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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2369/96
of12December 1996
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 10000 tonnes of
oatgrainsotherwiseworkedfallingwithin ►M1 CNcode11042298 ◄
(OJ L 323, 13.12.1996, p. 8)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionRegulation(EC) No 630/97 of 10 April 1997 L 96 5 11.4.1997
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2369/96
of12December 1996
opening and providing for the administration of a Community
tariff quota for 10000 tonnes of oat grains otherwise worked
fallingwithin ►M1 CNcode11042298 ◄
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996
on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXLdrawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV. 6 negotia-tions(
1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas the Community, for the purposes of the WTO, undertook to
establish, per marketing year and from 1 January 1996, a tariff quota
at zero duty for 10 000 tonnes of oat grains otherwise worked falling
withinCN codes 1104 22 92 an1104 22 99;
Whereas these imports are subject to the presentation of import
licences; whereas the conditions governing the issue of such licencesshould be specified;
Whereas adequate management of imports requires the establishment of
a system of securities; whereas, inview of the likelihood of speculation
inherent in the system on account of the exemption from payment of
the duty, access to the imports inquestionshould be limited to thoseoperators who have lodged a security for importation, who supplyproof that they have exercised a commercial activity inthe cerealssector for at least 12 months and who are registered in the Member
State inwhich the applicationis submitted,
Whereas special provisions governing the organization of imports, and
in particular those relating to notices concerning import licence appli-cations will be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92(
2), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96(3);
Whereas the measures provided for inthis Regulationare inaccor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import per marketing year of 10 000 tonnes of oat grains otherwise
worked falling within ►M1CN code 1104 22 98 ◄, benefiting from
a zero rate of import duty, shall be subject to animport licen ce issuedin accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
Article 2
1. An application for an import licence in respect of the quantity
stated in Article 1 shall be admissible subject to the following condi-tions:
(a) the application shall relate to a maximum of 350 tonnes of oats to
be imported;
(b) where the application is submitted by an agent, it shall contain the
name and address of the operator;1996R2369 — EN — 14.04.1997 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(3) OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.▼M1
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(c) the applicationshall be accompan ied by:
— proof that the applicant is a natural or legal person who has
exercised a commercial activity inthe cereals sector for at least
12 months and is registered in the Member State in which the
applicationis submitted,
— proof that a security of ECU 5 per tonne has been lodged with
the competent authority of the Member State concerned, the
security serving to establish the applicant's good faith,
— a written statement by the applicant certifying that he has
submitted only one application. Where the applicant submitsmore than one application for an import licence in respect of
the same product, all such applications shall be inadmissible.
2. An application may not be withdrawn.
Article 3
1. Applications for import licences for oat grains otherwise worked
falling within ►M1CN code 1104 22 98 ◄shall be submitted to the
competent authorities of any Member State on the second working
Monday of each month up to 1 p.m. (Brussels time). A quantity of
1 000 tonnes shall, to this end, be available in respect of each monthuntil the quantities referred to in Article 1 are used up. Quantities notused in the course of one month shall be carried forward to thefollowing month until the end of each marketing year.
2. Member States shall notify to the Commission, in accordance
with the model set out in Annex I to this Regulation, by telex, fax ortelegram, within two working days of the closing date for the submis-sionof application s:
— the number of admissible applications submitted, even where that
number is zero,
— the quantity of oats in respect of which applications for licences
have beensubmitted,
— the names and addresses of the applicants.
3. Where the total quantity for which import licence applications are
submitted exceeds the quantity of product which may be importedduring the period in question, the Commission shall notify Member
States, within three working days of expiry of the time limit for notifi-
cationreferred to inparagraph 2, of the percen tage reductionthey mustapply, when issuing licences, to the quantities for which applicationswere submitted.
4. Import licences shall be issued as soon as possible after the
Commission's notification to the Member States referred to in para-graph 3, and in any event within three working days.
Notwithstanding Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/
95(
1), the period of validity of licences for oat grains otherwise worked
issued as part of the present quota shall be 45 days.
Notwithstanding Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88(2), for
the purposes of determining their period of validity, licences shall beconsidered to have been issued on the day of their actual issue.1996R2369 — EN — 14.04.1997 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(2) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.▼M1
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Article 4
An import licence shall contain the following entries and shall be
subject to the following conditions:
— in boxes 7 and 8 the country of provenance and the country of
origin of the product in question shall be mentioned respectively,
— in boxes 7 and 8 the entry ‘yes’ must be marked with a cross,— notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88(
1), the quantity released for free circulation may not
exceed that indicated in boxes 17 and 18, and the number 0 musttherefore be entered in box 19,
— in box 20, one of the following entries shall be made:
— Reglamento (CE) n
o2369/96
— Forordning (EF) nr. 2369/96— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2369/96
—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2369 /96
— Regulation(EC) No 2369/96— Règlement (CE) n
o2369/96
— Regolamento (CE) n. 2369/96
— Verordening (EG) nr. 2369/96— Regulamento (CE) n
o2369/96
— Asetus (EY) N:o 2369/96
— Förordning (EG) nr 2369/96,
— in box 24, one of the following entries shall be made:
— Derecho cero. Contingente arancelario de granos de avena traba-
jados de otra forma ►M1del código NC 1104 2298 ◄
— Toldfritagelse. Toldkontingent for havrekerner, bearbejdet på
anden måde, i ►M1KN-kode 1104 2298 ◄
— Nullsatz. Zollkontingent für anders bearbeiteten Hafer
►M1des KN-Codes 1104 22 98 ◄
—∆ασµός µηδέν. ∆ασµολογική ποσόστωση σπόρων βρώµης
αλλιώς επεξεργασµένων ►M1του κωδικού ΣΟ
1104 22 98 ◄
— Zero duty. Tariff quota for oats grains otherwise worked falling
within►M1CN code 1104 22 98 ◄
— Droit zéro. Contingent tarifaire de grains d'avoine autrement
travaillés ►M1du code NC 1104 22 98 ◄
— Dazio zero. Contingente tariffario di cereali di avena altrimenti
lavorati►M1del codice NC 1104 22 98 ◄
— Nulrecht. Tariefcontingent voor op andere wijze bewerkte haver
►M1vanGN-code 1104 22 98 ◄
— Direito igual a zero. Contingente pautal de grãos de aveia
trabalhados de outro modo, ►M1do código NC 1104 22 98 ◄
— Tulliton. ►M1CN-koodiin1104 2298 ◄kuuluvienmuulla
tavoin käsiteltyjen kauranjyvien kiintiö
— Tullsats 0. Tullkvot för korn av havre bearbetad på annat sätt
►M1med KN-nummer 1104 22 98 ◄.
— notwithstanding Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the rights arising
from the licence shall not be transmissible.
Article 5
The good faith security referred to in the second indent of Article 2 (1)
(c) shall be released onthe issue of the licen ce.
Article 6
1. Member states shall notify the Commission by telex, fax or tele-
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(a) within two working days of the issue of the licence, of the quantity
of each product inrespect of which licen ces have beenissued, theissue dates, the countries of origin and provenance of the product
and the names and addresses of the licence holders, and
(b) at the latest on the last working day of each month following that
inwhich the product was released for free circulation , of the detailsreferred to in (a) and the quantity of product released for free circu-
lation broken down by country of origin.
2. The forwarding of the information referred to in paragraph 1 shall
be obligatory evenwhere anapplicationhas n ot beensubmitted, alicence has not been issued and importation has not taken place.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
inall Member States.1996R2369 — EN — 14.04.1997 — 001.001 — 5
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ANNEXI
Modelfortheforwardingofinformationreferred toinArticle 3(2)
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ANNEXII
Modelofcertificate referred toinArticle 3(3)
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