Commission Regulation (EC) No 953/2004 of 7 May 2004 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 June to 31 August 2004
Date: 2004-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 953/2004

of 7 May 2004

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 June to 31 August 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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),

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 (2), and in particular
Article 8(2) thereof,

Whereas:

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences lodged under Article 3(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 on 3 and 4 May 2004 and sent
to the Commission on 6 May 2004, shall be met at a
percentage rate of
in
Annex I hereto.

the quantities applied for as set out

Article 2

(1)

The quantities for which licence applications have been
lodged by traditional importers and by new importers on
3 and 4 May 2004, under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 565/2002 exceed the quantities available for products
originating in China and third countries other than China
or Argentina.

(2)

It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the
licence applications sent to the Commission on 6 May

For each category of importer and the origin involved, appli-
cations for import licences under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 565/2002 relating to the quarter from 1 June to 31 August
2004 and lodged after 4 May 2004 but before the date in
Annex II hereto, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p.
64).

(2) OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 11.

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ANNEX I

China

Percentage allocations

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

14,418 %

100,000 %

0,795 %

9,376 %

Argentina

X

X

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)

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

ANNEX II

China

31.8.2004

Dates

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

Argentina

—

—

—

31.8.2004

5.7.2004

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)