Commission Regulation (EC) No 49/2003 of 10 January 2003 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2002 to 28 February 2003
Date: 2003-01-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 49/2003

of 10 January 2003

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2002 to 28
February 2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1881/2002 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 of
2 April 2002 establishing the method for managing the tariff
quotas and introducing a system of certificates of origin for
garlic imported from third countries (3), and in particular
Article 8(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The quantities for which licence applications have been
lodged by traditional importers and by new importers
on 6 and 7 January 2003, under Article 5(2) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 565/2002 exceed the quantities available
for products originating in all third countries other than
China and Argentina.

It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the
licence applications
to the Commission on 9
January 2003 can be met and to fix, for each category
of importer and product origin, the dates until which
the issue of certificates must be suspended,

sent

Article 1

Applications for import licences lodged under Article 3(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 565/2000 on 6 and 7 January 2003 and
sent to the Commission on 9 January 2003, shall be met at a
percentage rate of the quantities applied for as set out in Annex
I hereto.

Article 2

For each category of importer and the origin involved, applica-
tions for import licences under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 565/2002 relating to the quarter from 1 December 2002
to 28 February 2003 and lodged after 7 January 2003 but
before the date in Annex II hereto, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 January 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 285, 23.10.2002, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 11.

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Origin of the products

— traditional importers

(Article 2(c) of Regulation (EC) No 565/
2002)

— new importers

(Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 565/
2002)

ANNEX I

China

—

—

Percentage allocations

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

Argentina

6,438 %

100 %

6,438 %

100 %

X: No quota for this origin for the quarter in question.
—: No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission.

Origin of the products

— traditional importers

(Article 2(c) of Regulation (EC) No 565/
2002)

— new importers

(Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 565/
2002)

ANNEX II

Dates

China

28.2.2003

Third countries other than China or
Argentina

28.2.2003

28.2.2003

28.2.2003