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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2497/96
of18December 1996
laying downprocedures for applyingin thepoultrymeat sector the arrangements providedfor in
the Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement between the European Community and
theStateofIsrael
(OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 48)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1514/97 of 30 July 1997 L 204 16 31.7.1997
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001 of 30 May 2001 L 145 24 31.5.2001
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January
1999 should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980,p. 1) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2497/96
of18December 1996
laying downprocedures for applyinginthe poultrymeat sector the
arrangements provided for in the Association Agreement and theInterim Agreement between the European Community and the
StateofIsrael
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2398/96 of 12 Decem-
ber 1996 opening the tariff quota for turkey meat from Israel provided
for in the Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement between
the European Community and the State of Israel(1) and in particular
Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 Octo-
ber 1975 on the common organization of the market poultrymeat(2),
as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2615/95(3), and
in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pending entry into force of the Association Agreement, the
arrangements for trade were applied by virtue of Decision 96/206/
ECSC, EC of the Council and the Commission of 22 December 1996on the conclusion by the European Community of an Interim Agree-ment on trade and trade-related matters between the European Com-munity and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one partand the State of Israel of the other part(
4), signed on 18 December
1995 and in force from 1 January 1996;
Whereas provision should be made for the administration of the said
arrangements to be by means of import licences; whereas, to that end,notwithstanding Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for theapplication of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products(
5), as last amended by Reg-
ulation (EC) No 2350/96(6), detailed rules for submission of the appli-
cations and the particulars which should appear in applications andlicences should be laid down; whereas, in addition, provision shouldbe made for licences to be issued after a period of consideration,applying, where necessary, a single acceptance rate;
Whereas, in order to ensure regular imports, the quantities laid down
in Annex I to this Regulation should be staggered over the year;
Whereas, since the arrangements cannot be applied until 1 January
1997, the quota provided for 1996 should be carried forward into
1997;
Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the system, the
security for import licences under the said system should be fixed atECU 20 per 100 kilograms; whereas, in view of the likelihood ofspeculation inherent in the system in the poultrymeat sector, preciseconditions governing access by traders to the said system should belaid down;
Whereas the attention of traders should be drawn to the fact that
licences may be used only for products that comply with all the veter-
inary requirements in force in the Community;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeatand Eggs,1996R2497 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 88.
(3) OJ No L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
(4) OJ No L 71, 20. 3. 1996, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 4.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
All imports into the Community under the arrangements provided for
in Protocol 1 to the Association Agreement and to the Interim Agree-ment between the European Community and the State of Israel of pro-
ducts in group I1 referred to in Annex I to this Regulation shall be
subject to the presentation of an import licence.
The quantities of products to which those arrangements apply and the
rates of customs duty shall be those listed in Annex I.
The rate or reduction in the customs duty shall be that provided for in
Article 2 for the period for which a licence is requested.
Article 2
The quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be staggered as follows:
— 25 % in the period 1 January to 31 March,
— 25 % in the period 1 April to 30 June,
— 25 % in the period 1 July to 30 September,— 25 % in the period 1 October to 31 December.
Article 3
The import licences provided for in Article 1 shall be subject to the
following rules:
(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons
who, at the time applications are submitted, can prove to the satis-faction of the competent authorities of the Member States thatthey have imported or exported not less than 50 tonnes of pro-
ducts falling under Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 in each of the
two calendar years preceding the year in which the licence appli-cation is lodged. However, retail establishments or restaurants sell-ing their products to final consumers are excluded from the bene-fits of this system;
(b) the licence application may involve several products covered by
different CN codes. In such cases, all the CN codes shall be indi-
cated in section 16 and their description in section 15.
Ass licence application must relate to at least one tonne and to a
maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the group con-cerned and the period as specified in Article 2;
(c) section 8 of licence applications and licences shall indicate the
country of origin; licences shall entail an obligation to importfrom the country indicated;
(d) section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of
the following:
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o2497/96
Forordning (EF) nr. 2497/96Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2497/96Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2497 /96
Regulation (EC) No 2497/96Règlement (CE) n
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Regolamento (CE) n. 2497/96Verordening (EG) nr. 2497/96Regulamento (CE) n.
o2497/96
Asetus (EY) N:o 2497/96
Förordning (EG) nr 2497/96
(e) section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:
CCT duties reduced as provided for in:1996R2497 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 002.001 — 3
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Reglamento (CE) no2497/96
Forordning (EF) nr. 2497/96Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2497/96
Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2497 /96
Regulation (EC) No 2497/96Règlement (CE) n
o2497/96
Regolamento (CE) n. 2497/96
Verordening (EG) nr. 2497/96Regulamento (CE) n.
o2497/96
Asetus (EY) N:o 2497/96
Förordning (EG) nr 2497/96.
Article 4
1. Licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days
of the month preceding each period as specified in Article 2.
2. Licence applications must be submitted to the competent author-
ity of the Member State in which the applicant is established or hasset up his registered office. Applications shall be admissible onlywhere the applicant declares in writing that he has not submitted and
undertakes not to submit any other applications, in respect of the
same period, concerning products in the same group.
Where the same applicant submits more than one application relating
to products in the same group, all applications from that person shallbe inadmissible.
3. A security of ECU 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for
import licence applications for all products referred to in Article 1.
4. The Member States shall notify the Commission on the fifth
working day following the end of the application submission period ofapplications submitted for each of the products in the group. Suchnotification shall include a list of applicants and a statement of thequantities applied for in the group.
All notifications, including nil returns, shall be made by telex or fax
on the working day stipulated, using the model in Annex II to thisRegulation in cases where no application has been submitted and themodels in Annexes II and III in cases where applications have beensubmitted.
5. The Commission shall be decide as quickly as possible to what
extent quantities may be awarded in respect of the applicationsreferred to in Article 3.
If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed
the quantities available, the Commission shall fix a single acceptance
rate as a percentage of quantities applied for.
6. Licences shall be issued as quickly as possible after the Commis-
sion has taken its decision.
7. Licences may be used only for products complying with all the
veterinary requirements in force in the Community.
8. Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of
the fourth month following each annual period specified in Annex I,
of the total volume of products imported for each of the groups underthis Regulation during that period.
All notifications, including ‘nil’ ones, shall be made using the model
in Annex IV to this Regulation.1996R2497 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 002.001 — 4
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Article 5
For the purposes of Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88,
import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the date of actual
issue.►M2However, the validity of licences shall not extend
beyond the end of the last period of the year referred to in Article 2for which a licence has been issued. ◄
Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be trans-
ferable.
Article 6
Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regulation
(EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.
However, notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88, the quantity imported under this Regulation may not exceedthat shown in sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure ‘0’
shall accordingly be entered in section 19 of licences.
Article 7
The imported products shall be placed in free circulation on presenta-
tion of a movement certificate EUR 1 issued by the State of Israel inaccordance with Protocol 3 annexed to the Association Agreementand the Interim Agreement.
Article 8
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.1996R2497 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 002.001 — 5
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ANNEX I
Group number CN codeCCT duty
applicable in
ECU/tonneTariff quotas (tonnes)
1. 1. —
31. 12. 1997Following
years
I1 0207 25 10 170 2 800 1 400
0207 25 90 186
0207 27 30 134
0207 27 40 93
0207 27 50 339
0207 27 60 127
0207 27 70 2301996R2497 — EN — 01.06.2001 — 002.001 — 6
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ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
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ANNEX IV
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