Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2008 of 16 April 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged in April 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultry meat
Date: 2008-04-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, Thailand, import licence, import policy, poultrymeat, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 341/2008

of 16 April 2008

on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged in April 2008 under tariff quotas opened
by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultry meat

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 admi-
tariff quotas for agricultural products
nistration of
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

import

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 of
4 June 2007 opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Brazil,
third countries (3),
Thailand and other
and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opened tariff quotas for
imports of products in the poultrymeat sector.

The applications for import
licences lodged in April
2008 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008
and, for group 3, for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June
for some quotas, to quantities exceeding
2009 relate,
those available. The extent to which licences may be

issued should therefore be determined and an allocation
coefficient
laid down to be applied to the quantities
applied for.

(3)

for

some quotas, cover

The applications for import
licences lodged in April
2008 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008
the total quantity
do not,
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 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the
subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008 and, for group 3, for
the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 shall be multiplied by
the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regu-
lation.

2.
The quantities for which import licence applications have
not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007, to
be added to the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2008,
are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 2008.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 April 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 amended by Regulation

(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 142, 5.6.2007, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1549/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 75).

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ANNEX

Group No

Order No

Allocation coefficient for import licence applications lodged for the
subperiod 1.7.2008-30.9.2008
(%)

Quantities not applied for to be
added to the subperiod
1.10.2008-31.12.2008
(kg)

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

09.4211

09.4212

09.4214

09.4215

09.4216

09.4217

09.4218

1,780550

(1)

28,694208

36,799882

(2)

4,045341

(1)

(1) Not applied: no licence application has been sent to the Commission.
(2) Not applied: the applications do not cover the total quantity available.

Group No

Order No

Allocation coefficient for import licence applications
lodged for the period 1.7.2008-30.6.2009
(%)

3

09.4213

3,395585

—

27 783 000

—

—

2 014 010

—

3 478 800