L 289/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 26.10.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1916/2002 of 25 October 2002 fixing the allocation coefficients for the applications for import licences lodged in October 2002 for certain milk products under certain tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (!), as last amended by Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 509/2002 (3, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas (’), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/ 2002 (%), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof, Whereas: In order to implement the concessions in the form of Commu- nity tariff quotas for Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, and Lithuania, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/2002 of 19 September 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/ 1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas, and derogating from that Regulation, provides for the lodging of applications for import licences from 1 to 10 October 2002 for certain products referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001. As the applications for import licences lodged in October 2002 relate to quantities in excess of those available, allocation coeffi- cients should be fixed for the quantities applied for, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 The allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regula- tion shall be applied to the quantities for which import licences have been sought under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1667/ 2002 for the products falling within the quotas referred to in Annex LB to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 October 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 October 2002. 1 () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. () OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15. () OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. () OJ L 252, 20.9.2002, p. 8. 4 For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRIGUEZ Agriculture Director-General