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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1897/94
of 27 July 1994
laying down detailed rules, for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94, as regards
import licences for brans, sharps and other residues
(OJ L 194, 29.7.1994, p. 4)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1335/95 of 13 June 1995 L 129 3 14.6.1995
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1897/94
of 27 July 1994
laying down detailed rules, for the application of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 774/94, as regards import licences for brans, sharps
and other residues
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994
opening and providing for the administration of certain Communitytariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheatand meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (
1), and in particular
Article 7 (c) thereof,
Whereas the annual quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 774/94
relates, inter alia , to a total quantity of 475 000 tonnes of brans, sharps
and other residues of wheat and cereals other than maize and rice fallingwithin CN codes 2302 30 10, 2302 30 90, 2302 40 10, and 2302 40 90,for which the Common Customs Tariff duty is set in Article 6 (2) of thesaid Regulation;
Whereas importation of these products must be subject to the presenta-
tion of an import licence; wherea it is necessary to lay down theconditions for the issue of such licences;
Whereas preferential arrangements for the importation of brans, sharps
and other residues are laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) Nos1513/76 (
2), (EEC) No 1519/76 (3), (EEC) No 1526/76 (4), (EEC) No
1251/77 (5) and (EEC) No 715/90 (6), as lastamended by Regulat ion
(EC) No 235/94 (7); whereas these arrangements involve abatement of
the import levy applicable to those products; whereas cumulation of thisadvantage and the reduced tariff provided for in this Regulation is likelyto create disturbances on the Community market; whereas such cumula-tion should be prohibited so that imports are not affected;
Whereas the detailed rules laid down in this Regulation must replace
those laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1193/88 of 29April 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specialarrangements for imports of bran, sharps and other residues, whether ornot in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or otherworking of cereals other than maize and rice covered by CN codes2302 30 and 2302 40 (
8); as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 84/
89 (9); whereas that Regulation should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The importation of 475 000 tonnes of brans, sharps and other
residues of wheat and cereals other than maize and rice falling withinCN codes 2302 30 10, 2302 30 90, 2302 40 10 and 2302 40 90 andqualifying for a reduced customs tariff as provided for in Article 6 of
(1) OJ No L 91, 8. 4. 1994, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 22.
(3) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 40.
(4) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 56.
(5) OJ No L 146, 14. 6. 1977, p. 11.
(6) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(7) OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.
(8) OJ No L 111, 30. 4. 1988, p. 87.
(9) OJ No L 13, 17. 1. 1989, p. 13.
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Regulation (EC) No 774/94 shall be subject to an import licence issued
in accordance with this Regulation.
2. In connection with the quota the preferential arrangements
provided for in Regulations (EEC) No 1513/76, (EEC) No 1519/76,(EEC) No 1526/76, (EEC) No 1251/77 and (EEC) No 715/90 shall notapply.
3. Commission Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 (
1) and (EEC) No
891/89 (2) shall apply save in so far as this Regulation states to the
contrary.
Article 2
1. Applications for import licences in connection with the annual
Community tariff quota provided for in Article 1 (1) shall be lodgedwith the competent authorities of any Member State on the first Mondayof each month up to 1 p.m., Brussels time, or, if that day is not aworking day, on the first following working day.
2. An application for an import licence may not relate to a quantity
greater than the available balance of the quota.
3. Member States shall forward the information concerning applica-
tions for import licences to the Commission by telex or fax not laterthan 6 p.m., Brussels time, on the day specified in paragraph 1. Thisinformation must be forwarded separately from that relating to otherapplications for import licences for products falling within CN codesex 2302 30and ex230240 , in accordance with the model set out in
Annex I and to the number given in Annex II.
4. If the quantity for which import licence applications have been
lodged exceeds the available balance of the annual quota, the Commis-sion shall, not later than the third working day following the lodging ofapplications, fix a single coefficient for reducing the quantities appliedfor. A licence application may be withdrawn within one working dayfollowing the day on which the reduction coefficient is fixed.
5. Member States shall forward the information concerning import
licences actually issued to the Commission by telex or fax as soon aspossible. This information must be forwarded to the number given inAnnex II and in accordance with the model set out in Annex I.
6. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, licences shall be issued on the
fifth working day following the day on which the application is lodged.
Notwithstanding Article 21 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3183/80 (
3), the period of validity of licences shall be calculated from
the date of actual issue.
7. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the available
balance of the quota after deducting the quantities for which licenceshave been issued.
Article 3
1. Notwithstanding Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 891/89,
licences issued under this Regulation shall be valid until the end of thethird month following that of issue.
However, licences shall notbe valid beyond 31 December each year.2. Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, rights
deriving from t he importlicence shall notbe t ransferable.
(1) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13.
(3) OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1.
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Article 4
The import licence application and the licence shall be completed as
follows:
— sections 7 and 8 respectively shall give the product’s country of
provenance and country of origin,
— in sections 7 and 8, the word ‘yes' must be marked with a cross,— in section 9, the word ‘yes' must be marked with a cross,— nothwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the
quantity released for free circulation must not be greater than thatindicated, in sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure 0shall therefore be entered in section 19 of the licence,
— section 20 must contain one of the following:
— Salvado, moyuelos, otros residuos de trigo y otros cereales
distintos del maíz y del arroz [Reglamento (CE) n
o774/94 del
Consejo],
— Klid og andre restprodukter af hvede og andre kornsorter bortset
fra majs og ris [Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 774/94],
— Kleie und andere Rückstände von Weizen und anderem Getreide
als Mais und Reis (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 774/94 des Rates),
—Πίτυρα εν γένει και άλλα υπολείµµατα σόργου και άλλων
σιτηρών εκτός από το καλαµπόκι και το ρύζι (κανονισµός
(ΕΚ)αριθ. 774/94 του Συµβουλίου ),
— Brans, sharps and other residues of wheat and cereals other than
maize and rice [Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94],
— Sons, remoulages etaut res résidus de fromentetd’aut res
céréales que le maïs etle riz [règlement(CE) no774/94 du
Conseil],
— Crusche, stacciature e altri residui di frumento di altri cereali
diversi dal granturco e dal riso [regolamento (CE) n. 774/94 delConsiglio],
— Zemelen, sl ĳpsel en andere resten van tarwe en van andere
granen dan maïs en r ĳst[Verordening (EG) nr. 774/94 van de
Raad],
— Sêmeas, farelos e outros resíduos de trigo e outros cereais que
não o milh oeot rigo [Regulamento (CE) n
o774/94 do
Conselho].
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— section 24 must contain one of the following:
— Derecho del arancel aduanero común reducido. Contingente
abierto por el Reglamento (CE) no774/94 del Consejo,
— Nedsat sats i den fælles toldtarif. Kontingent åbnet i henhold til
Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 774/94,
— Verringerter Satz des Gemeinsamen Zolltarifs. Mit der Verord-
nung (EG) Nr. 774/94 des Rates eröffnetes Kontingent,
—Μειωµένος δασµός του κοινού δασµολογίου .Άνοιγµα
ποσόστωσης από τον κανονισµό (ΕΚ)αριθ. 774/94 του
Συµβουλίου ,
— Common Customs Tariff duty reduced. Quota opened by
Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94,
— Droit du tarif douanier commun réduit. Contingent ouvert par le
règlement(CE) no774/94 du Conseil,
— Dazio della tariffa doganale comune ridotto. Contingente indetto
dal regolamento (CE) n. 774/94 del Consiglio,
— Verlaagd recht van het gemeenschappelijk douanetarief. Contin-
gentgeopend bij Verordening (EG) nr. 774/94 van de Raad,
— Direito da Pauta Aduaneira Comum reduzido. Contingente
aberto pelo Regulamento (CE) n.o774/94 do Conselho,
— Alennettu yhteisen tullitariffin tulli. Kiintiö avattu neuvoston
asetuksella (EY) N:o 774/94,
— Reducerad gemensam tulltaxa. Kvot öppnad genom rådets
förordning (EG) nr 774/94.
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Article 5
Regulation (EEC) No 1193/88 is repealed.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
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ANNEX I
Imports of brans, sharps and other residues. Regulation (EC) No 774/94
(Regulation (EC) No 1897/94)

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ANNEX II
The only numbers to use to call Brussels are (DG VI-C-1):
— telex: 22037 AGREC B
22070 AGREC B (Greek characters)
— telefax: — 295 01 32
— 296 10 97— 295 25 15.