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Document 32006R0991

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 991/2006 of 30 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries

    OJ L 179, 1.7.2006, p. 15–17 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    OJ L 330M, 9.12.2008, p. 349–351 (MT)

    ⏵This document has been published in a special edition(s) (BG, RO)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/05/2007; Implicitly repealed by 32007R0341

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/991/oj

    1.7.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 179/15

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 991/2006

    of 30 June 2006

    amending Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Articles 31(2) and 34(1) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (2), approved by Council Decision 2006/398/EC (3), provides, for China, for an increasing by 20 500 tons of the tariff quota of garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00.

    (2)

    That increase should be reflected in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 (4).

    (3)

    Experience has shown that certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 concerning the reference quantity, definitions of importers, import licence applications and information supplied by the Commission should be improved for the sake of clarity.

    (4)

    Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.

    (5)

    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 is amended as follows:

    1.

    in Article 2(5), point (c) is replaced by the following:

    ‘(c)

    for traditional importers who do not fall within (a) or (b), the maximum quantity of garlic imported during one of the first three completed import periods during which they have obtained import licences pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 or this Regulation.’;

    2.

    Article 3 is amended as follows:

    (a)

    paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘1.    “Traditional importers” means importers, whether natural or legal persons, individuals or groups of operators set up in accordance with national law, who a Member State considers to have:

    (a)

    obtained import licences pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 or this Regulation in each of the previous three completed import periods;

    (b)

    imported garlic into the Community in at least two of the previous three completed import periods;

    (c)

    imported into the Community at least 50 tonnes of fruit and vegetables as referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 during the last completed import period preceding their application.’;

    (b)

    in paragraph 3(a), point (i) is replaced by the following:

    ‘(i)

    they have imported garlic from countries of origin other than the new Member States or the Community as constituted at 30 April 2004 in at least two of the previous three completed import periods;’

    3.

    in Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘2.   The total quantity covered by “A” licence applications submitted by a new importer in any quarter may not exceed 10 % of the total quantity referred to in Annex I for that quarter and that origin. Applications not complying with this rule shall be rejected by the competent authorities.’;

    4.

    in Article 8(2), the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:

    ‘Where, during the previous completed import period, new importers have obtained import licences pursuant to this Regulation or Regulation (EC) No 565/2002, they shall produce proof that at least 90 % of the quantity allocated to them has actually been released for free circulation.’;

    5.

    Article 17 is amended as follows:

    (a)

    the second subparagraph is deleted;

    (b)

    the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:

    ‘The Commission shall keep the Member States regularly informed, in due time and in an appropriate manner, of the amounts of quotas used and of information received under Articles 12 and 16(2).’;

    6.

    Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication 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, 30 June 2006.

    For the Commission

    Mariann FISCHER BOEL

    Member of the Commission

    (1)   OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64).

    (2)   OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 24.

    (3)   OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 22.

    (4)   OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 19.

    ANNEX

    ‘ANNEX I

    For the 2006/2007 import period

    Origin

    Order number

    Quota (tonnes)

    First Quarter

    (June-August)

    Second Quarter

    (September-November)

    Third Quarter

    (December-February)

    Fourth Quarter

    (March-May)

    Total

    Argentina

     

     

     

     

     

    19 147

    Traditional importers

    09.4104

    —

    —

    9 590

    3 813

    New importers

    09.4099

    —

    —

    4 110

    1 634

    Total

     

     

     

    13 700

    5 447

    China

     

     

     

     

     

    33 700

    Traditional importers

    09.4105

    2 520

    2 520

    9 275

    9 275

    New importers

    09.4100

    1 080

    1 080

    3 975

    3 975

    Total

     

    3 600

    3 600

    13 250

    13 250

    Other countries

     

     

     

     

     

    6 023

    Traditional importers

    09.4106

    941

    1 960

    929

    386

    New importers

    09.4102

    403

    840

    398

    166

    Total

     

    1 344

    2 800

    1 327

    552

    Total

    —

    4 944

    6 400

    28 277

    19 249

    58 870


    For the subsequent import periods

    Origin

    Order number

    Quota (tonnes)

    First Quarter

    (June-August)

    Second Quarter

    (September-November)

    Third Quarter

    (December-February)

    Fourth Quarter

    (March-May)

    Total

    Argentina

     

     

     

     

     

    19 147

    Traditional importers

    09.4104

    —

    —

    9 590

    3 813

    New importers

    09.4099

    —

    —

    4 110

    1 634

    Total

     

     

     

    13 700

    5 447

    China

     

     

     

     

     

    33 700

    Traditional importers

    09.4105

    6 108

    6 108

    5 688

    5 688

    New importers

    09.4100

    2 617

    2 617

    2 437

    2 437

    Total

     

    8 725

    8 725

    8 125

    8 125

    Other countries

     

     

     

     

     

    6 023

    Traditional importers

    09.4106

    941

    1 960

    929

    386

    New importers

    09.4102

    403

    840

    398

    166

    Total

     

    1 344

    2 800

    1 327

    552

    Total

    —

    10 069

    11 525

    23 152

    14 124

    58 870 ’
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