31.12.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 349/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1526/2007 of 17 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 26 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) On 20 December 1996, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 (). Community demand for the products to which that Regulation applies should be met under the most favourable conditions. For that purpose from 1 Janu- ary 2008 certain existing tariff quota volumes should be increased or reduced and some new Community tariff quo- tas should be opened at zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes, while avoiding any disturbance of the markets for those products. (2)  The quota volume for two Community tariff quotas is insufficient to meet the needs of Community industry for the current quota period ending at 31 December 2007. Consequently those volumes should be increased with effect from 1 January 2007. (3) It is no longer in the Community interest to continue to grant Community tariff quotas in 2008 for certain prod- ucts on which duties were suspended in 2007. These prod- ucts should therefore be removed from the table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96. (4 In view of the many changes to be made, clarity requires Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 to be replaced in its entirety. () OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 728/2007 (O] L 166, 28.6.2007, p. 1). (5)  Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended accordingly. (6)  Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu- lation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency provided for in point 1,3 of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties estab- lishing the European Community. (7)  Since quota periods start on 1 January 2008, this Regula- tion should apply from the same date and enter into force immediately, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex [ to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2007, in Annex [ to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96: — the quota volume of the tariff quota for order num- ber 09.2603 is fixed at 6 500 tonnes, — the quota volume of the tariff quota for order num- ber 09.2950 is fixed at 12 000 tonnes. Article 3 With effect from 1 January 2008 in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96: — the quota volume of the tariff quota for order num- ber 09.2030 is fixed at 1 500 tonnes,