# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1508/2007

of 18 December 2007

determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged for the 2008 quota year for the import of live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005, may be accepted

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal [^1] ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 of 23 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of an import tariff quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products [^2] , and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 sets the duty-free annual tariff quota for which Community importers may lodge an application for import rights in accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation at 4 600 head of cattle.

**(2)** The quantities of import rights applied for are such that the applications may be accepted in full,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Each application for import rights lodged in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 for the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2008 shall be accepted at a rate of 100 % of the import rights applied for.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2007.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 2007. *For the Commission* Jean-Luc DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ( [OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_307_R_TOC) ). Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 ( [OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_299_R_TOC) ) as from 1 July 2008.

[^2] [OJ L 346, 29.12.2005, p. 10](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_346_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1965/2006 ( [OJ L 408, 30.12.2006, p. 26](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_408_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (). Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 () as from 1 July 2008.
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1965/2006 ().