Commission Regulation (EC) No 1844/2003 of 17 October 2003 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2003 to 29 February 2004
Date: 2003-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1844/2003

of 17 October 2003

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2003 to
29 February 2004

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 13 and 14 October 2003, under Article 5(2) of Regu-
lation (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
October 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 13 and 14 October 2003
and sent to the Commission on 16 October 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 2003
to 29 February 2004 and lodged after 14 October 2003 but
before the date in Annex II hereto, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 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

Argentina

— traditional importers

14,766 %

100,000 %

100,000 %

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

— new importers

0,781 %

14,219 %

5,356 %

(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.

Origin of the products

ANNEX II

Dates

China

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

— traditional importers

29.2.2004

—

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

Argentina

—

— new importers

29.2.2004

5.1.2004

5.1.2004

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