Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/2009 of 7 January 2009 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 1 January 2009 to 2 January 2009 under subquota III in the context of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for common wheat of a quality other than high quality
Date: 2009-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, import licence, originating product, tariff quota, third country

8.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 4/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 8/2009

of 7 January 2009

fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from
1 January 2009 to 2 January 2009 under subquota III in the context of the Community tariff
quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 for common wheat of a quality other than high
quality

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),

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

tariff quotas

import

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 (3) opens an
overall annual
tariff quota of 2 989 240 tonnes of
common wheat of a quality other than high quality.
That quota is divided into three subquotas.

III

(order number 09.4125)

Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 divides
subquota
into four
quarterly subperiods and has
fixed the quantity at
594 597 tonnes for subperiod 1, for the period from
1 January to 31 March 2009.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(Brussels time) in accordance with the second subpara­
graph of Article 4(1) of that Regulation relate to quan­
tities in excess of those available. The extent to which
import
licences may be issued should therefore be
determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied
to the quantities applied for should be laid down.

(4)

Import
licences
subquota III as
1067/2008 for the current quota subperiod,

should no longer be issued under
referred to in Regulation (EC) No

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each import licence application in respect of subquota III
1.
as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 and lodged
between 1 January 2009 and 2 January 2009 at 13:00
(Brussels time) shall give rise to the issue of a licence for the
quantities applied for, multiplied by an allocation coefficient of
0,979772 %.

2.
The issue of licences for the quantities applied for from
2 January 2009 at 13:00 (Brussels time) falling within subquota
III as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008 is hereby
suspended for the current quota subperiod.

Based on the notification made under Article 4(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008, the applications lodged
between 1 January 2009 and 2 January 2009 at 13:00

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi­
cation 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, 7 January 2009.

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 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 290, 31.10.2008, p. 3.