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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1549/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/1549",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2007 of 20 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sector of poultrymeat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1549",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2007\nof 20 December 2007\namending Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sector of poultrymeat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat, and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2007/360/EC of 29 May 2007 on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of Agreed Minutes between the European Community and the Federal Republic of Brazil, and between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) relating to the modification of concessions with respect to poultry meat, and in particular Article 2 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 allows for processors to apply for import licences under certain conditions.\n(2)\nSalted poultrymeat falling within CN code 0210 99 39 is not covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75. Consequently, operators traditionally importing that product should be allowed to benefit from the special quota for salted poultrymeat.\n(3)\nOne of the conditions referred to in Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 is that the processing must have been carried out using poultrymeat of CN codes 0207 or 0210 and result in poultrymeat preparations of CN code 1602 covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.\n(4)\nAs Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 does not cover homogenised preparations of CN code 1602 10, and some operators specialised in this type of processing have expressed an interest in participating in the quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007, such processed products should be included, but not homogenised products containing meats other than poultrymeat.\n(5)\nExperience has shown that the quantities available for groups 6 and 8 are not utilised. One of the reasons for this under-utilisation is the fact that the minimum quantity for which an operator can apply, set at 100 tonnes in the Regulation, is too large, as the markets in question are often ‘niche’ markets.\n(6)\nThe minimum quantity for which each operator can apply should therefore be reduced for these specific groups.\n(7)\nImport licences are issued to operators by the Member States more than two months before the start of the sub-period or period in question, and therefore more than two months before the start of their period of validity. There is a particularly long gap between the issue of the licences and the period when operators are able to use them to import.\n(8)\nTo avoid a situation where some licences are used to import before the start of their period of validity, the start date of the validity period should be printed on the import licences.\n(9)\nRegulation (EC) No 616/2007 should be amended accordingly.\n(10)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 138, 30.5.2007, p. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 142, 5.6.2007, p. 3."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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