Commission Regulation (EC) No 1241/2006 of 17 August 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 929/2006 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain poultrymeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006
Date: 2006-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, import licence, poultrymeat, tariff quota

18.8.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1241/2006

of 17 August 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 929/2006 as regards the available quantity for which import licence
applications for certain poultrymeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 October
to 31 December 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of
29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market
in poultrymeat (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 of
28 June 1996 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector (2), and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,

It is therefore necessary to amend Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 929/2006 of 22 June 2006 determining
the extent to which applications lodged in June 2006 for
import licences for certain egg sector products and poul-
trymeat pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 593/2004 and
(EC) No 1251/96 can be accepted (5), and to adapt the
available quantities for the period from 1 October to 31
December 2006 in proportion to those fixed in Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 1251/96,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

In accordance with the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters between the European Community
and the United States of America under Article XXIV:6
and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs
approved by Council
and Trade
Decision 2006/333/EC (4),
the quantities provided for
by the quotas in Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 have
been amended.

(GATT) 1994 (3),

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 929/2006 is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
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, 17 August 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 136. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1179/2006 (OJ L 212, 2.8.2006, p. 7).

(3) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13.

(5) OJ L 170, 23.6.2006, p. 17.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Group

Acceptance percentage of applications
for import licences lodged for the period
from 1 July to 30 September 2006

Total quantity available for the period
from 1 October to 31 December 2006

(tonnes)

E1

E2

E3

P1

P2

P3

P4

—

42,686820

100,0

63,681183

100,0

1,488031

11,125945

“—”: No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission.’

67 500,000

1 750,000

5 593,513

1 574,500

4 005,750

977,500

350,500