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openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasforcommonwheatofa
quality other than high quality from third countries and derogating from Council Regulation
(EEC)No1766/92
(OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2375/2002
of27December 2002
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff
quotasforcommonwheatofaqualityotherthanhighqualityfromthird countries and derogating from Council Regulation (EEC) No
1766/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June
1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), aslas t
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000 (2), and in particular
Article 12(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 19 December 2002
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchangeof Lettersbetween the European Community and the United StatesofAmerica, with a view to the modification of concessions with respectto cerealsprovided for in s chedule CXL annexed to the General Agree-
ment on Tariffsand Trade (GATT) (
3), and in particular Article 2
thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 19 December 2002
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchangeof Lettersbetween the European Community and Canada purs uant toArticle XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffsand Trade
(GATT), with a view to the modification of concessions with respect
to cerealsprovided for in EC s chedule CXL annexed to the GATT (
3),
and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Following trade negotiations, the Community has changed the
conditionsfor the import of common wheat of low and mediumquality, that iscommon wheat of a quality other than highquality, as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 (
4) on rulesof application (cereal
sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, aslas t amended by Regulation (EC) No 1900/2002 (
5), by
creating an import quota from 1 January 2003.
(2)Thisimport quota relatesto a maximum annual quantity of2 981 600 tonnes, including 572 000 tonnes for imports origi-nating in the United Statesand 38 000 tonnesfor importsoriginating in Canada.
(3)The opening of thisquota meansthat Regulation (EEC) No1766/92 hasto be adapted. In order to enable the quota to beopened on 1 January 2003, provision should be made to derogate
from Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 during a transitional period
expiring on the date of entry into force of the amendment to thatRegulation, but until 30 June 2003 at the latest.
(4)To ensure that imports of the common wheat covered by thesetariff quotas are orderly and not speculative, they should bemade subject to the issue of import licences. The licences areto be issued, within the quantities set, at the request of the inter-ested parties, subject where appropriate to the fixing of a
reduction coefficient in respect of the quantities applied for.
(5)To ensure the proper management of these quotas, deadlines for
the lodging of licence applicationss hould be laid down and the2002R2375 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(4) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.
(5) OJ L 287, 25.10.2002, p. 15.
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information to be included in applicationsand licencess hould be
specified.
(6)To take account of supply conditions, a derogation should bemade concerning the period of validity of the licences.
(7)With a view to the sound management of the quotas, provisionshould be made to derogate from Commission Regulation (EC)No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailedrules for the application of the system of import and export
licencesand advance fixing certificatesfor agricultural
products(
1), aslas t amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/
2001 (2), asregardsthe trans ferable nature of the licencesand
the tolerance relating to the quantitiesreleas ed into free circula-tion.
(8)To ensure sound management of the quotas, the security on theimport licences should be set at a relatively high level, notwith-standing Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95
of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the system of import and export licences for cerealsand rice (
3), aslas t amended by Regulation (EC) No 1322/
2002 (4).
(9)Rapid two-way communication should be established betweenthe Commission and the Member States regarding the quantitiesapplied for and imported.
(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
Notwithstanding Article 10(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/
92, the import duty for common wheat falling in CN code 1001 90 99,
of a quality other than high quality asdefined in Annex I to Regulation(EC) No 1249/96, shall be fixed in the framework of the quota openedby thisRegulation.
Article 10(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall apply to imports
of the productsreferred to in thisRegulation in exces sof the quantities
provided for in Article 3.
Article 2
1. A tariff quota of 2 981 600 tonnesof common wheat falling in
CN code 1001 90 99 of a quality other than high quality isherebyopened from 1 January 2003.
2. The tariff quota shall be opened on 1 January each year. Duties
on importswithin the tariff quota s hall be levied at a rate of EUR 12
per tonne.
Article 3
1. The annual tariff quota shall be divided into three subquotas:
(a) Subquota I: 572 000 tonnesfor the United Statesof America;
(b) Subquota II: 38 000 tonnesfor Canada;
(c) Subquota III: 2 371 600 tonnesfor other third countries .
2. Where, in the course of a year, it emerges that there is a serious
shortfall in the take-up of subquota I or II, the Commission may, withthe agreement of the third country concerned, adopt arrangementsto2002R2375 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 22.
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transfer the unused quantities to the other subquotas, in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No1766/92.
3. Subquota III shall be divided into four quarterly tranches of
592 900 tonneseach for the following periods :
(a) Tranche No 1 — 1 January to 31 March;
(b) Tranche No 2 — 1 April to 30 June;
(c) Tranche No 3 — 1 July to 30 September;
(d) Tranche No 4 — 1 October to 31 December.
4. Unused quantities in any tranche except tranche No 4, referred to
in subparagraph 3(d), shall be automatically allocated to the followingtranche. Where a tranche is exhausted, the Commission may anticipate
the opening of the following tranche in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1766/92.
Article 4
All importsunder the quota referred to in Article 2(1) s hall be condi-
tional upon the production of an import licence issued in accordancewith Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, subject to the provisions of this
Regulation.
Article 5
1. Applicationsfor import licencess hall be lodged with the compe-
tent authorities of the Member States no later than 13.00 (Brusselstime) every Monday.
Each licence application must be for a quantity that may not exceed the
quantity available under the subquota for the import of the product
concerned in the period concerned.
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lodging of licence applications, the competent authorities shall forwardto the Commission by fax a notification in accordance with the modelannexed hereto, and the total quantity resulting from the sum of all
quantitiesindicated on the import licence applications . ◄
That information must be communicated separately from the informa-
tion on other import licence applicationsfor cereals .
3. If the total of the quantities since the start of the period and the
quantity referred to in paragraph 2 exceedsthe relevant s ubquota forthe period concerned, the Commission shall set, no later than the third
working day after the applicationsare lodged, s ingle reduction coeffi-
cientsto be applied to the quantitiesreques ted.
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, licences shall be issued on the
fourth working day following the day on which the application waslodged. No later than 18.00 Brussels time on the day the licences are
issued, the competent authorities shall fax the Commission, at the
number mentioned in the Annex hereto, the total quantity resultingfrom the sum of the quantities for which import licences have beenissued that same day.
Article 7
Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the rights
resulting from the import licences shall not be transferable.
Article 8
Notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the
quantity released into free circulation may not exceed that indicated insections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure ‘0’ shall beentered to that effect in section 19 of the licence.2002R2375 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 001.001 — 4
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Article 9
The import licence application and the import licence shall contain the
following information:
(a) in section 8, the country of origin of the product and the ‘yes’ box
shall be marked with a cross;
(b) in section 20, one of the following entries:
— Reglamento (CE) no2375/2002
— Forordning (EF) nr. 2375/2002
— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2375/2002—Κανονισµ óς(EK) αριθ. 2375 /2002
— Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002— Règlement (CE) n
o2375/2002
— Regolamento (CE) n. 2375/2002
— Verordening (EG) nr. 2375/2002— Regulamento (CE) n.
o2375/2002
— Asetus (EY) N:o 2375/2002— Förordning (EG) nr 2375/2002
(c) in section 24, the words ‘EUR 12/tonne’.
Licencess hall be valid only for the productsoriginating in the country
indicated in section 8.
Article 10
Notwithstanding Article 10(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95,
the security for the import licences provided for in this Regulation shall
be EUR 30 per tonne.
Article 11
In the framework of the tariff quota, the release into free circulation in
the Community of common wheat of a quality other than high qualityoriginating in a third country shall be conditional upon production of acertificate of origin issued by the competent national authorities of that
country, in accordance with Article 47 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 (
1).
Article 12
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 January 2003.It shall apply until the date of entry into force of the Regulation
amending Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, but until 30June 2003 at the latest.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2002R2375 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 001.001 — 5
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