Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2006 of 25 August 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 930/2006 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain poultrymeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006

of 25 August 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 930/2006 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain poultrymeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat ¹ ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products ² , and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 ³ , approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC ⁴ , the quantities provided for by the quotas in Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 have been amended.

(2) It is therefore necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 930/2006 of 22 June 2006 determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2006 for import licences for certain poultrymeat products under the regime provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted ⁵ , and to adapt the available quantities for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006 in proportion to those fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1431/94,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 930/2006 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that 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, 25 August 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

¹ OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 ( OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1 ).

² OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 9 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1255/2006 ( OJ L 228, 22.8.2006, p. 3 ).

³ OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 15 .

⁴ OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13 .

⁵ OJ L 170, 23.6.2006, p. 19 .

‘ANNEX Order No Acceptance percentage of applications for import licences lodged for the period from 1 July to 30 September 2006 Total quantity available for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006 (tonnes) 09.4410 1,030927 1 775,001 09.4411 — 5 100,000 09.4412 1,076426 825,000 09.4420 1,555209 450,000 09.4421 3,086419 175,000 09.4422 — 2 485,000 “—” : No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission.’

Footnotes

1. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 (). ↩ ↩²

2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1255/2006 (). ↩ ↩²

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