27.7.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 205/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1140/2006 of 26 July 2006 setting the allocation coefficient for issuing licences to import 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 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for importing and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and prefer- ential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2005/914/EC of 21 November 2005 on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota for the imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community (%), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2151/2005 of 23 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quota for sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as provided for in the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (¥, in particular Article 6(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authority during the week of 17 to 21 July 2006, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 950/2006, for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for serial number 09.4351. (2)  In these circumstances, the Commission must set an allocation coefficient in order to issue licences in proportion to the quantity available and to inform the Member States, where necessary, when the set limit 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 applications for import licences submitted from 17 to 21 July 2006, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 July 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 July 2006. () O] L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. () O] L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1. () O] L 333, 20.12.2005, p. 44. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development () O L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 26.