Commission Regulation (EC) No 1169/2008 of 25 November 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1449/2007 as regards the dates for lodging import licence applications in 2008 under the tariff quotas for sugar
Date: 2008-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, cereals, import licence, import policy, originating product, poultrymeat, rice, sugar, tariff quota

26.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 316/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1169/2008

of 25 November 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1449/2007 as regards the dates for lodging import

licence

applications in 2008 under the tariff quotas for sugar

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), and in particular
Article 148(c), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(EC) No 2058/96,

(EC) No 969/2006,

(EC) No 950/2006,

(EC) No 1964/2006,

lodging applications and the issuing of

Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1449/2007
of 7 December 2007 derogating from Regulations (EC)
(EC) No 2375/2002,
No 2402/96,
(EC) No 2305/2003,
(EC) No
(EC) No 1100/2006,
955/2005,
(EC) No 1918/2006,
(EC) No
1002/2007 and (EC) No 508/2007 as regards the dates
import
for
licences
for sweet
potatoes, manioc starch, cereals, rice, sugar and olive
oil and derogating from Regulations (EC) No 1445/95,
(EC) No 596/2004 and (EC) No
(EC) No 1518/2003,
633/2004 as regards the dates of
issuing of export
licences in 2008 in the beef and veal, pigmeat, eggs
and poultrymeat sectors (2) provides for a derogation
for 2008 regarding the dates for lodging import licence
applications under the tariff quotas for sugar.

the tariff quotas

in 2008 under

quotas and preferential agreements (3), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 892/2008 (4), opened new tariff
quotas with order numbers 09.4431 to 09.4437. The
derogation regarding the dates
lodging import
licence applications should be extended to cover these
new quotas and Regulation (EC) No 1449/2007 should
be amended accordingly.

for

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1449/2007 is replaced by
the following:

‘1.
By way of derogation from Article 4(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 950/2006, applications for import licences for sugar
products under quotas 09.4331 to 09.4351, 09.4315 to
09.4320,
09.4366,
09.4380, 09.4390 and 09.4431 to 09.4437 for 2008 may
no longer be lodged after 13.00 (Brussels time) on Friday
12 December 2008.’

09.4328,

09.4365,

09.4324

to

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June
2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the
2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for the
import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 323, 8.12.2007, p. 8.

(3) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 245, 13.9.2008, p. 5.