Commission Regulation (EC) No 1281/2008
of 17 December 2008
on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 812/2007 for pigmeat

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),
OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 812/2007 of 11 July 2007 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for pigmeat allocated to the United States of America, and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 7.
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 812/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of pigmeat products.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2009 do not cover the quantities 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,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The quantities for which import licence applications covered by the quota bearing order number 09.4170 have not been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 812/2007, to be added to the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2009, amount to 2 611 500 kg.
Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2008.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc Demarty
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development