Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2007

of 20 June 2007

determining the extent to which import licence applications lodged in June 2007 for certain poultrymeat sector products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences1, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2497/962 lays down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector the arrangements provided for in the Association Agreement between the European Community and Israel.
(2)

The applications for import licences lodged in the first seven days of June 2007 for the subperiod from 1 July 2007 to 30 September 2007 relate to quantities in excess of those available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for should be laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged for the subperiod from 1 July 2007 to 30 September 2007 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.

Applications for import licences for the period 1 October 2007 to 31 December 2007 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 June 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc Demarty

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

ANNEX

Serial No

Allocation coefficient for import licence applications submitted for the subperiod from 1.7.2007-30.9.2007(%)

Total quantity available for the subperiod from 1.10.2007-31.12.2007(t)

09.4091

—

560,0

09.4092

4,166765

392,001

  • ‘—’

    no licence application has been sent to the Commission.