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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 441/96
of 11 March 1996
layingdowncertaindetailedrulesfortheapplicationofatariffquotaforpotatostarchimported
from the Republic of Poland and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1995/92
(OJ L 61, 12.3.1996, p. 4)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 441/96
of 11 March 1996
laying down certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff
quotaforpotatostarchimportedfromtheRepublicofPolandand
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1995/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June
1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals(1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (2), and in particular Article 9
(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 of 8 August
1995 providingfor the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitionalmeasure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the EuropeAgreements and amending Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opening andadministeringcertain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain ag ri-cultural products and for beer, to take account of the Agreement onAgriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral TradeNegotiations(
3), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December
1995 establishingcertain concessions in the form of Community tariffquotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjust-ment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agriculturalconcessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account ofthe Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay RoundMultilateral Trade Negotiations(
4), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, andthe Republic of Poland, of the other part, provides for concessionscovering certain agricultural products originating in that country;whereas those concessions involve reductions in the specific agriculturalduties under tariff quotas and in the customs duties; whereas theCouncil made provision for the adjustment, as an autonomous andtransitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for inthe Europe Agreements for the period 1 July to 31 December 1995 inRegulation (EC) No 2179/95 and for the period 1 January to 30 June1996 in Regulation (EC) No 3066/95; whereas the list of concessionsapplying to agricultural products originating in Poland is set out inAnnex I to Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 and in Annex II to Regulation(EC) No 3066/95; whereas the concession coveringpotato starchinvolves an 80 % reduction in the import duty in respect of 7 500 tonnesper year;
Whereas the detailed rules of application should be adapted to take
account of those autonomous and transitional concessions; whereasCommission Regulation (EEC) No 1995/92 of 15 July 1992 layingdown detailed rules for the application, in respect of potato starch, ofthe import arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreementconcluded between the European Economic Community and the Euro-pean Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic ofPoland, of the other part(
5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1851/95 (6), should accordingly be replaced;
Whereas, with a view to sound administration of the abovementioned
arrangements and in particular to ensuring that the quantity fixed is notexceeded, special rules governing the submission of applications and the
(1) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 223, 20. 9. 1995, p. 29.
(4) OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31.
(5) OJ No L 199, 18. 7. 1992, p. 14.
(6) OJ No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 47.
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issuingof licences must be laid down; whereas such detailed rules must
supplement or derogate from the provisions of Commission Regulation(EC) No 3719/88 (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/
95 (2);
Whereas provisions should be laid down for guaranteeing the origin of
the product and for administeringthe arrang ements by means of importlicences; whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a deroga-tion from Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of 23May 1995 layingdown special detailed rules for the application of thesystem of import and export licences for cereals and rice(
3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 285/96 (4); whereas the security for
import licences under those arrangements should be set at ECU 30 pertonne;
Whereas special provisions must be laid down to ensure that the potato
starch is actually used in the Community in order to prevent anydeflection of trade which may be detrimental to the sound managementof the market and of the Agreement in question; whereas, to that end, itshould be specified that the starch is to be processed into productsfallingwithin other tariff heading s includingesterified and etherifiedstarch; whereas, to that end, eligibility for the preferential rate of importduty should be conditional, in particular, on an undertakingby theimporter to use the starch as planned and on the lodging of a securityequal to the reduction in the import duty; whereas a reasonable periodmust be allowed for processingto permit close surveillance of thearrangements in question; whereas, were the product released for freecirculation is dispatched to another Member State for processing, the T5control copy compiled by the Member State of release for free circula-tion provides suitable proof of processingin accordance with the ruleslaid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993layingdown provisions for the implementation of Council Reg ulation(EEC) No 2913/92 (
5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1762/
95 (6), establishingthe Community Customs Code;
Whereas experience has shown that, although the security is lodged to
ensure payment of a customs charge payable on import, some elementof proportionality must be introduced as regards the release of thatsecurity, in particular in certain cases where the time limits laid downby the arrangements have not been observed; whereas the rules laiddown in Title V of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22July 1985 layingdown common detailed rules for the application of thesystem of securities for agricultural products (
7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 3403/93 (8), should therefore be followed;
Whereas the reduction in the import duty must be conditional on
presentation of proof of processingin the Community;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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Article 1
Under the arrangements provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC)
No 3066/95, 3 750 tonnes of products fallingwithin CN code1108 13 00 and originating in Poland may be imported into theCommunity duringthe period 1 July 1996 to 31 December 1996 inaccordance with this Regulation. The rate of customs duty applicable to
(1) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 21.
(3) OJ No L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ No L 37, 15. 2. 1996, p. 18.
(5) OJ No L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 171, 21. 7. 1995, p. 8.
(7) OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.
(8) OJ No L 310, 14. 12. 1993, p. 4.
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such imports shall be 20 % of the duty applicable to the most favourednation.
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Article 2
1. Import licence applications shall be lodged with the competent
authorities of any Member State by 1 p.m. (Brussels time) on the firstworkingday of the week.
Licence applications must cover at least 50 tonnes and not more than
1 000 tonnes, in product weight.
2. By no later than 6 p.m. (Brussels time) on the day of submission,
the Member States shall notify the Commission by telex or fax ofquantities covered by import licence applications submitted.
Such notification must be made separately from that relatingto other
import licence applications relatingto cereals.
3. By no later than the Friday followingthe submission of applica-
tions, the Commission shall decide what proportion of quantitiescovered by applications may be granted and shall notify the MemberStates thereof by telex.
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, licences shall be issued on the
fifth workingday followingthat of submission of the application.NotwithstandingArticle 21 (1) of Reg ulation (EEC) No 3719/88, theterm of validity of licences shall run from the day of their actual issue.
Article 3
Import licence applications and licences shall show:
(a) in box 8, the word ‘Poland'. Licences shall carry with them an
obligation to import from that country;
(b) in box 20, one of the following:
— Acuerdo Polonia, Reglamento (CE) n
o441/96 debe presentarse
EUR.1
— Aftale Polen forordning (EF) nr. 441/96 EUR.1 skal forelægges— Abkommen Polen — Verordnung(EG) Nr. 441/96 — EUR.1 ist
vorzulegen
—ΣυµφωνίαΠολωνίας ,κανονισµός (ΕΚ)αριθ. 441/96,πρέπει
να προσκοµίζεται το EUR.1
— Agreement Poland Regulation (EC) No 441/96 EUR.1 to be
presented
— Accord Pologne, règlement (CE) n
o441/96 EUR.1 à présenter
— Accordo Polonia, regolamento (CE) n. 441/96 EUR.1 deve
essere presentato
— Overeenkomst met Polen — Verordening(EG) nr. 441/96 —
EUR.1 over te leggen
— Acordo Polónia, Regulamento (CE) n.o441/96 EUR.1 a apre-
sentar
— Puolan kanssa tehty sopimus, asetus (EY) N:o 441/96 EUR.1 on
esitettävä
— Avtalet med Polen förordning(EG) nr 441/96 EUR.1 skall
uppvisas;
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(c) in box 24, one of the following:
— Derecho de aduana en el Arancel Aduanero Común reducido en
un 80 % en aplicación del Reglamento (CE) no3066/95
— Told nedsat med 80 % FTT, jf. forordning(EF) nr. 3066/95— Zollermäßigung um 80 % gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr.
3066/95
—Καθοριζόµενη ,στο κοινό δασµολόγιο εισφορά µειωµένη
κατά80 %κατ’εφαρµογήτουκανονισµού (ΕΚ)αριθ. 3066/
95
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— Customs duty fixed by the Common Customs Tariff reduced by
80 % pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 3066/95
— Droit de douane fixé au tarif douanier commun réduit de 80 %
en application du règlement (CE) no3066/95
— Riduzione del dazio dell’80% a norma del regolamento (CE) n.
3066/95
— Het in het gemeenschappelijk douanetarief vastgesteld douaner-
echt is verlaag d met 80 % overeenkomstigVerordening(EG) nr.3066/95
— Redução de 80 % do direito aduaneiro fixado na Pauta Adua-
neira Comum em aplicação do Regulamento (CE) n.
o3066/95
— Yhteisessä tullitariffissa vahvistetun tullin alentaminen 80
prosentilla asetuksen (EY) N:o 3066/95 mukaan
— Nedsatt tull med 80 % enligt Gemensamma tulltaxan med till-
ämpningav förordning(EG) nr 3066/95.
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Article 4
1. The fourth indent of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/
88 shall not apply.
2. NotwithstandingArticle 8 (4) of Reg ulation (EEC) No 3719/88,
the quantity released for free circulation may not exceed that shown inboxes 17 and 18 of the import licence. To that end, the figure ‘0',shallbe entered in box 19 of the licence.
3. Article 33 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.
Article 5
NotwithstandingArticle 10 (a) and (b) of Reg ulation (EC) No 1162/95,
the security for import licences covered by this Regulation shall be:
(a) ECU 25 per tonne until the entry into force of this Regulation;
(b) ECU 30 per tonne from the entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 6
1. Eligibility for the reduced rate of duty shall be subject to:
(a) a written undertakingby the importer, g iven at the time of release
for free circulation, to the effect that all the goods declared will beprocessed into products not covered by CN codes 1108 and 3505within six months of the date of acceptance of the declaration ofrelease for free circulation;
(b) lodging by the importer, at the time of release for free circulation,
of a security equal to the difference between the reduced duty andthe full import duty;
(c) presentation of an EUR 1 certificate, to be issued by the competent
authorities in Poland; and
(d) presentation of an import licence.
2. On release for free circulation, importers shall state the place
where processingis to be carried out. Where processingis to be carriedout in another Member State, a T5 control copy shall be compiled in theMember State of departure on dispatch of the goods in accordance withthe rules laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Box 104 of the T5 control copy shall show the following:
— Reglamento (CE) n
o441/96 — Artícul o 5 — (indicación del destino
específico de la fécula importada)
— Artikel 5 i forordning (EF) nr. 441/96 (angivelse af den særlige
anvendelse af stivelsen)
— Verordnung(EG) Nr. 441/96 — Artikel 5 (Ang abe der besonderen
Bestimmungder eing eführten Stärke)
—Άρθρο5του κανονισµού (ΕΚ)αριθ. 441/96 — ( ένδειξη του
ειδικού προορισµού του εισαγόµενου αµύλου )
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— Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 441/96 (specific use to be made of
the imported starch)
— Règlement (CE) no441/96 — article 5 — (indication de la destina-
tion particulière de la fécule importée)
— Articolo 5 del regolamento (CE) n. 441/96 (indicare la destinazione
specifica della fecola importata)
— Verordening(EG) nr. 441/96 — artikel 5 (vermeldingvan de
bijzondere bestemmingvan het ing evoerde zetmeel)
— Regulamento (CE) n.o441/96 — artigo 5.o— (indicação do destino
específico da fécula importada)
— Asetus (EY) N:o 441/9 6 — 5 artikla — (tuodun tärkkelyksen
erityistä käyttötarkoitusta koskeva merkintä)
— Artikel 5 i förordning(EG) nr 441/96 (det särskilda användning som-
rådet för den importerade stärkelsen).
3. Except in cases of force majeure , the security provided for in
paragraph 1 (b) shall be released once proof is furnished to thecompetent authorities of the Member State of release for free circulationthat all the quantities of starch so released have been processed withinthe time limit laid down in paragraph 1 (a) and the type of productmanufactured is specified.
Where processingis carried out in a Member State other than that of
release for free circulation, proof of processingshall be furnished bymeans of the original of the T5 control copy as provided for in para-graph 2.
Where goods released for free circulation have not been processed
within the time limit referred to above, the security to be released shallbe reduced by:
— 15 % of this total amount, and
— 2 % of the amount remaining(after the 15 % has been deducted) for
each day by which the time limit is exceeded.
That part of the security which is not released shall be forfeited as duty.4. Proof of processingshall be furnished to the competent authorities
within six months of the deadline for processing. However, where proofis established within six months but furnished within the following12months, the amount forfeited, less 15 % of the total security, shall bereimbursed.
Article 7
Regulation (EEC) No 1995/92 is hereby repealed.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 July 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
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ANNEX
(tonnes)
CN code DescriptionFrom 1 July to 31
December 1996
1108 13 00 Potato starch 3 750