# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 51/2007

of 23 January 2007

on the issue of import licences for preserved mushrooms in 2007

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products [^1] ,

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 licences [^2] , and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The quantities for which licence applications have been lodged by traditional importers and/or by new importers between 2 and 8 January 2007 pursuant to Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 of 22 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries [^3] exceed the quantities available for products originating in China and other third countries.

**(2)** It is therefore necessary to establish the extent to which the licence applications sent to the Commission no later than 16 January 2007 can be met,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Applications for import licences lodged pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 between 2 and 8 January 2007 and sent to the Commission by 16 January 2007 shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities applied for as set out in the Annex hereto.

## **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, 23 January 2007. *For the Commission* Jean-Luc DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_297_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ( [OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 25](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_064_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_238_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 91](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_368_R_TOC) .

| China | Third countries other than China |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| —: Traditional importers (Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006) | 49,125046 % | 100 % |
| —: New importers (Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006) | 6,714974 % | — |
| ‘—’: : — No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission. |  |  |

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ().
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