# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 778/2008

of 4 August 2008

setting the final amount of aid for dried fodder for the 2007/2008 marketing year

## Preamble

THE 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) [^1] , and in particular Article 90(c), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 88(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 sets the amount of aid to be paid to processors for dried fodder up to the maximum guaranteed quantity laid down in Article 89(1) of that Regulation.

**(2)** In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 33(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/2005 of 7 March 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 on the common organisation of the market in dried fodder [^2] , the Member States have notified the Commission of the quantities of dried fodder in respect of which entitlements to aid have been recognised for the 2007/2008 marketing year. These notifications indicate that the maximum guaranteed quantity for dried fodder has not been exceeded.

**(3)** Therefore, in accordance with Article 88(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the amount of the aid for dried fodder is EUR 33 per tonne.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The final amount of the aid for dried fodder for the 2007/2008 marketing year shall be EUR 33 per tonne.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 4 August 2008. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_299_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 ( [OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_149_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 61, 8.3.2005, p. 4](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_061_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 232/2008 ( [OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 6](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_073_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 232/2008 ().