10.6.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 150/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 514/2008 of 9 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products, as well as Regulations (EC) No 1439/95, (EC) No 245/2001, (EC) No 2535/2001, (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 2336/2003, (EC) No 1345/2005, (EC) No 2014/2005, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 1918/2006, (EC) No 341/2007 (EC) No 10022007, (EC) No 1580/2007 and (EC) No 382/2008 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (), and in particular Articles 59(3) and 62(1) thereof, 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) (), and in particular Article 134 and Article 161(3) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) Asfrom 1 July 2008 Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 will apply to main sectors of the common organisation of agricultural markets, as provided for in Article 204 thereof. Consequently, the Commission should adopt the necessary measures to amend or repeal the sectoral Regulations concerned, in order to ensure proper imple- mentation from that date. (2 Article 130 of Regulation (EC) No 12342007 provides that without prejudice to cases where import licences are required in accordance with that Regulation, the Commission may make imports of one or more products covered by the common organisation of agri- cultural markets subject to presentation of an import licence. Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 requires import licences on the one hand for the management of the import regime for husked and milled rice, to take into account the quantities to be imported, and on the other hand for the management of the import regime for sugar under preferential arrangements. () OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1781/2006 (O] L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1). (® OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 248/2007 (O] L 76, 19.3.2008, p. 6). (3)  As regards exports, Article 167 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that export refunds shall only be granted for products listed in Article 162(1) of that Regulation on presentation of an export licence. In accordance with Article 161 of that Regulation, the Commission may make exports of one or more products subject to presentation of an export licence. (4)  For the purposes of the management of imports and exports, the Commission has been given the power to determine the products for which import and/or export will be subject to presentation of a licence. When assessing the needs of a licence system, the Commission should take account of the appropriate instruments for the management of the markets and in particular for monitoring the imports. (5)  This situation offers the opportunity to examine in depth the existing rules in the different market sectors and to reconsider current practices for licencing with a view to simplification and to alleviating the administrative burden for Member States and operators. For reasons of clarity, the rules should be included in Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 of 23 April 2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (%). (6) A licence system is the appropriate mechanism for the management of tariff quotas for imports and exports to be administered by a method other than the method based on the chronological order of the lodging of appli- cations, according to the first come first served principle, given the limited volume in question and the huge number of quantities applied for. (7) A licence system is deemed to be the most appropriate mechanism to monitor certain agricultural products imported under preferential conditions, when considering the valuable advantage offered by the reduced rate of duty applicable and the imperative need to forecast market movements. () O] L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 3.