{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-257/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/257",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 for pigmeat",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-257",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2008\nof 18 March 2008\non the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 for pigmeat\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat,\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 of 26 November 2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 concerning the import arrangements for pigmeat, and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EC) No 1382/2007 has opened tariff quotas for the import of pigmeat products.\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 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,\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. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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