{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1240/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1240/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/1240",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1240/2006 of 17 August 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 902/2006 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain pigmeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1240",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1240/2006\nof 17 August 2006\namending Regulation (EC) No 902/2006 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain pigmeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2006\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat,\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector, and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIn 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, approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC, the quantities provided for by the quotas in Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 have been amended.\n(2)\nIt is therefore necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 902/2006 of 19 June 2006 determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2006 for import licences under the regime provided for by tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector for the period 1 July to 30 September 2006 can be accepted, 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 1458/2003,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 208, 19.8.2003, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1191/2006 (OJ L 215, 5.8.2006, p. 3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 167, 20.6.2006, p. 24."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1240/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:32.983951+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}