Commission Regulation (EC) No 558/2008 of 18 June 2008 setting the allocation coefficient for issuing of licences applied for from 9 to 13 June 2008 to import sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements

of 18 June 2008

setting the allocation coefficient for issuing of licences applied for from 9 to 13 June 2008 to import sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector ¹ ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for importing and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements ² , and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authority during the period from 9 to 13 June 2008, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006 of 13 December 2006 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania ³ for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for serial number 09.4366 (2007 to 2008).

(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should fix an allocation coefficient in order to issue licences in proportion to the quantity available and inform the Member States that the set limit has been reached,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of applications for import licences submitted from 9 to 13 June 2008, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 18 June 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

¹ OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 ( OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1 ). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 ( OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1 ) as from 1 October 2008.

² OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 371/2007 ( OJ L 92, 3.4.2007, p. 6 ).

³ OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 8 .

ACP-India Preferential Sugar

Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2007/2008 marketing year

ACP-India Preferential Sugar

Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/2009 marketing year

Complementary Sugar

Title V of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2007/2008 marketing year

CXL Concessions Sugar

Title VI of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2007/2008 marketing year

Balkans sugar

Title VII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2007/2008 marketing year

Exceptional import sugar and industrial import sugar

Title VIII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2007/2008 marketing year

Import of sugar under the transitional tariff quotas opened for Bulgaria and Romania

Chapter 1 Section 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006

2007/2008 marketing year

Footnotes

1. . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 (). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 () as from 1 October 2008. ↩ ↩²

2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 371/2007 (). ↩ ↩²

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