Commission Regulation (EC) No 2780/1999 of 27 December 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2449/96 opening and providing for the administration of certain annual tariff quotas for products covered by CN codes 0714 10 91, 0714 10 99, 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19 originating in certain third countries other than Thailand
Date: 1999-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, Indonesia, cassava, import licence, tariff quota

L 334/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2780/1999

of 27 December 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2449/96 opening and providing for the administration of certain
annual tariff quotas for products covered by CN codes 0714 10 91, 0714 10 99, 0714 90 11 and
0714 90 19 originating in certain third countries other than Thailand

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2449/96 (2) lays down
the detailed rules of application for certain annual tariff
quotas under which products falling within CN codes
0714 10 91, 0714 10 99, 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19
and originating in certain third countries other than
Thailand can be imported into the Community at a
reduced rate of duty;

the detailed rules of application provide for the issue of
import
the
Member States only if the Commission agrees in advance
to their issue;

licences by the competent authorities of

while this provision arose out of a desire for orderly
management of the quotas, experience shows that it is
unnecessary and complicates administration;

it should therefore be deleted, while making provision so
that the Commission has sufficient time when import

licences are being issued to intervene with the national
authorities where problems arise;

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2449/96
are replaced by the following:

‘4.
Import licences shall be issued on the fourth working
day following the date of their lodgement, except where the
Commission has informed the authorities of the Member
State by fax or telex that the conditions for issuing the
licences in question have not been met.

the Commission, having consulted the
In such cases
authorities in the third country of origin where necessary,
shall take the appropriate measures.

5.
Import licences for products originating in Indonesia
or China in respect of which applications are lodged in
December for the following year shall not be issued before
the first working day in January of the year in question.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 December 1999.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 333, 21.12.1996, p. 14.