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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-249/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/249",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2007 of 8 March 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-249",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2007\nof 8 March 2007\namending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 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\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 Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues, and in particular Article 7 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe tariff quota for group 1 provided for in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94, with the serial number 09.4410 covering codes CN 0207 14 10, 0207 14 50 and 0207 14 70 (frozen chicken cuts), is specifically allocated to Brazil.\n(2)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil reached during negotiations under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, approved by Council Decision 2006/963/EC, provides for an annual import tariff quota for poultrymeat of 2 332 tonnes for certain frozen chicken cuts (CN codes 0207 14 10, 0207 14 50 and 0207 14 70), at a rate of 0 %.\n(3)\nThis amount should be added to the quota for group 1.\n(4)\nRegulation (EC) No 1431/94 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 (OJ L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 9. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1938/2006 (OJ L 407, 30.12.2006, p. 150)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 10."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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