Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for poultrymeat
Date: 2008-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, import policy, poultrymeat, tariff quota

19.3.2008

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 253/2008

of 18 March 2008

on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008
under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007
of 26 November 2007 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 as regards the
opening and procedure for administering certain Community
tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector (3), and in particular
Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The applications for import licences lodged under certain
quotas during the first seven days of March 2008 for the
subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2008 relate to quantities
for which
exceeding those available. The quantities

licences may be issued should therefore be determined
by setting the allocation coefficient by which the quan-
tities applied for are to be multiplied.

(2)

The applications for import licences lodged under certain
quotas during the first seven days of March 2008 for the
subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2008 do not cover the
total available. The quantities for which applications
have not been lodged should therefore be determined,
and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the
following quota subperiod,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The quantities for which import licence applications have
been lodged for the subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2008 under
Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 shall be multiplied by the allo-
cation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.
The quantities for which applications have not been
lodged, to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod
1 July to 30 September 2008, shall be as set out in the Annex.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2008.

Article 2

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 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). Regulation
(EEC) No 2777/75 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 309, 27.11.2007, p. 47.

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ANNEX

Group No

Serial No

Allocation coefficient for import licence
applications lodged for the subperiod
1.4.2008-30.6.2008
(%)

Quantities not applied for, to be added to the
quantity for the subperiod
1.7.2008-30.9.2008
(kg)

1

2

3

4

5

6

09.4410

09.4411

09.4412

09.4420

09.4421

09.4422

0,898484

(1)

0,925076

1,256300

3,484400

1,379229

(1) Not applicable: no licence application has been sent to the Commission.

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2 550 000

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