15.2.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 43/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 139/2007 of 14 February 2007 determining the extent to which import licence applications lodged in January 2007 for certain poultrymeat sector products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 249796 can be accepted THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 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: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 (?) lays down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector the arrangements  provided for in the Association Agreement between the European Community and Israel. (2)  The applications for import licences lodged in the first 15 days of January 2007 for the subperiod from 1 January 2007 to 31 March 2007 relate to quantities in excess of those available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for should be laid down, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged for the subperiod from 1 January 2007 to 31 March 2007 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 2. Applications for import licences for the period 1 April 2007 to 30 June 2007 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February 2007. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 February 2007. () O] L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. (3 OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1937/2006 (O] L 407, 30.12.2006, p. 143). For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development