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| 23.1.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 16/3 |
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23.1.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 16/3

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 49/2007

of 22 January 2007

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 March to 31 May 2007

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 of 16 November 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 (2), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | The quantities for which licence applications have been lodged by traditonal importers and by new importers during the first five working days of January 2007, pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 exceed the quantities available for products originating in China, Argentina and all third countries other than China and Argentina. |
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(1)

The quantities for which licence applications have been lodged by traditonal importers and by new importers during the first five working days of January 2007, pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 exceed the quantities available for products originating in China, Argentina and all third countries other than China and Argentina.

| (2) | It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the licence applications sent to the Commission by 15 January 2007 can be met and to fix, for each category of importer and product origin, the dates until which the issue of certificates should be suspended, |
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(2)

It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the licence applications sent to the Commission by 15 January 2007 can be met and to fix, for each category of importer and product origin, the dates until which the issue of certificates should be suspended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences lodged pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005, during the first five working days of January 2007 and sent to the Commission by 15 January 2007, shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities applied for as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

For each category of importer and the origin involved, applications for import licences pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 relating to the quarter from 1 March to 31 May 2007 and lodged after the first five working days of January 2007 but before the date in Annex II to this Regulation, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(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).

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(2)  
  OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 19. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2000/2006 (OJ L 379, 28.12.2006, p. 37).

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ANNEX I

| Origin of the products | Percentage allocations |
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| China | Third countries other than China or Argentina | Argentina |
| — | traditional importers
  (Article 3(1) and (3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005) |

Origin of the products

Percentage allocations

China

Third countries other than China or Argentina

Argentina

—

traditional importers

(Article 3(1) and (3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005)

44,670  %

100  %

56,097  %

| — | new importers
  (Article 3(2) and (3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005) |
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—

new importers

(Article 3(2) and (3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005)

0,711  %

86,538  %

1,643  %

| ‘X’ | : | No quota for this origin for the quarter in question. |
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| ‘—’ | : | No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission. |

‘X’

:

No quota for this origin for the quarter in question.

‘—’

:

No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission.

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ANNEX II

| Origin of the products | Dates |
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| China | Third countries other than China or Argentina | Argentina |
| — | traditional importers
  (Article 3(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005) |

Origin of the products

Dates

China

Third countries other than China or Argentina

Argentina

—

traditional importers

(Article 3(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005)

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

| — | new importers
  (Article 3(2) and (3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005) |
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—

new importers

(Article 3(2) and (3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005)

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

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