L 175/26 Official Journal of the European Union 5.7.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 788/2007 of 4 July 2007 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences lodged from 25 June to 2 July 2007 under the Community tariff quota for maize opened by Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 17842003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin- istration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (?), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof, Whereas: ()  Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 (}) has opened an annual import tariff quota of 242074 tonnes of maize (serial number 09.4131). (2)  Atticle 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 fixes a quantity of 121 037 tonnes for subperiod 2 for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2007. (3)  Based on the notification made under Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 969/2006, the applications lodged from 25 June 2007 at 13.00 until 2 July 2007 at 13.00 (Brussels time) in accordance with Article 4(1) of that Regulation, relate to quantities in excess of those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for. (4)  Import licences should no longer be issued under Regu- lation (EC) No 969/2006 for the current quota period, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Each import licence application for maize under the quota referred to in Regulation (EC) No 969/2006 and lodged from 25 June 2007 at 13.00 until 2 July 2007 at 13.00 (Brussels time) shall give rise to the issue of a licence for the quantities applied for, multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 1,542232 %. 2. The issue of licences for the quantities applied for from 13.00 (Brussels time) on 2 July 2007 is hereby suspended for the current quota period. Atrticle 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, 4 July 2007. () O] L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (O] L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11). (®» OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 289/2007 (O] L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17). () OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 44. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 70). For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development