Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2007 of 18 December 2007 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 for pigmeat
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2007of 18 December 2007on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 for pigmeatTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeatOJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).,Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 of 21 August 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for pigmeat originating in CanadaOJ L 217, 22.8.2007, p. 12. Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008., and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 opened import tariff quotas for pigmeat products.(2)The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 for the subperiod 1 January to 31 March 2008 do not cover the total quantity available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1The quantities for which import licence applications under quota 09.4204 have not been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 979/2007, to be added to the subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2008, are 3468000 kg.Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2007.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 December 2007.For the CommissionJean-Luc DemartyDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural Development