Commission Regulation (EC) No 988/2008 of 8 October 2008 setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 29 September to 3 October 2008 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements

of 8 October 2008

setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 29 September to 3 October 2008 for 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 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ¹ ,

Having regard to 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 quotas and preferential agreements ² , and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 29 September to 3 October 2008 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 508/2007 of 7 May 2007 opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 ³ , for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4317, 09.4318, 09.4319, 09.4320, 09.4325 and 09.4365.

(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should establish an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available and/or inform the Member States that the limit established 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 import licence applications submitted from 29 September to 3 October 2008, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007.

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, 8 October 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 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1 .

³ OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 1 .

ACP/India Preferential Sugar

Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2007/08 marketing year

ACP/India Preferential Sugar

Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

Complementary sugar

Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

CXL Concessions Sugar

Chapter VI of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

Balkans sugar

Chapter VII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

Exceptional import sugar and industrial import sugar

Chapter VIII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

Additional EPA sugar

Chapter VIIIa of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

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

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007

2008/09 marketing year

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