
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 988/2008 of 8 October 2008 setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 29 September to 3 October 2008 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements 

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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements, and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 29 September to 3 October 2008 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 508/2007 of 7 May 2007 opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09, for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4317, 09.4318, 09.4319, 09.4320, 09.4325 and 09.4365.

(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should establish an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available and/or inform the Member States that the limit established has been reached,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of import licence applications submitted from 29 September to 3 October 2008, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 8 October 2008.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
ANNEX

ACP/India Preferential SugarChapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/20062007/08 marketing yearOrder No Country Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4331 Barbados 100 
09.4332 Belize 100 
09.4333 Côte d’Ivoire 100 
09.4334 Republic of the Congo — 
09.4335 Fiji 100 
09.4336 Guyana 0 Reached
09.4337 India 0 Reached
09.4338 Jamaica 100 
09.4339 Kenya 100 
09.4340 Madagascar 0 Reached
09.4341 Malawi 100 
09.4342 Mauritius 100 
09.4343 Mozambique 0 Reached
09.4344 Saint Kitts and Nevis — 
09.4345 Suriname — 
09.4346 Swaziland 100 
09.4347 Tanzania 100 
09.4348 Trinidad and Tobago — 
09.4349 Uganda — 
09.4350 Zambia 100 
09.4351 Zimbabwe 0 Reached

ACP/India Preferential SugarChapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/20062008/09 marketing yearOrder No Country Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4331 Barbados 100 
09.4332 Belize 100 
09.4333 Côte d’Ivoire 100 
09.4334 Republic of the Congo 100 
09.4335 Fiji 100 
09.4336 Guyana 100 
09.4337 India 0 Reached
09.4338 Jamaica 100 
09.4339 Kenya 100 
09.4340 Madagascar 100 
09.4341 Malawi 100 
09.4342 Mauritius 100 
09.4343 Mozambique 100 
09.4344 Saint Kitts and Nevis — 
09.4345 Suriname — 
09.4346 Swaziland 100 
09.4347 Tanzania 100 
09.4348 Trinidad and Tobago 100 
09.4349 Uganda — 
09.4350 Zambia 100 
09.4351 Zimbabwe 100 

Complementary sugarChapter V of Regulation (EC) No 950/20062008/09 marketing yearOrder No Country Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4315 India — 
09.4316 ACP Protocol signatory countries — 

CXL Concessions SugarChapter VI of Regulation (EC) No 950/20062008/09 marketing yearOrder No Country Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4317 Australia 20 Reached
09.4318 Brazil 14,2857 Reached
09.4319 Cuba 21,7686 Reached
09.4320 Other third countries 16,6666 Reached

Balkans sugarChapter VII of Regulation (EC) No 950/20062008/09 marketing yearOrder No Country Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4324 Albania 100 
09.4325 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 Reached
09.4326 Serbia and Kosovo 100 
09.4327 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 100 
09.4328 Croatia 100 

Exceptional import sugar and industrial import sugarChapter VIII of Regulation (EC) No 950/20062008/09 marketing yearOrder No Type Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4380 Exceptional — 
09.4390 Industrial 100 

Additional EPA sugarChapter VIIIa of Regulation (EC) No 950/20062008/09 marketing yearOrder No Country Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4431 Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe 100 
09.4432 Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda 100 
09.4433 Swaziland 100 
09.4434 Mozambique 100 
09.4435 Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago 100 
09.4436 Dominican Republic 100 
09.4437 Fiji, Papua New Guinea 100 

Import of sugar under the transitional tariff quotas opened for Bulgaria and RomaniaArticle 1 of Regulation (EC) No 508/20072008/09 marketing yearOrder No Type Week of 29.9.2008-3.10.2008: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
09.4365 Bulgaria 100 Reached
09.4366 Romania 100 