COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 252/2008
of 18 March 2008
on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008
under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector
and for egg albumin
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of the Council
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the
market in eggs (
1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of the Council
of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for
ovalbumin and lactalbumin (2), and in particular Article 4(1)
thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of import tariff quotas for agricultural productsmanaged by a system of import licences (
3), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 of
15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration oftariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin (
4), and in
particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:(1) Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 opened tariff quotas for
imports of products in the egg sector and for eggalbumin.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during thefirst seven days of March 2008 for the subperiod1 April to 30 June 2008 relate, for some quotas, toquantities exceeding those available. The extent towhich licences may be issued should therefore bedetermined and an allocation coefficient laid down tobe applied to the quantities applied for.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quantities for which import licence applications have been
lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for thesubperiod 1 April to 30 June 2008 shall be multiplied by theallocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 2008.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural DevelopmentEN 19.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 76/17
(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1). Regulation(EEC) No 2771/75 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008.
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2) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (OJ L 305, 19.12.1995,
p. 49).
(3) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).
(4) OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 19.
ANNEX
Group No Order NoAllocation coefficient for import licence applications lodged for the
subperiod 1.4.2008-30.6.2008
(%)
E1 09.4015 (1)
E2 09.4401 33,731344
E3 09.4402 (2)
(1) Not applied: no licence application has been sent to the Commission.
(2) Not applied: the applications do not cover the total quantity available.EN L 76/18 Official Journal of the European Union 19.3.2008