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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2809/2000
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►M1 laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals sector products, of Regulations
(EC)No2290/2000,(EC)No2433/2000,(EC)No2434/2000,(EC)No2435/2000and(EC)No2851/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certainagricultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak
Republic, Romania and the Republic of Poland respectively and repealing Regulation (EC) No
1218/96 ◄
(OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 16)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
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►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2864/2000 of 27 December 2000 L 333 3 29.12.2000
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2809/2000
of20December 2000
►M1 laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals
sector products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000,(EC)No2434/2000,(EC)No2435/2000and(EC)No2851/2000establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff
quotasforcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheRepublic
ofBulgaria,theCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepublic,Romaniaandthe Republic ofPoland respectively andrepealing Regulation (EC)
No1218/96 ◄
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to CouncilRegul ations (EC) No 2290/2000 (1), (EC) No
2433/2000 (2), (EC) No 2434/2000 (3) and (EC) No 2435/2000 (4)
establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotasfor certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as anautonomous and transitionalmeasure, of certain agricul turalconcessions
provided for in the Europe Agreements with the Republic of Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania respectively, andin 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 quotas at a reduced
or zero rate of duty for 2 750 tonnes of common wheat (serialNo
09.4663) and 1 750 tonnes of millet (serial No 09.4664)originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, 34 250 tonnes of barleyfor the production of malt (serial No 09.4617), 16 875 tonnes ofwheat flour (serial No 09.4618) and 45 250 tonnes of malt, not
roasted, other than of wheat (serialNo 09.4619) originating in the
Czech Republic, 17 000 tonnes of barley for the production ofmalt (serial No 09.4617), 16 875 tonnes of wheat flour (serial No09.4618) and 18 125 tonnes of malt, not roasted, other than ofwheat (serial No 09.4619) originating in the Slovak Republic, and25 000 tonnes of common wheat (serialNo 09.4759) 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 thesequotas are to be administered in accordance with Articles 308a,308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2
July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Commu-nity Customs Code (
5), as last 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 in theRepublic 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 by
the Czech, Slovak and Romanian tariff quotas are orderly and notspeculative, they should be made subject to the issue of importlicences. The licences will be issued, within the quantities set, at
the request of the interested parties after a period of reflection and
subject, where appropriate, to the fixing of a reduction coefficientin respect of the quantities applied for.2000R2809 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 001.001 — 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.
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(4) To ensure the proper management of these quotas, deadlines for
lodging licence applications should be laid down and, notwith-
standing Articles 8 and 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules forthe application of the system of import and export licences andadvance fixing certificates for agricultural products (
1), the
information to be included in the applications and licences
should be specified.
(5) To take account of delivery conditions, the import licences should
be valid from the day of their issue until the end of the monthfollowing that in which they are issued.
(6) To ensure efficient management of the quota, the import licences
should 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 1995 layingdown special detailed rules for the application of the system ofimport 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 Statesregarding the quantities applied for and imported.
(8) The import duties on products falling within CN codes1107 10 19 and 1001 90 99 (serialNo 09.4619 for the Czech
Republic and the Slovak Republic and serial No 09.4759 for
Romania) listed in points II, III and VI of the Annex toCommission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 (
4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2511/2000 (5), as worded before the entry
into force of this Regulation and imported under licences appliedfor on or after 1 July 2000 are reimbursed in accordance with
Articles 878 to 898 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(9) Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 lays down detailed rules applying to
the import of certain cereals originating in the Republic ofBulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romaniaunder quotas opened by CouncilRegul ation (EC) No 3066/95 (
6),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2435/98 (7). As these
provisions are no longer necessary, Regulation (EC) No 1218/96
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
Imports of common wheat falling within CN code 1001 90 99 (serial No
09.4663) and of millet falling within CN code 1008 20 00 (serial No09.4664) originating in the Republic of Bulgaria shall be administered
by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 2
Imports of the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation originating
in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Romaniaand the Republic of Poland and qualifying for partial or total exemptionfrom import duty for the quantity and at the rate of reduction or duty2000R2809 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 001.001 — 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.▼M1
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level specified therein shall be subject to the presentation of an import
licence issued in accordance with this Regulation.
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 Protocol4 of the Europe
Agreement concluded with that country, or alternatively a declaration on
the invoice provided by the exporter in accordance with that Protocol.
Article 4
1. Applications for import licences for the products referred 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 thequantity available for the import of the relevant product in the marketingyear concerned.
2. No later than 6 p.m. Brussels time on the same day, the competent
authorities shall fax the Commission (fax No (32-2) 295 25 15), in
accordance with the modelin Annex II hereto, the totalquantityresulting from the sum of the quantities indicated on the import licenceapplications.
This information shall be notified separately from that relating to other
applications for cereal import licences and must quote the number andtitle of this Regulation, in accordance with the model shown in Annex II.
3. If the totalof the quantities for each product concerned since the
start of the marketing year and those applied for on a particular day
exceeds the quota for the marketing year concerned, the Commission
shall set, no later than the third working day after the applications werelodged, a single reduction coefficient to be applied to the quantitiesrequested 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 was lodged.No later than 6 p.m. Brussels time on the same day, the competent
authorities shall fax the Commission (fax No (32-2) 295 25 15) the total
quantity resulting from the sum of the quantities indicated on the importlicence 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 theactualdate of issue.
Article 5
Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95, import
licences shall be valid until the end of the month following the month inwhich 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 inboxes 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure ‘0’ shall be entered tothat effect in box 19 of the licence.2000R2809 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 001.001 — 4
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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
is compulsory under the terms of 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 is repealed.
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.2000R2809 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 001.001 — 5
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ANNEXI
(MFN = most favoured nation)
Country of origin CN codeSerialnumber of the
quotaDescriptionRate of duty applic-
ableAnnualquantity from
1.7.2000 to 30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annualincrease in
quantities from
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 Romania 1001 90 91
1001 90 9909.4759 Common wheat Free 25 000 2 500
Republic of Poland 1001 90 09.4831 Common wheat Free 200 000 (
1)(2) 40 000
(1) The basic quantity for the annualincreases is 400 000 tonnes.
(2) The quantity of 200 000 tonnes applies from 1.1.2001 to 30.6.2001.▼M12000R2809 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 001.001 — 6
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ANNEXII
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