Commission Regulation (EC) No 550/2008 of 16 June 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of June 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 806/2007 for pigmeat
Date: 2008-06-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, import policy, pigmeat, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 550/2008

of 16 June 2008

on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of June 2008
under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 806/2007 for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of
29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market
in pigmeat (1),

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 806/2007 of
10 July 2007 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for pigmeat (3), in particular Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 806/2007 opened tariff quotas for
imports of pigmeat products.

The applications for import licences lodged during the
first seven days of June 2008 for the sub-period 1 July to
30 September 2008 relate, for some quotas, to quantities
exceeding 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)

The applications for import licences lodged during the
first seven days of June 2008 for the sub-period 1 July to
30 September 2008 do not, for some quotas, cover the
total quantity available. The quantities for which appli-
cations have not been lodged should therefore be
determined, and these should be added to the quantity
fixed for the following quota sub-period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantities for which import licence applications have
1.
been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 806/2007 for the sub-
period 1 July to 30 September 2008 shall be multiplied by the
allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

The quantities

2.
licence applications
for which import
covered by the quota have not been lodged under Regulation
(EC) No 806/2007, to be added to sub-period 1 October to
31 December 2008, are fixed in the Annex.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 June 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). Regulation
(EEC) No 2759/75 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 181, 11.7.2007, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Group No

Serial 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)

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

09.4038

09.4039

09.4071

09.4072

09.4073

09.4074

85,853052

(2)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(2)

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

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738 000

750 500

1 540 250

3 766 750

1 119 750