Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Regulation (EC) No 742/2009
of 13 August 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)f1, and in particular Article 144(1) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008f2 lays down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal.
(2)
Under the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the Community has undertaken, as from the 1995/96 marketing year, to put in place quotas for imports into Portugal of 500 000 tonnes of maize and imports into Spain of 2 000 000 tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum and, if necessary, to open reduced-tariff tendering procedures.
(3)
It should be clarified that the implementation of these quotas does not require a tendering procedure to be opened.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 should be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
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