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United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2007

of 18 December 2007

on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat^f1,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 of 21 August 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for pigmeat originating in Canada^f2, and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 opened import tariff quotas for pigmeat products.

(2)

The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2007 for the subperiod 1 January to 31 March 2008 do not cover the total quantity available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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f1: 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).
f2: OJ L 217, 22.8.2007, p. 12. Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008.