1.   An import tariff quota for sausages and certain meat products as set out in Regulation (EC) No 1355/2007 is hereby opened.

The import tariff quota shall be opened annually for the period from 1 January to 31 December. The measure shall apply on an autonomous and transitional basis, from 1 January 2008 and shall end on 31 December 2009.

The order number of the quota shall be 09.4180.

2.   The total annual quantity of products benefiting from the quota referred to in paragraph 1, the rate of customs duty and CN codes are set out in Annex I hereto.

1.   For the purposes of applying Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, import licence applicants shall, when submitting their first application for a given annual quota period, furnish proof that they imported or exported, during each of the two periods referred to in that Article, at least 25 tonnes of products covered by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75.

2.   Import licence applications shall contain the order number and may relate to several products covered by different CN codes and originating in Switzerland. In such cases, all the CN codes shall be indicated in box 16 and their descriptions in box 15.

An import licence application shall cover at least one tonne of product weight and may not cover more than 20 % of the available quantity for each import tariff quota subperiod.

3.   Import licences shall give rise to an obligation to import from the specified country.

4.   Import licence applications and import licences shall contain the following:

5.   Box 24 of the import licence shall contain one of the entries set out in Part B of Annex II.

1.   Import licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of the month preceding each subperiod.

2.   A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms of product weight shall be lodged together with the import licence application.

3.   The Member States shall notify the Commission, by the third working day following the end of the period for submission of applications, of the total quantities, in kilograms, applied for.

4.   Import licences shall be issued not earlier that the seventh and not later than the 11th working day following the end of the period for notification provided for in paragraph 3.

5.   The Commission shall determine, if necessary, the quantities not applied for which shall be automatically added to the quantity fixed for the next subperiod.

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 the Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the first month of each subperiod, the total quantities in kilograms covered by import licences issued as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of that Regulation.

2.   The Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the fourth month following each annual period, of the quantities in kilograms actually put into free circulation under this Regulation in the period concerned.

3.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 the Member States shall notify the Commission, on the first occasion together with the notification of the quantities applied for the last sub-period, and on the second occasion before the end of the fourth month following each annual period of the unused quantities in kilograms as referred to in Article 11(1)(c) of that Regulation.

1.   By way of derogation from Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the first day of the subperiod for which they were issued.

2.   By way of derogation from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the rights deriving from import licences may be transferred only to transferees satisfying the eligibility conditions laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and in Article 4 of this Regulation.