# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 12/2009

of 7 January 2009

setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 29 December 2008 to 2 January 2009 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements

## 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] ,

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 agreements [^2] , and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 29 December 2008 to 2 January 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 2008/09 [^3] , for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4346 (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:

## **Article 1**

Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of import licence applications submitted from 29 December 2008 to 2 January 2009, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007.

## **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, 7 January 2009. *For the Commission* Jean-Luc DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_299_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_178_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_122_R_TOC) .

ACP/India Preferential Sugar

Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4331 | Barbados | 100 |  |
| 09.4332 | Belize | 100 |  |
| 09.4333 | Côte d’Ivoire | 100 |  |
| 09.4334 | Republic of the Congo | 100 |  |
| 09.4335 | Fiji | 100 |  |
| 09.4336 | Guyana | 100 |  |
| 09.4337 | India | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4338 | Jamaica | 100 |  |
| 09.4339 | Kenya | 100 |  |
| 09.4340 | Madagascar | 100 |  |
| 09.4341 | Malawi | 100 |  |
| 09.4342 | Mauritius | 100 |  |
| 09.4343 | Mozambique | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4344 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — |  |
| 09.4345 | Suriname | — |  |
| 09.4346 | Swaziland | 60,3411 | Reached |
| 09.4347 | Tanzania | 100 |  |
| 09.4348 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100 |  |
| 09.4349 | Uganda | — |  |
| 09.4350 | Zambia | 100 |  |
| 09.4351 | Zimbabwe | 100 |  |

ACP/India Preferential Sugar

Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

July-September 2009 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4331 | Barbados | — |  |
| 09.4332 | Belize | — |  |
| 09.4333 | Côte d’Ivoire | — |  |
| 09.4334 | Republic of the Congo | — |  |
| 09.4335 | Fiji | — |  |
| 09.4336 | Guyana | — |  |
| 09.4337 | India | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4338 | Jamaica | — |  |
| 09.4339 | Kenya | — |  |
| 09.4340 | Madagascar | — |  |
| 09.4341 | Malawi | — |  |
| 09.4342 | Mauritius | — |  |
| 09.4343 | Mozambique | 100 |  |
| 09.4344 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — |  |
| 09.4345 | Suriname | — |  |
| 09.4346 | Swaziland | — |  |
| 09.4347 | Tanzania | — |  |
| 09.4348 | Trinidad and Tobago | — |  |
| 09.4349 | Uganda | — |  |
| 09.4350 | Zambia | — |  |
| 09.4351 | Zimbabwe | — |  |

Complementary sugar

Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4315 | India | — |  |
| 09.4316 | ACP Protocol signatory countries | — |  |

CXL Concessions Sugar

Chapter VI of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4317 | Australia | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4318 | Brazil | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4319 | Cuba | — |  |
| 09.4320 | Other third countries | 0 | Reached |

Balkans sugar

Chapter VII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4324 | Albania | 100 |  |
| 09.4325 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4326 | Serbia and Kosovo | 100 |  |
| 09.4327 | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 100 |  |
| 09.4328 | Croatia | 100 |  |

Exceptional import sugar and industrial import sugar

Chapter VIII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Type | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4380 | Exceptional | — |  |
| 09.4390 | Industrial | 100 |  |

Additional EPA sugar

Chapter VIIIa of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Country | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4431 | Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 100 |  |
| 09.4432 | Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda | 100 |  |
| 09.4433 | Swaziland | 100 |  |
| 09.4434 | Mozambique | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4435 | Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4436 | Dominican Republic | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4437 | Fiji, Papua New Guinea | 100 |  |

Import of sugar under the transitional tariff quotas opened for Bulgaria and Romania

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007

2008/09 marketing year

| Order No | Type | Week of 29.12.2008-2.1.2009: percentage of requested quantity to be granted | Limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09.4365 | Bulgaria | 0 | Reached |
| 09.4366 | Romania | 100 |  |

As defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

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