# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 49/2008

of 21 January 2008

setting the quantity of maize available for intervention for period 2 of the 2007/2008 marketing year

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals [^1] ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 of 19 April 2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cereals [^2] , and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3a(2) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 3a of Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 lays down rules for awarding the quantities of maize eligible for intervention for the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years. Quantities are awarded in two stages, referred to as ‘period 1’ and ‘period 2’.

**(2)** The total quantity of maize offered for intervention in period 1, which ran from 1 August to 31 December 2007, did not exceed the limit laid down in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003. As a result, the quantity of maize that may be offered for intervention in period 2 of the 2007/2008 marketing year should be published.

**(3)**

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The quantity of maize that may be offered for intervention in period 2 of the 2007/2008 marketing year in accordance with Article 3a of Regulation (EC) No 824/2000, shall be 1 500 000 tonnes.

## **Article 2**

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

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 January 2008. *For the Commission* Jean-Luc DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 735/2007 ( [OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_169_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 31](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_100_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 883/2007 ( [OJ L 195, 27.7.2007, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_195_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 735/2007 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 883/2007 ().