Commission Regulation (EC) No 2457/2001 of 14 December 2001 setting the amount of the reduction applicable under the special scheme for imports of sorghum into Spain
Date: 2001-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, import, sorghum, tariff quota, tariff reduction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2457/2001

of 14 December 2001

setting the amount of the reduction applicable under the special scheme for imports of sorghum
into Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

sorghum and cereals prices on the Spanish market, the
amount of the reduction should be set so as to cancel
out the import duty currently in force, up to the end of
the import period laid down in the Agreement on Agri-
culture and covering a total maximum quantity of
250 000 tonnes.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

(5)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Under the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations,
the Community has undertaken to import a quantity of
sorghum into Spain.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July
1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into
Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000 (4),
lays
down provisions on the administration of the imports
concerned.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998
on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and
Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 715/90 (5), provides inter alia for a 60 % reduc-
tion in the customs duty applicable to imports of
sorghum up to a ceiling of 100 000 tonnes per calendar
year and 50 % over and above that ceiling. A cumulation
of reductions under the different regimes should be
avoided.

The amount of the reduction in the duty applicable to
imports of sorghum into Spain must be set at a level
that enables the quantities provided for in the Agree-
ment on Agriculture to be imported whilst avoiding
disturbance of the Spanish cereals market. In view of the
present situation as regards international prices for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The reduction in the duty on imports of sorghum into Spain
provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall
be equal to the amount of the import duty in force when the
declaration of release for free circulation is made, up to a total
volume of 250 000 tonnes of sorghum, provided that the
declaration is made before 31 December 2001.

Article 2

Applications for import licences under this Regulation shall be
accepted until the quantity referred to in Article 1 has been
reached and,

in any event, up to 20 December 2001.

Where the total of the quantities for which import licences
have been applied for on a particular day exceeds the quantity
available on that day, when issuing licences the competent
Spanish authority shall apply a reduction coefficient to the
quantities covered by applications.

The competent Spanish authority shall inform the Commission
of the import licence applications submitted each day under
this Regulation and of licences issued each day under this
Regulation.

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 256, 10.10.2000, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission