Commission Regulation (EC) No 1798/2004 of 15 October 2004 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2004 to 28 February 2005
Date: 2004-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1798/2004

of 15 October 2004

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2004 to 28
February 2005

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:

The quantities for which licence applications have been
lodged by traditional importers and by new importers on
11 and 12 October 2004, pursuant to Article 5(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 exceed the quantities
available
and
Argentina and other third countries.

originating

in China

products

for

(1)

(2)

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 pursuant to Article 3(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 on 11 and 12 October 2004
and sent to the Commission on 14 October 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, appli-
cations for import licences pursuant to Article 3(1) of Regu-
from 1
lation (EC) No 565/2002 relating to the quarter
December 2004 to 28 February 2005 and lodged after 12
October 2004 but before the date in Annex II hereto, shall
be rejected.

It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the
licence applications sent
to the Commission on 14
October 2004 can be met and to fix, for each category

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 October 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

Argentina

11,177 %

100,000 %

100,000 %

0,788 %

48,475 %

3,427 %

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

Dates

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

—

Argentina

—

China

28.2.2005

28.2.2005

3.1.2005

3.1.2005

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)