Commission Regulation (EC) No 704/2003 of 16 April 2003 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 June to 31 August 2003
Date: 2003-04-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 704/2003

of 16 April 2003

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 June to 31 August 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
47/2003 (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 14 and 15 April 2003, under Article 5(2) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 565/2002 exceed the quantities available
for products originating in China, Argentina and in all
third countries other than China and Argentina.

It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the
licence applications sent to the Commission on 16 April
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,

Article 1

Applications for import licences lodged under Article 3(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 on 14 and 15 April 2003 and
sent to the Commission on 16 April 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 June to 31 August
2003 and lodged after 15 April 2003 but before the date in
Annex II hereto, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 April 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 11.

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Origin of the products

ANNEX I

China

Percentage allocations

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

— traditional importers

18,598 %

100 %

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

— new importers

0,862 %

13,825 %

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

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

Argentina

—

—

ANNEX II

Dates

Origin of the products

China

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

Argentina

— traditional importers

31.8.2003

—

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

— new importers

31.8.2003

7.7.2003

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

—

—