L 245/4 Official Journal of the European Union 17.9.2009 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 842/2009 of 16 September 2009 setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 7 to 11 September 2009 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 agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), 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 7 to 11 September 2009 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 09.4340 (July-September 2009). (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 appli- cations submitted from 7 to 11 September 2009, 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 publi- cation 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, 16 September 20009. () O] L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. () OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development () O] L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 1.