located in other participating Member States to deduct from their reserve base for the maintenance periods coinciding with and succeeding the transitional maintenance period any liabilities owed to institutions located in the Member State adopting the euro even though at the time the minimum reserves are calculated such institutions do not appear on the list of institutions subject to reserve requirements in Article 2(3). In this event, the decisions issued by the Executive Board of the ECB under this paragraph may further specify the manner in which the deduction of such liabilities shall be carried out. 3. Any decision issued by the Executive Board under paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be promptly notified to the Governing Council of the ECB, and the Executive Board of the ECB shall abide by any decision adopted by the Governing Council of the ECB thereon.’
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 280/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1037/2008

of 22 October 2008

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 October 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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

(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.