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►B ►M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000
of 20 December 2000
laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals sector products, of Regulations (EC) No
2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 establishing certainconcessions in the form of community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originatingin the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Poland
respectively and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 ◄
(OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 16)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 2864/2000 of 27 December 2000 L 333 3 29.12.2000
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 573/2003 of 28 March 2003 L 82 25 29.3.2003
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000
of 20 December 2000
laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals sector
products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000,(EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 establishing certainconcessions in the form of community tariff quotas for certain agri-cultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Poland
respectively and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1218/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulations(EC) No 2290/2000 (1), (EC) No
2433/2000 (2), (EC) No 2434/2000 (3) and (EC) No 2435/2000 (4) estab-
lishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas forcertain agricultural productsand providing for an adjus tment, asanautonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural conces-
sions provided for in the Europe Agreements with the Republic of
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romaniarespectively, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)In accordance with Regulations(EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No
2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000, theEuropean Community has undertaken to establish for eachmarketing year from 1 July 2000 import tariff quotasat areduced or zero rate of duty for 2 750 tonnesof common wheat(serial No 09.4663) and 1 750 tonnes of millet (serial No
09.4664) originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, 34 250 tonnes
of barley for the production of malt (serial No 09.4617), 16 875tonnesof wheat flour (s erial No 09.4618) and 45 250 tonnesofmalt, not roasted, other than of wheat (serial No 09.4619) origi-nating in the Czech Republic, 17 000 tonnesof barley for the
production of malt (serial No 09.4617), 16 875 tonnes of wheat
flour (serial No 09.4618) and 18 125 tonnes of malt, not roasted,other than of wheat (serial No 09.4619) originating in the SlovakRepublic, and 25 000 tonnesof common wheat (s erial No09.4759) originating in Romania respectively.
(2)Regulations(EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No
2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 lay down that some of these
quotasare to be adminis tered in accordance with Articles308a,308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Commu-nity Customs Code (
5), aslas t amended by Regulation (EC) No
1602/2000 (6). In the interest of simplification and taking into
account the small volume of quotas for products originating inthe Republic of Bulgaria, the above provisions of Regulation(EEC) No 2454/93 should also be applied to these quotas.
(3)To ensure that imports of the cereals sector products covered bythe Czech, Slovak and Romanian tariff quotasare orderly and
not speculative, they should be made subject to the issue of
import licences. The licences will be issued, within the quantitiesset, at the request of the interested parties after a period of2000R2809 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1.▼M2
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reflection and subject, where appropriate, to the fixing of a
reduction coefficient in respect of the quantities applied for.
(4)To ensure the proper management of these quotas, deadlines forlodging licence applicationss hould be laid down and, notwith-
standing Articles 8 and 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rulesfor the application of the system of import and export licencesand advance fixing certificatesfor agricultural products (
1), the
information to be included in the applicationsand licencesshould be specified.
(5)To take account of delivery conditions, the import licencesshould be valid from the day of their issue until the end of the
month following that in which they are issued.
(6)To ensure efficient management of the quota, the import licencesshould not be transferable and the import licence security should
be fixed at a relatively high level, notwithstanding Article 10 ofCommission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of 23 May 1995laying down special detailed rules for the application of thesystem of import and export licences for cereals and rice (
2), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2000 (3).
(7)For the same reasons rapid two-way communication must beestablished between the Commission and the Member States
regarding the quantitiesapplied for and imported.
(8)The import dutieson productsfalling within CN codes1107 10 19 and 1001 90 99 (serial No 09.4619 for the CzechRepublic and the Slovak Republic and serial No 09.4759 forRomania) listed in points II, III and VI of the Annex to Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 (
4), aslas t amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2511/2000 (5), asworded before the entry
into force of thisRegulation and imported under licencesapplied
for on or after 1 July 2000 are reimbursed in accordance withArticles878 to 898 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(9)Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 laysdown detailed rulesapplyingto the import of certain cerealsoriginating in the Republic ofBulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romaniaunder quotasopened by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/
95 (
6), aslas t amended by Regulation (EC) No 2435/98 (7). As
these provisions are no longer necessary, Regulation (EC) No1218/96 should be amended to delete them.
(10)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordancewith the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Importsof common wheat falling within CN code 1001 90 99 (s erial
No 09.4663) and of millet falling within CN code 1008 20 00 (serialNo 09.4664) originating in the Republic of Bulgaria shall be adminis-tered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.2000R2809 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 002.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 250, 5.10.2000, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 51.
(5) OJ L 289, 16.11.2000, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 328, 30.12.1995, p. 31.
(7) OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 1.
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Article 2
Importsof the productslis ted in Annex I to thisRegulation originating
in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Poland
and qualifying for partial or total exemption from import duty for thequantity and at the rate of reduction or duty level specified therein shallbe subject to the presentation of an import licence issued in accordancewith thisRegulation.
Article 3
The products referred to in Articles 1 and 2 shall be released into free
circulation upon presentation of an EUR.1 movement certificate issuedby the exporting country in accordance with Protocol 4 of the EuropeAgreement concluded with that country, or alternatively a declarationon the invoice provided by the exporter in accordance with that
Protocol.
Article 4
1. Applicationsfor import licencesfor the productsreferred to in
Article 2 shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the MemberStates no later than 1 p.m. Brussels time on the second Monday of eachmonth. Each licence application must be for a quantity not exceeding
the quantity available for the import of the relevant product in the
marketing year concerned.
2. No later than 6 p.m. Brussels time on the same day, the compe-
tent authorities shall fax the Commission (fax No (32-2) 295 25 15), inaccordance with the model in Annex II hereto, the total quantity
resulting from the sum of the quantities indicated on the import licence
applications.
This information shall be notified separately from that relating to other
applicationsfor cereal import licencesand mus t quote the number andtitle of thisRegulation, in accordance with the model s hown in AnnexII.
3. If the total of the quantitiesfor each product concerned s ince the
start of the marketing year and those applied for on a particular dayexceeds the quota for the marketing year concerned, the Commissionshall set, no later than the third working day after the applicationswere lodged, a single reduction coefficient to be applied to the quanti-ties requested on the day in question.
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, licences shall be issued on the
fifth working day following that on which the application waslodged.No later than 6 p.m. Brussels time on the same day, the competentauthorities shall fax the Commission (fax No (32-2) 295 25 15) thetotal quantity resulting from the sum of the quantities indicated on the
import licence applications.
5. In accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000, the period of validity of the licence shall be calculated from theactual date of issue.
Article 5
Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95, import
licencess hall be valid until the end of the month following the month
in which they were issued.
Article 6
Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the rights
resulting from the import licences shall not be transferable.
Article 7
Notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the
quantity released into free circulation may not exceed that indicated in2000R2809 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 002.001 — 4
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boxes17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure ‘0’ s hall be entered
to that effect in box 19 of the licence.
Article 8
The import licence application and the import licence shall contain the
following information:
(a) in box 8, the name of the country of origin; import from that
country iscompuls ory under the termsof the licence;
(b) in box 20, one of the following indications:
— Reglamento (CE) no2809/2000
— Forordning (EF) nr. 2809/2000— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2809/2000—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2809 /2000
— Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000
— Règlement (CE) n
o2809/2000
— Regolamento (CE) n. 2809/2000— Verordening (EG) nr. 2809/2000— Regulamento (CE) n.
o2809/2000
— Asetus (EY) n:o 2809/2000
— Förordning (EG) nr 2809/2000
(c) in box 24, the applicable rate of import duty.
Article 9
Notwithstanding Article 10(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95,
the security for the import licences provided for in this Regulation shallbe EUR 30 per tonne.
Article 10
Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 isrepealed.
Article 11
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the day following itspublica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2000R2809 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 002.001 — 5
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ANNEX I
(MFN = most favoured nation)
Country of origin CN codeSerial number of the
quotaDescriptionRate of duty applic-
ableAnnual quantity from
1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase in
quantitiesfrom
1.7.2001
(tonnes)
Czech Republic ex 1003 00 90 09.4617 Barley, for the production of malt 20 % of MFN 34 250 0
1101 00 09.4618 Wheat flour 20 % of MFN 16 875 0
1107 10 99 09.4619 Malt, not roasted, other than of wheat Free 45 250 0
Slovak Republic ex 1003 00 90 09.4617 Barley, for the production of malt 20 % of MFN 17 000 0
1101 00 09.4618 Wheat flour 20 % of MFN 16 875 01107 10 99 09.4619 Malt, not roasted, other than of wheat Free 18 125 0
Republic of Poland 1001 90 09.4831 Common wheat Free 200 000 (1)(2) 40 000
(1) The basic quantity for the annual increases is 400 000 tonnes.
(2) The quantity of 200 000 tonnesappliesfrom 1.1.2001 to 30.6.2001.▼M12000R2809 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 002.001 — 6▼M2
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ANNEX II
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