1.   An import tariff quota for pigmeat as set out in the Agreement between the European Community and Canada, approved by Decision 2007/444/EC, is hereby opened.

The import tariff quota shall be opened annually for the period from 1 July to 30 June.

The order number of the quota shall be 09.4204.

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

3.   For the quota year 2007/2008 the import tariff quota shall be opened for the period from 1 October 2007 to 30 June 2008.

The total annual quantity as set out in Annex I shall be available for this period.

1.   The annual quantity in the import tariff quota period shall be divided as follows into four subperiods:

2.   For the quota year 2007/2008 the import tariff quota shall be divided as follows into three subperiods:

1.   For the purposes of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, when submitting the first application for a given tariff quota subperiod, applicants shall demonstrate that during each of the periods referred to in that Article they have imported or exported at least 50 tonnes of products listed in 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 Canada. 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 20 tonnes 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 eleventh 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.