Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2009 of 8 July 2009 setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 29 June to 3 July 2009 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2009of 8 July 2009setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 29 June to 3 July 2009 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreementsTHE 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)OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 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 agreementsOJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1., and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 29 June to 3 July 2009 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 2008/09OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 1., for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4340 (2008-2009).(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: