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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1474/95
of28June1995
►M6 openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofthetariff quotasintheeggsector andfor
eggalbumin ◄
(OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 19)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionRegulation(EC) No 2916/95 of 18 December 1995 L 305 49 19.12.1995
►M2CommissionRegulation(EC) No 573/96 of 29 March 1996 L 80 54 30.3.1996
►M3CommissionRegulation(EC) No 876/96 of 14 May 1996 L 118 17 15.5.1996
►M4CommissionRegulation(EC) No 937/96 of 24 May 1996 L 127 26 25.5.1996
►M5CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1102/96 of 19 Jun e 1996 L 146 30 20.6.1996
►M6CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1219/96 of 28 Jun e 1996 L 161 55 29.6.1996
►M7CommissionRegulation(EC) No 997/97 of 3 Jun e 1997 L 144 11 4.6.1997
►M8CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1242/97 of 30 Jun e 1997 L 173 77 1.7.1997
►M9CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1514/97 of 30 July 1997 L 204 16 31.7.1997
►M10CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1371/98 of 29 Jun e 1998 L 185 17 30.6.1998
►M11CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1323/1999 of 23 Jun e 1999 L 157 29 24.6.1999
►M12CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1356/2000 of 27 Jun e 2000 L 155 36 28.6.2000
►M13CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1043/2001 of 30 May 2001 L 145 24 31.5.2001
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 181, 1.8.1995, p. 44 (1474/95)
►C2Corrigendum, OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 58 (1102/96)
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1474/95
of28June1995
►M6 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff
quotasintheeggsectorandforeggalbumin ◄
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October
1975 onthe commonorgan izationof the market ineggs(1), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden andby Regulation(EC) No 3290/94(
2), and in particular Articles 3 (2), 6
(1) and 15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October
1975 onthe Commonsystem of trade for ovalbuminan d lactal-
bumin(3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,
Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, and in parti-cular Articles 2 (1), 4 (1) and 10 thereof,
Whereas the Community has negotiated, in the framework of the
Multilateral Trade negotiations of the Uruguay Round, various agree-ments and in particular the agreement on agriculture; whereas thisagreement provides, amongst others, for the access to the Community
markets of certainproducts inthe egg sector an d of egg albumin
coming from third countries for a period of six years; whereas thereforedetailed rules for the applicationof the import system inthe egg an dfor egg albuminshould be laid downfor the period 1 July 1995 to 30June 1996;
Whereas the administration of the arrangements should be based on
import licences; whereas, to that end, the detailed rules for submission
of the applications and the information which must appear on the appli-
cations and licences, by way of derogation from Article 8 ofCommissionRegulation(EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988laying down common detailed rules for the application of the systemof import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri-cultural products(
4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/
95(5), should be laid down; whereas, in addition, provision should be
made for the licences to be issued after a period of consideration,applying, where necessary, a single percentage of acceptance; whereasit is in the interest of importers and exporters to allow the licenceapplication to be withdrawn after the coefficient of acceptance has
beenfixed;
Whereas, in order to ensure the regularity of imports, the quantity
refered to in Annex I should be staggered over one year;
Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the system, the
security for import licences under the said system the security should
be fixed at ECU 20 per 100 kg (shell egg equivalent);
Whereas in order to ensure that the system is working properly and in
particular to eliminate the risk of speculation inherent in the system inthe egg and albumin sector, precise conditions governing access bytraders to the said system should be laid down aiming at ensuring theseriousness of their acitivities in this sector;
Whereas the attention of the operators should be drawn to the fact that
licences may only be used for products which comply with all veter-inary provisions in force in the Community;
Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,1995R1474 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 004.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 104.
(4) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 119, 30. 5. 1995, p. 4.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import tariff quotas listed in Annex I are opened annually for the
product groups and under the conditions indicated therein.
Article 2
The quotas referred to inArticle 1 shall be staggered as follows:for group E1:
— 20 % inthe period 1 July to 30 September,
— 30 % inthe period 1 October to 31 December,— 30 % inthe period 1 Jan uary to 31 March,
— 20 % inthe period 1 April to 30 Jun e;
For groups E2 and E3:
— 25 % inthe period 1 July to 30 September,
— 25 % inthe period 1 October to 31 December,— 25 % inthe period 1 Jan uary to 31 March,
— 25 % inthe period 1 April to 30 Jun e.
Article 3
All imports into the Community under the quotas referred to in Article
1 shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.
Article 4
The import licences referred to in Article 3 shall be subject to the
following provisions:
(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who,
at the time applications are submitted, can prove to the satisfactionof the competent authorities in the Member States that they have
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of products falling within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 (excluding hatching eggs) and (EEC) No 2783/85 in each of thetwo calendar years preceding the year in which the licence applica-tionis lodged or who are approved inaccordan ce with Article 6 (1)of Council Directive 89/437/EEC(
1) for the treatment of egg
products. However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their
products to final consumers are excluded from the benefits of thissystem;
(b) licence applications must not involve more than one of the groups
referred to in Annex I of this Regulation. They may involve several
products covered by different CN codes and originating in onesingle country; in such cases, all the CN codes shall be indicatedin section 16 and their descriptions in section 15. Regarding groupsE2 and E3, the total quantity shall be converted into shell eggequivalent.
Licence applications must relate to at least one tonne and to a
maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the groupconcerned and the periods specified in Article 2;
(c) section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the
country of origin;
(d) Section 20 licence applications and licences shall show one of the
following:
Reglamento (CE) n
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Forordning (EF) nr. 1474/95
Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1474/95
Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1474 /95
Regulation(EC) No 1474/95Règlement (CE) n
o1474/95
Regolamento (CE) n. 1474/95
Verordening (EG) nr. 1474/95
Regulamento (CE) no1474/95
Asetus (EY) N:o 1474/95
Förordning (EG) nr 1474/95;
(e) Section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:
Reduccióndel derecho del AAC con forme a lo establecido enel
Reglamento (CE) no1474/95
Reduktion i toldsatsen i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 1474/95Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes gemäß Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1474/95
Μείωση του δασµού του Κ∆ όπως προβλέπεται στον Κανο-
νισµό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1474 /95
Reductionof CCT duty pursuan t to Regulation(EC) No 1474/95
Réductiondu droit du tarif douan ier communcomme prévu au
règlement (CE) n
o1474/95
Riduzione del dazio TDC come prevede il regolamento (CE) n.
1474/95
Verlaging van het GDT-recht op grond van Verordening (EG) nr.
1474/95
Redução do direito da PAC previsto no Regulamento (CE) no1474/
95
Maksua alennettu seuraavan mukaisesti: Asetus (EY) N:o 1474/95
Reduktion av Gemensamma tulltaxans tariffer enligt förordning
(EG) nr 1474/95.
Article 5
1. Licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of
the month preceding each period as specified in Article 2.
2.►M9Licence applications must be submitted to the competent
authority of the Member State inwhich the applican t is established orhas set up his registered office. Applications shall be admissible onlywhere the applicant declares in writing that he has not submitted and
undertakes not to submit any other applications, in respect of the
same period, concerning products in the same group. ◄
Where the same applicant submits more than one application relating
to products inthe same group, all application s from that personshallbe inadmissible.
However, each applicant may lodge more than one application for
import licences for products in one group, where such products origi-nate in more than one country. Separate applications for each countryof origin must be submitted simultaneously to the comeptent authorityof a Member State. They shall be considered, as regards the maximum
referred to inArticle 4 (b) as well as applicationof the rules inthe
previous subparagraph, as single applications.
3. A security of ECU 20 per 100 kilograms shell egg equivalent
shall be lodged for import licence applications for all products referredto inArticle 1.1995R1474 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 004.001 — 4
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4. Member States shall notify the Commission, on the fifth working
day following the end of the application submission period, of applica-tion s lodged for each of the products inthe group inquestion . Such
notification shall include a list of applicants and a statement of the
quantities applied for in the group.
All notifications, including ‘nil’ notifications, shall be made by telex or
fax onthe workin g day stipulated, drawnup onthe model showninAnnex II in cases where no application is made, and the models shownin Annexes II and III in cases where applicaitons have been made.
5. The Commissionshall decide as quickly as possible to what
extent quantities may be awarded in respect of applications as referred
to inArticle 4.
If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed
the quantities available, the Commission shall fix a single percentage
of acceptance for the quantities applied for. Where this percentage isless than5 %, it is possible that the Commissionwill n ot award thequantities applied for; the securities shall be released immediately.
Operators may withdraw their licence applications within 10 working
days following publication of the single percentage of acceptance intheOfficial Journal of the European Communities if applicationof the
percentage results in the fixing of a quantity less than 20 tonnes shell
egg equivalent. The Member States shall inform the Commissionthereof within five days following the withdrawal of the licence appli-cationan d shall release the security immediately.
The Commission shall calculate the quantity remaining, which shall be
added to the quantity available in respect of the following period of thequota period referred to inArticle 1.
6. Licences shall be issued as quickly as possible after the Commis-
sionhas takenits decision .
7. Licences may only be used for products which comply with all
veterinary provisions in force in the Community.
8. Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the
fourth month following each annual period specified in Annex I, of thetotal volume of products imported for each of the groups under thisRegulationdurin g that period.
All notifications, including ‘nil’ ones, shall be made using the model in
Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 6
For the purposes of applying Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88, import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the date ofactual issue, but not beyond the end of the period specified in Article 1.
Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transfer-
able.
Article 7
Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regulation
(EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.
However, Article 8 (4) of that Regulation notwithstanding, the quantity
imported under this Regulaiton may not exceed that shown in sections
17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure 0 shall accordingly be
enterred in section 19 of the licence.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1995.1995R1474 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 004.001 — 5
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
inall Member States.1995R1474 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 004.001 — 6
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ANNEX I
(tonnes)
Group number CN codeDuty applicable, EUR/tonne
product weightTariff quotas from 2000
E 1 04070030 152 135000
E 2 04081180 711
04081981 310 7 000(1)
04081989 331
04089180 687
04089980 176
E 3 35021190 617 15500(1)
35021990 83
(1) Shell egg equivalent. Conversion according to the rates of yield fixed in Annex 77 to Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1).1995R1474 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 004.001 — 7
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ANNEX II
ApplicationofRegulation(EC)No1474/95
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ANNEX III
ApplicationofRegulation(EC)No1474/95
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ANNEX IV
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