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)(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 of 21 August 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for pigmeat originating in Canada(2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 opened a tariff quota 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:
The quantities for which import licence applications covered by the quota bearing order number 09.4204 have not been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 979/2007, to be added to the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2009, amount to 3 468 000 kg.
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