24.5.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 132/27 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 559/2007 of 23 May 2007 setting the allocation coefficient for issuing of licences applied for from 14 to 18 May 2007 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, Whereas: (1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authority during the week of 14 to 18 May 2007, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006 of 13 December 2006 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania () for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for serial number 09.4346 (2006 to 2007). (2)  In these circumstances, the Commission should fix an allocation coefficient in order to issue licences in proportion to the quantity available and inform the Member States that 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 14 to 18 May 2007, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006. Article 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, 23 May 2007. () O] L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. (» OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2006/2006 (O] L 379, 28.12.2006, p. 95). For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development () O] L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 8.