# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 834/2008

of 22 August 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1319/2006 on the exchange between the Member States and the Commission of certain information concerning pigmeat

## 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 192(2) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 1319/2006 [^2] lays down the day by which Member States are to communicate certain quotations to the Commission as the Thursday of each week, in respect of the preceding week.

**(2)** In order to have information which is as up-to-date as possible for the management of the market and to take account of technological progress in the transmission of information, that time limit for communication should be shortened.

**(3)** Regulation (EC) No 1319/2006 should be amended accordingly.

**(4)** To enable the Member States to adapt to the new time limit for communication, this Regulation should apply from 1 September 2008.

**(5)** 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 introductory phrase of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1319/2006 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘The Member States shall communicate to the Commission by 12:00 (Brussels time) on the Wednesday of each week, in respect of the preceding week:’

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply from 1 September 2008.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 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 243, 6.9.2006, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_243_R_TOC) .

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