Commission Regulation (EC) No 560/2008 of 18 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 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
Date: 2008-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal protein, egg, egg product, import licence, import policy, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 560/2008

of 18 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 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector
and for egg albumin

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of the Council
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of
the
market in eggs (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

(3)

Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of the Council
of 29 October 1975 on the common system of
trade for
ovalbumin and lactalbumin (2), and in particular Article 4(1)
thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admi-
nistration of
tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (3), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

import

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 of
15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin (4), and in
particular Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 opened tariff quotas for
imports of products in the egg sector and for egg
albumin.

The applications for import licences lodged during the
subperiod
first

June 2008 for

seven days of

the

1 July to 30 September 2008 relate, for some quotas,
to
to quantities exceeding those available. The extent
which licences may be issued should therefore be
determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to
be applied to the quantities applied for.

seven days of

June 2008 for

The applications for import licences lodged during the
first
subperiod
1 July to 30 September 2008 do not, for some quotas,
cover the total quantity 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,

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The quantities for which import licence applications have
been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for the
subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008 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 539/2007, 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 19 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1). Regulation
(EEC) No 2771/75 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 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (OJ L 305, 19.12.1995,
p. 49).

(3) 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).

(4) OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 19.

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ANNEX

Group No

Order No

E1

E2

E3

09.4015

09.4401

09.4402

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)

40,926099

(2)

27 000 000

—

3 117 453

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