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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1281/94
of 2 June 1994
establishing a system for the surveillance of imports of fresh sour cherries originating in the
Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the territory of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
(OJ L 140, 3.6.1994, p. 12)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 997/95 of 3 May 1995 L101 16 4.5.1995
NB: ThisconsolidatedversioncontainsreferencestotheEuropeanunitofaccountand/ortheecu,whichfrom1January1999
shouldbeunderstoodasreferencestotheeuro—CouncilRegulation(EEC)No3308/80(OJL345,20.12.1980,p.1)andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1281/94
of 2 June 1994
establishing a system for the surveillance of imports of fresh sour
cherries originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina,Croatia and Slovenia and the territory of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
THE COMMISSIONOF THE EUROPEANCOMMUN ITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3698/93of22December
1993 concerning the arrangements applicable to the import into theCommunity of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herze-govina, Croatia and Slovenia and the territory of the former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia(
1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3698/93 provides for the grant of tariff
concessionsforfreshsourcherriesoriginatingintheRepublicsreferredtoabovewithinthelimitofanannualceilingof3000tonnes;whereas,pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 onthe tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common CustomsTariff(
2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 882/
94(3),chilledcherriesaretobeclassifiedunderthesametariffheading
as fresh cherries;
Whereas, in order to ensure that these provisions are properly applied,
imports of fresh sour cherries originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the territory of the formerYugoslav Republic of Macedonia should be subject to a system ofimportlicences;whereasthespecialrulesgoverningthatsystemshouldbe laid down;
Whereas exceptions to certain provisions of Commission Regulation
(EEC)No3719/88of16November1988layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesandadvancefixingcertificatesforagriculturalproducts(
4),aslastamendedbyRegu-
lation (EC) No 3519/93(5), should be made to avoid exceeding the
quantity fixed in Regulation (EC) No 3698/93;
Whereas import licences are issued using the most detailed CNcode;
whereas the combined nomenclature comprises two codes according tothe periods of importation of sour cherries; whereas provision shouldaccordingly be made for the issue of import licences for the two CNcodes concerned; whereas, moreover, the period of validity of licencestake into account the time for transporting the product to theCommunity;
Whereas,inordertoensuretheproperoperationofthissystem,provi-
sion should be made for weekly notification by the Member States ofthe quantities relating to unused or partly unused licences,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Imports into the Community of fresh sour cherries falling within
CNcodes 08092020 and 08092060 and originating in the Republicsof Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the territory of theformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedoniashallbesubjecttotheproduc-tionofanimportlicenceissuedbytheMemberStatesconcernedtoany
(1) OJ No L 344, 31. 12. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 103, 22. 4. 1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 16.
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applicant for such a licence irrespective of the place of his establish-ment in the Community.
2. Theissueofanimportlicenceshallbeconditionalonthelodging
ofasecurityguaranteeingthatimportwilltakeplaceduringtheperiodof validity of the licence.
Article 2
1. Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply to import licences for
fresh sour cherries originating in the Republics referred to in Article 1subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation.
Notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of the abovementioned Regulation, the
provisionspermittingatoleranceforquantitiesinexcessshallnotapply.
2. CNcodes ►
M108092021, 08092031 and 08092041 ◄and
►M108092011,08092051,08092061and08092071 ◄mustbe
markedinSection16ofapplicationsforlicencesandofimportlicences.
3. The security shall be ECU 0,60 per 100 kilograms net.4. Importlicencesshallbevalidfor20daysfromthedateofactual
issue.
Exceptincasesof force majeure ,thesecurityshallbeforfeitinwhole
orinpartifthetransactionisnotcarriedoutorisonlypartiallycarriedout within that period.
Article 3
1. TheRepublic(s)oforiginconcernedmustbemarkedinSection8
ofapplicationsforlicencesandofimportlicencesproperasthecountryorcountriesoforiginoftheproduct.Importlicencesshallbevalidforproducts originating in the Republic(s) in question only.
2. Importlicencesshallbeissuedonthefifthworkingdayfollowing
thedayonwhichtheapplicationwaslodgedunlessmeasuresaretakenwithin that time.
Article 4
Member States shall notify the Commission of:
1. the quantities of fresh sour cherries corresponding to the import
licences applied for.
Such quantities shall be notified at the following intervals:
— each Wednesday for applications lodged on Mondays and Tues-
days,
— each Friday for applications lodged on Wednesdays and Thurs-
days,
— each Monday for applications lodged on Friday of the previous
week;
2. the quantities corresponding to import licences not used or partly
used,amountingtothedifferencebetweenthequantitiesdeductedonthebackofthelicencesandthequantitiesforwhichthelatterwereissued.
SuchquantitiesshallbenotifiedonWednesdayeachweekasregards
data received the previous week;
3. if no application for an import licence is lodged during one of the
periods mentioned in point 1 or if there are no quantities unused
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withinthemeaningofpoint2,theMemberStateinquestionshallsoinform the Commission on the days indicated in this Article.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
all Member States.