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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-777/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/777",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/2009 of 26 August 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 575/2009 fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugar",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/2009\nof 26 August 2009\namending Regulation (EC) No 575/2009 fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugar\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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),\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector, and in particular Article 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAccording to Article 61, first subparagraph, point (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 the sugar produced during a marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 56 of that Regulation may be exported only within the quantitative limit to be fixed.\n(2)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 924/2008 of 19 September 2008 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2008/2009 marketing year has fixed the quantitative limit at 650 000 tonnes.\n(3)\nThe quantities of sugar covered by applications for export licences exceeded that quantitative limit. Therefore Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2009 suspended the lodging of applications for out-of-quota sugar export licences for the period 6 July 2009 to 30 September 2009.\n(4)\nBy amendment of Regulation (EC) No 924/2008, introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 776/2009, the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar in respect of marketing year 2008/2009 was increased by 300 000 tonnes.\n(5)\nAs the quantitative limit in respect of marketing year 2008/2009 is increased the lodging of applications should once again be possible.\n(6)\nRegulation (EC) No 575/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(7)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 252, 20.9.2008, p. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 172, 2.7.2009, p. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See page 3 of this Official Journal."
    }
  ],
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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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