{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-252/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/252",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-252",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2008\nof 18 March 2008\non the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs, and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin, and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 of 15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin, and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EC) No 539/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of products in the egg sector and for egg albumin.\n(2)\nThe applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 for the subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2008 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for.\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. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1). Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 19."
    }
  ],
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  "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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