Commission Regulation (EC) No 2864/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals sector products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania respectively and amending Regulation (EC) No 1218/96
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Central and Eastern Europe, cereals, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff exemption

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2864/2000

of 27 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals
sector products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and
(EC) No 2435/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for
certain agricultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak
Republic and Romania respectively and amending Regulation (EC) No 1218/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 of 22
December 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with the Republic of Poland (1), and
in particular Article 1(4) thereof,

Whereas

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000, the
European Community has undertaken to establish for
each marketing year from 1 July 2000 an import tariff
quota at a zero rate of duty for 400 000 tonnes of
common wheat (serial number 09.4831) originating in
the Republic of Poland. For the 2000/01 marketing year
that quota is limited to 200 000 tonnes. That quantity is
to be imported between 1 January and 30 June 2001.

To ensure that imports of the cereals sector products
covered by that tariff quota are orderly and not specula-
tive, they should be made subject to the issue of import
licences. The licences will be issued, within the quantities
set, at the request of the interested parties after a period
of reflection and subject, where appropriate,
to the
fixing of a reduction coefficient in respect of the quant-
ities applied for.

To ensure the proper management of
these quotas,
deadlines for lodging licence applications should be laid
down and, notwithstanding Articles 8 and 19 of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June
2000 laying down common detailed rules for
the
application of the system of import and export licences
and advance fixing certificates for agricultural prod-
ucts (2), the information to be included in the application
and licences should be specified.

To take account of delivery conditions,
the import
licences should be valid from the day of their issue until
the end of the month following that in which they are
issued.

To ensure efficient management of the quota, the import
licences should not be transferable and the import
licence security should be fixed at a relatively high level,
notwithstanding Article 10 of Commission Regulation

(1) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(EC) No 1162/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2110/2000 (4).

For the same reasons rapid two-way communication
must be established between the Commission and the
Member States regarding the quantities applied for and
imported.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 (5) laying
down detailed rules for the application of imports under
the tariff quotas for products originating in the Czech
Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania lays down
such provisions. That Regulation should therefore be
adapted to make it applicable to the quota opened for
the Republic of Poland.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 (6), as last
lays
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2511/2000 (7),
down detailed rules applying to the import of certain
cereals originating in the Republic of Poland under
quotas opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/
95 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2435/
98 (9). As these provisions are no longer necessary,
Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 should be repealed.

(9)

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

Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 is amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 laying down detailed rules
for the application, for cereals sector products, of Regula-
tions (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No
2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000
establishing certain concessions in the form of Community
tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in
the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak
Republic, Romania and the Republic of Poland respectively
and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1218/96’.

(3) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 250, 5.10.2000, p. 23.
(5) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 51.
(7) OJ L 289, 16.11.2000, p. 18.
(8) OJ L 328, 30.12.1995, p. 31.
(9) OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 1.

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2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Imports of the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation originating in the Czech Republic, the
Slovak Republic, the Republic of Romania and the Republic of Poland and qualifying for partial or total
exemption from import duty for the quantity and at the rate of reduction or duty level specified therein
shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence issued in accordance with this Regulation.’

3. Article 10 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 10

Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 is repealed.’

4. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

(MFN = most favoured nation)

Country of origin

CN code

Serial number
of the quota

Description

Rate of duty
applicable

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
to 30.6.2001
(tonnes)

Annual increase
in quantities
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

Czech Republic

ex 1003 00 90

09.4617

Barley, for the production of malt

20 % of MFN

34 250

1101 00

09.4618 Wheat flour

20 % of MFN

16 875

1107 10 99

09.4619

Malt, not roasted, other than of wheat

Free

45 250

Slovak Republic

ex 1003 00 90

09.4617

Barley, for the production of malt

20 % of MFN

17 000

1101 00

09.4618 Wheat flour

20 % of MFN

16 875

1107 10 99

09.4619

Malt, not roasted, other than of wheat

Republic of
Romania

1001 90 91
1001 90 99

09.4759

Common wheat

Free

Free

18 125

25 000

2 500

Republic of Poland

1001 90

09.4831

Common wheat

Free

200 000 (1) (2)

40 000

(1) The basic quantity for the annual
(2) The quantity of 200 000 tonnes applies from 1.1.2001 to 30.6.2001.’

increases is 400 000 tonnes.

0

0

0

0

0

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