Commission Regulation (EC) No 677/2008 of 16 July 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of July 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultry meat
Date: 2008-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, import policy, poultrymeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 677/2008

of 16 July 2008

on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of July 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 (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

(3)

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 (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 poultry meat originating in Brazil,
third countries (3),
and in particular
Thailand and other
Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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

The applications for import licences lodged during the
first seven days of July 2008 for the subperiod 1 October
to 31 December 2008 relate, for some quotas, to quan­

tities 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.

The applications for import licences lodged during the
first seven days of July 2008 for the subperiod 1 October
to 31 December 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,

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 October to 31 December 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 616/2007, to
be added to the subperiod 1 January to 31 March 2009, are set
out in the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 July 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 July 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008,
p. 61).

(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 1.10.2008-31.12.2008
(%)

Quantities not applied for to be
added to the subperiod
1.1.2009-31.3.2009
(kg)

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

09.4211

09.4212

09.4214

09.4215

09.4216

09.4217

09.4218

1,512861

(1)

15,583235

29,741127

(2)

2,883739

(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.

—

55 566 000

—

—

4 300 910

—

6 807 600