Commission Regulation (EC) No 43/2008 of 18 January 2008 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged 15 January 2008 under the Community tariff quota for manioc starch opened by Regulation (EC) No 2402/96
Date: 2008-01-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cassava, import licence, starch, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Union

19.1.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 43/2008

of 18 January 2008

fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged 15 January
2008 under the Community tariff quota for manioc starch opened by Regulation (EC) No 2402/96

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),

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.

(3)

Import licences should no longer be issued under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2402/96 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-
for agricultural products
istration of
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

import

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 (3) has opened
an annual import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes and an
additional autonomous annual tariff quota of 500 tonnes
of manioc starch (order number 09.4064).

Based on the notification made under Article 10 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2402/96, the applications lodged on 15
January 2008 until 13.00 (Brussels time) in accordance
with Article 9 of that Regulation, relate to quantities in

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Each import licence application for manioc starch under
the quota referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 and
lodged on 15 January 2008 until 13.00 (Brussels time) shall
give rise to the issue of a licence for the quantities applied for,
multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 5,133291 %.

2.
The issue of licences for the quantities applied for from 15
January 2008 1 p.m. (Brussels time) is hereby suspended for the
current quota year.

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 January 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 735/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 6). Regulation
(EEC) No 1784/2003 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008.
(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 327, 18.12.1996, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1884/2006 (OJ L 364, 20.12.2006, p. 44).