Commission Regulation (EC) No 788/2007 of 4 July 2007 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 25 June to 2 July 2007 under the Community tariff quota for maize opened by Regulation (EC) No 969/2006
Date: 2007-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, maize, tariff quota

L 175/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 788/2007

of 4 July 2007

fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from
25 June to 2 July 2007 under the Community tariff quota for maize opened by Regulation (EC)
No 969/2006

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),

13.00 (Brussels time) in accordance with Article 4(1) of
that Regulation, relate to quantities in excess of those
available. The extent to which import licences may be
issued should therefore be determined and the allocation
coefficient
laid down to be applied to the quantities
applied for.

(4)

Import licences should no longer be issued under Regu-
lation (EC) No 969/2006 for the current quota period,

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 (3) has
opened an annual
tariff quota of 242 074
tonnes of maize (serial number 09.4131).

import

Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 fixes a
quantity of 121 037 tonnes for subperiod 2 for the
period from 1 July to 31 December 2007.

Based on the notification made under Article 4(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 969/2006, the applications lodged
from 25 June 2007 at 13.00 until 2 July 2007 at

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Each import licence application for maize under the quota
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 and lodged from
25 June 2007 at 13.00 until 2 July 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
1,542232 %.

2.
The issue of licences for the quantities applied for from
13.00 (Brussels time) on 2 July 2007 is hereby suspended for
the current quota period.

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, 4 July 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 176, 30.6.2006, p. 44. Regulation as amended by Regulation

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