Commission Regulation (EC) No 421/2007 of 18 April 2007 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 9 April 2007 to 16 April 2007 under subquota II in the context of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 for common wheat of a quality other than high quality
Date: 2007-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, import licence, originating product, tariff quota, third country

19.4.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 102/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 421/2007

of 18 April 2007

fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 9 April
2007 to 16 April 2007 under subquota II in the context of the Community tariff quota opened by
Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 for common wheat of a quality other than high quality

(1)

(2)

(3)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1),

(4)

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of
for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

import

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 (3) opened
an annual tariff quota of 2 988 387 tonnes of common
wheat of a quality other than high quality. That quota is
divided into three subquotas.

relate to quantities

Regulation,
those
available. The extent to which import licences may be
issued should therefore be determined and an allocation
coefficient
laid down to be applied to the quantities
applied for.

in excess of

Import licences should no longer be issued under the
subquota
to in Regulation (EC) No
2375/2002 for the current quota,

referred

II

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Each import licence application in respect of the subquota
II referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 and lodged
from 9 April 2007 starting at 13.00 until 16 April 2007 at
13.00 (Brussels time) shall give rise to the issue of a licence for
the quantities applied for, multiplied by an allocation coefficient
of 33,119287 %.

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 has fixed
the quantity for subquota II at 38 000 tonnes (order
number 09.4124) for the period from 1 January 2007
to 31 December 2007.

The issue of licences for the quantities applied for from 16
2.
April 2007 at 13.00 (Brusssels time) falling within subquota II
as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 is hereby
suspended for the current quota.

Based on the notification made under Article 5(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002, the applications lodged
from 13.00 on 9 April 2007 to 13.00 (Brussels time) on
16 April 2007 in accordance with Article 5(1) of that

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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 April 2007.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) 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).

(3) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2022/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 70).