Commission Regulation (EC) No 989/2008 of 8 October 2008 establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2009 under certain GATT quotas
Date: 2008-10-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, United States, cheese, export licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 989/2008

of 8 October 2008

establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for export licences for cheese to
be exported to the United States of America in 2009 under certain GATT quotas

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),

(4)

to the applicants in proportion to the quantities applied
for. The allocation of such further quantities should be
conditional upon the competent authority being notified
of the quantities accepted by the operator concerned and
upon the interested operators lodging a security.

Given the time limit for carrying out the procedure for
establishing those
in
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/2008, this Regu­
lation should apply as soon as possible,

as provided for

coefficients,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006
of 17 August 2006 laying down special detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as
regards export licences and export refunds for milk and milk
products (2), and in particular Article 25(1) and (3) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 850/2008 (3) opens the
procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese
to be exported to the United States of America in 2009
under the GATT quotas referred to in Article 23 of
Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006.

Applications for export licences for certain quotas and
product groups exceed the quantities available for the
2009 quota year. Allocation coefficients as provided for
in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006
should therefore be established.

In the case of product groups and quotas for which the
applications lodged are for quantities less than those
accordance with
available,
appropriate,
to
Article 25(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006,
provide for the allocation of the remaining quantities

in

is

it

Article 1

Applications for export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 850/2008 in respect of the product groups and quotas
identified by 16-Tokyo, 16-, 17-, 18-, 20- and 21-Uruguay, 22-
Tokyo, 22-Uruguay and 25-Tokyo in column 3 of the Annex to
this Regulation shall be accepted, subject to the application of
the allocation coefficients in column 5 of that Annex.

Article 2

Applications for export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 850/2008 in respect of the product group and quota
identified by 25-Uruguay in column 3 of the Annex to this
Regulation shall be accepted for the quantities requested.

Export licences may be issued for further quantities distributed
in accordance with the allocation coefficient in column 6 of the
Annex, after acceptance by the operator within one week of
publication of this Regulation and subject to the lodging of the
security applicable.

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 234, 29.8.2006, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 231, 29.8.2008, p. 12.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2008.

For the Commission

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

ANNEX

Identification of group in accordance with
Additional Notes in Chapter 4 of the
Harmonised Tariff Schedule of the United
States

Identification of
group and quota

Quantity available for
2009
(in tonnes)

Allocation coefficient
provided for under
Article 1

Allocation coefficient
provided for under
Article 2

Note No

(1)

16

17

18

20

21

22

25

Group

(2)

Not specifically provided
for (NSPF)

Blue Mould

Cheddar

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

16-Tokyo

908,877

0,2204967

16-Uruguay

3 446,000

0,1284613

17-Uruguay

350,000

0,0806452

18-Uruguay

1 050,000

0,3143713

Edam/Gouda

20-Uruguay

1 100,000

0,1351351

Italian type

21-Uruguay

2 025,000

0,0781853

Swiss or Emmenthaler
cheese other than with
eye formation

Swiss or Emmenthaler
cheese with eye
formation

22-Tokyo

393,006

0,4661993

22-Uruguay

380,000

0,8444444

25-Tokyo

4 003,172

0,8874245

25-Uruguay

2 420,000

1,1255814