Commission Regulation (EC) No 393/2006

of 6 March 2006

opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic from 1 April 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 [1] opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas and introduces a system of certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 provides for transitional measures allowing importers from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter "the new Members States") to benefit from the quotas. The aim of those measures is to make a distinction between traditional importers and new importers in the new Member States, and to adapt the concept of the reference quantity so that those importers can benefit from the system.

(3) To ensure uninterrupted supplies to the enlarged Community market while taking account of the economic supply conditions in the new Member States prior to their accession to the European Union, an autonomous and temporary import tariff quota should be opened for fresh or chilled garlic falling within CN code 07032000.

(4) The new quota should be transitional and may not prejudge the outcome of the negotiations under way in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a result of the accession of the new Member States.

(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

1. An autonomous tariff quota of 4400 tonnes, bearing order number 09.4066 (hereinafter the "autonomous quota"), shall be opened from 1 April 2006 for Community imports of fresh or chilled garlic falling within CN code 07032000.

2. The ad valorem duty applicable to products imported under the autonomous quota shall be 9,6 %.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 shall apply to the management of the autonomous quota, subject to the provisions of this Regulation.

However, Articles 1, 4(2), 6, 7(2) 8(3) and (6), the first paragraph of Article 9, and Article 10(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 shall not apply to the management of the autonomous quota.

Article 3

Import licences issued under the autonomous quota, hereinafter "licences", shall be valid until 30 June 2006.

For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005, licences shall be treated as "A" licences.

Box 24 of the licences shall show one of the entries listed in Annex I.

Article 4

1. Importers may submit licence applications to the competent authorities of the Member States in the five working days following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Box 20 of the licence applications shall show one of the entries listed in Annex II.

2. Licence applications submitted by a single importer may not relate to a quantity exceeding 10 % of the autonomous quota.

Article 5

The autonomous quota shall be allocated as follows:

- 70 % to traditional importers,

- 30 % to new importers.

If the quantity allocated to one of the categories of importers is not used in full, the balance may be allocated to the other category.

Article 6

1. The Member States shall notify the Commission, on the seventh working day following that of the entry into force of this Regulation, of the quantities for which licence applications have been made.

2. Licences shall be issued on the twelfth working day following that of the entry into force of this Regulation, unless the Commission has taken special measures under paragraph 3.

3. If the Commission finds, on the basis of the information notified under paragraph 1, that licence applications exceed the quantities available for a category of importers under Article 5, it shall adopt, by means of a regulation, a single reduction percentage for the applications in question.

In that case, licences shall be issued by the competent authorities on the third working day following the entry in force of the regulation referred to in the first subparagraph. Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 6 March 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 19.

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ANNEX I

Entries referred to in Article 3

in Spanish : Certificado expedido en virtud del Reglamento (CE) no 393/2006 y v谩lido 煤nicamente desde el 1 abril de 2006 hasta el 30 de junio de 2006.

in Czech : Licence vydan谩 na z谩klad臎 na艡铆zen铆 (ES) 膷. 393/2006 a platn谩 pouze od 1. dubna 2006 do 30. 膷ervna 2006.

in Danish : licens udstedt i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 393/2006 og kun gyldig fra 1. april 2006 til den 30. juni 2006.

in German : Lizenz gem盲脽 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 393/2006 erteilt und nur vom 1. April 2006 bis zum 30. Juni 2006 g眉ltig.

in Estonian : m盲盲ruse (E脺) nr 393/2006 kohaselt v盲ljastatud litsents, alates 1. aprillist 2006 mis kehtib 30. juunini 2006.

in Greek : 韦慰 蟺喂蟽蟿慰蟺慰喂畏蟿喂魏蠈 蔚魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 尾维蟽蔚喂 蟿慰蠀 魏伪谓慰谓喂蟽渭慰蠉 (螘螝) 伪蟻喂胃. 393/2006 魏伪喂 喂蟽蠂蠉蔚喂 渭蠈谓慰 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 1畏 螒蟺蟻喂位委慰蠀 2006 苇蠅蟼 蟿喂蟼 30 螜慰蠀谓委慰蠀 2006.

in English : licence issued under Regulation (EC) No 393/2006 and valid only from 1 April 2006 until 30 June 2006.

in French : certificat émis au titre du règlement (CE) no 393/2006 et valable seulement du 1er avril 2006 au 30 juin 2006.

in Italian : domanda di titolo presentata ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 393/2006 e valida soltanto dal 1o aprile 2006 al 30 giugno 2006.

in Latvian : at募auja, kas izdota saska艈膩 ar Regulu (EK) Nr. 393/2006 un ir der墨ga tikai no 2006. gada 1. apr墨募a l墨dz 2006. gada 30. j奴nijam.

in Lithuanian : Licencija, i拧duota pagal Reglamento (EB) Nr. 393/2006 nuostatas, galiojanti tik nuo 2006 m. baland啪io 1 d. iki 2006 m. bir啪elio 30 d.

in Hungarian : a 393/2006/EK rendelet szerint kibocs谩tott engedély, csak 2006. 谩prilis 1-t艖l 2006. j煤nius 30-ig érvényes.

in Maltese : li膵enzja ma魔ru摹a ta魔t ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 393/2006 u valida biss mill- 1 ta‘�April 2006 sat- 30 ta' 臓unju 2006.

in Dutch : Overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 393/2006 afgegeven certificaat dat slechts vanaf 1 april tot en met 30 juni 2006 geldig is.

in Polish : pozwolenie wydane zgodnie z rozporz膮dzeniem (WE) nr 393/2006 i wa偶ne wy艂膮cznie od dnia 1 kwietnia 2006 do dnia 30 czerwca 2006 r.

in Portuguese : certificado emitido a t铆tulo do Regulamento (CE) n.o 393/2006 e eficaz somente de 1 de Abril de 2006 até 30 de Junho de 2006.

in Slovak : Licencia vydan谩 na z谩klade nariadenia (ES) 膷. 393/2006 a platn谩 len od 1. apr铆la 2006 do 30. j煤na 2006.

in Slovene : dovoljenje, izdano v skladu z Uredbo (ES) 拧t. 393/2006 in veljavno samo od 1. aprila 2006 do 30. junija 2006.

in Finnish : asetuksen (EY) N:o 393/2006 mukaisesti annettu todistus, joka on voimassa ainoastaan 1 p盲iv盲st盲 huhtikuuta 2006 30 p盲iv盲盲n kes盲kuuta 2006.

in Swedish : Licens utf盲rdad i enlighet med f枚rordning (EG) nr 393/2006, giltig endast fr氓n och med den 1 april 2006 till och med den 30 juni 2006.

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 4(1)

in Spanish : Solicitud de certificado presentada al amparo del Reglamento (CE) no 393/2006

in Czech : 啪谩dost o licenci podan谩 na z谩klad臎 na艡铆zen铆 (ES) 膷. 393/2006

in Danish : licensans酶gning i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 393/2006

in German : Lizenzantrag gem盲脽 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 393/2006

in Estonian : m盲盲ruse (E脺) nr 393/2006 kohaselt esitatud litsentsitaotlus

in Greek : 伪委蟿畏蟽畏 蠂慰蟻萎纬畏蟽畏蟼 蟺喂蟽蟿慰蟺慰喂畏蟿喂魏慰蠉 魏伪蟿‘�蔚蠁伪蟻渭慰纬萎谓 蟿慰蠀 魏伪谓慰谓喂蟽渭慰蠉 (螘螝) 伪蟻喂胃. 393/2006

in English : licence application under Regulation (EC) No 393/2006

in French : demande de certificat faite au titre du règlement (CE) no 393/2006

in Italian : domanda di titolo presentata ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 393/2006

in Latvian : licence piepras墨ta saska艈膩 ar Regulu (EK) Nr. 393/2006

in Lithuanian : Pra拧ymas i拧duoti licencij膮 pagal Reglament膮 (EB) Nr. 393/2006

in Hungarian : a 393/2006/EK rendelet szerinti engedélykérelem

in Maltese : applikazzjoni g魔al li膵enzja ta魔t ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 393/2006

in Dutch : Overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 393/2006 ingediende certificaataanvraag

in Polish : wniosek o pozwolenie przed艂o偶ony zgodnie z rozporz膮dzeniem (WE) nr 393/2006

in Portuguese : pedido de certificado apresentado a t铆tulo do Regulamento (CE) n.o 393/2006

in Slovak : 啪iados钮 o licenciu na z谩klade nariadenia (ES) 膷. 393/2006

in Slovene : dovoljenje, izdano v skladu z Uredbo (ES) 拧t. 393/2006

in Finnish : asetuksen (EY) N:o 393/2006 mukainen todistushakemus

in Swedish : Licensans枚kan enligt f枚rordning (EG) nr 393/2006.

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