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of18December 1996
laying downprocedures for applyingin the poultrymeat sector the arrangements provided for in
theAssociationAgreementandtheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropeanCommunityandthe
StateofIsrael
(OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 48)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1514/97 of 30 July 1997 L 204 16 31.7.1997
►M2CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1043/2001 of 30 May 2001 L 145 24 31.5.2001
►M3CommissionRegulation(EC) No 361/2004 of 27 February 2004 L 63 15 28.2.2004
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) andCouncil 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 applyingin the 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 December
1996 opening the tariff quota for turkey meat from Israel provided forin the Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement between theEuropean Community and the State of Israel (
1) and in particular
Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October
1975 onthe commonorgan izationof the market poultrymeat(2), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2615/95 (3), and in parti-
cular 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
Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the onepart and the State of Israel of the other part (
4), signed on 18 December
1995 and in force from 1 January 1996;
Whereas provisionshould be made for the admin istrationof 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
Regulation(EC) No 2350/96 (6), detailed rules for submissionof the
applications and the particulars which should appear in applicationsand licences should be laid down; whereas, in addition, provisionshould be made for licences to be issued after a period of considera-tion, 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 at
ECU 20 per 100 kilograms; whereas, inview of the likelihood of spec-
ulation 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 inthis Regulationare inaccor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee forPoultrymeat and Eggs,1996R2497 — EN — 01.03.2004 — 003.001 — 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 between the Communityand Israel of products in groups IL1 and IL2 referred to in Annex I tothis 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 reductioninthe 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 inArticle 1 shall be staggered as follows:
— 25 % inthe period 1 Jan uary to 31 March,
— 25 % inthe period 1 April to 30 Jun e,— 25 % inthe period 1 July to 30 September,— 25 % inthe period 1 October to 31 December.
However, inyear 2004, the quotas referred to inArticle 1 shall be stag-
gered as follows:
— 33 % inthe period 1 Jan uary to 30 April,
— 17 % inthe period 1 May to 30 Jun e,— 25 % inthe period 1 July to 30 September,— 25 % inthe 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 satisfaction
of the competent authorities of the Member States that they haveimported or exported not less than 50 tonnes of products fallingunder Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 in each of the two calendaryears preceding the year in which the licence application is lodged.However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their products
to final consumers are excluded from the benefits 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 insection16 an d their descriptioninsection15.
Ass licence application must relate to at least one tonne and to a
maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the groupconcerned 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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Forordning (EF) nr. 2497/96
Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2497/96
Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2497 /96
Regulation(EC) No 2497/96
Règlement (CE) no2497/96
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(e) section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:
CCT duties reduced as provided for in:
Reglamento (CE) n
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Forordning (EF) nr. 2497/96
Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2497/96Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2497 /96
Regulation(EC) No 2497/96Règlement (CE) n
o2497/96
Regolamento (CE) n. 2497/96
Verordening (EG) nr. 2497/96
Regulamento (CE) n.o2497/96
Asetus (EY) N:o 2497/96Förordning (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.
However, for the period of 1 January to 30 April 2004 and 1 May to 30
June 2004 licence applications shall be lodged, respectively during the
first sevendays of March an d May 2004.
2. Licence applications must be submitted to the competent
authority of the Member State inwhich the applican t is established orhas set 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 inthe same group, all application s from that personshall
be 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 of
applications submitted for each of the products in the group. Such noti-
fication 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 this Regula-
tion in cases where no application has been submitted and the modelsin Annexes II and III in cases where applications have been submitted.
5. The Commissionshall be decide as quickly as possible to what
extent quantities may be awarded in respect of the applications referred
to inArticle 3.
If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed
the quantities available, the Commission shall fix a single acceptancerate as a percentage of quantities applied for.1996R2497 — EN — 01.03.2004 — 003.001 — 4
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6. Licences shall be issued as quickly as possible after the Commis-
sionhas takenits 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 thetotal volume of products imported for each of the groups under thisRegulationdurin g that period.
All notifications, including ‘nil’ ones, shall be made using the model in
Annex IV to this Regulation.
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.►
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the end of the last period of the year referred to in Article 2 for whicha licence has been issued. ◄
Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transfer-
able.
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 exceed that
shown in sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure ‘0’ shallaccordingly be entered in section 19 of licences.
Article 7
The imported products shall be placed infree circulationonpresen ta-
tionof a movemen t certificate EUR 1 issued by the State of Israel inaccordance with Protocol 3 annexed to the Association Agreement andthe Interim Agreement.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
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ANNEX I
Group number Order number CN code Description (1)Reductionof
the MFN
customs
duty (2)
(%)Tariff quotas
(tonnes)
1.1.-31.12.
20041.1.-31.12.
20051.1.-31.12.
20061.1.-31.12.
2007and following
years
IL1 09.4092 0207 25 Turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen 100 1 442,0 1484,0 1 526,0 1 568,0 1 568,0
0207 27 10 Boneless turkeys cuts, frozen
0207 27 30/40/50/60/70 Turkeys cuts with bone in, frozen
IL2 09.4091 ex 0207 32 Meat of ducks and geese, not cut in pieces,
fresh or chilled100 515,0 530,0 545,0 560,0 560,0
ex 0207 33 Meat of ducks and geese, not cut in pieces,
frozen
ex 0207 35 Other meat and edible offal of ducks and
geese, fresh or chilled
ex 0207 36 Other meat and edible offal of ducks and
geese, frozen
(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered a s having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being
determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the Combined Nomenclature codes. Where ‘ex’ Combined Nomenclature codes are indicat ed, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the application of
the Combined Nomenclature codes and corresponding description taken together.
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ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
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ANNEX IV
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