{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-740/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/740",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2007 of 28 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-740",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2007\nof 28 June 2007\namending Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat, and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007.\n(2)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as approved by Council Decision 2007/138/EC, provides for the granting of an additional annual tariff quota quantity of 500 tonnes (carcase weight) of fresh, chilled, frozen or smoked sheepmeat for Iceland. However, as the Agreement is applicable as from 1 March 2007, the annual quantity for 2007 should be adjusted accordingly.\n(3)\nThe Agreement specifies that the opening of the tariff quota is to be made as from 1 July, on the basis of nine months for 2007. This Regulation should therefore apply as from 1 July 2007.\n(4)\nRegulation (EC) No 1994/2006 should be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for sheepmeat and goatmeat,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3. 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 413, 30.12.2006, p. 3; corrected by OJ L 50, 19.2.2007, p. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 28."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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