Commission Regulation (EC) No 42/2004 of 9 January 2004 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2003 to 29 February 2004
Date: 2004-01-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 42/2004

of 9 January 2004

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 5 and 6 January 2004, under Article 5(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 565/2002 exceed the quantities available
for products originating in Argentina.

It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the
licence applications
to the Commission on 8
January 2004 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 565/2002 on 5 and 6 January 2004 and
sent to the Commission on 8 January 2004, 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 6 January 2004 but
before the date in Annex II hereto, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 January 2004.

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

— 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

—

—

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

ANNEX II

Argentina

15,666 %

15,666 %

Percentage allocations

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

—

—

Dates

Origin of the products

China

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

Argentina

— traditional importers

29.2.2004

—

29.2.2004

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

— new importers

29.2.2004

29.2.2004

29.2.2004

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