Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2005 of 7 January 2005 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2004 to 28 February 2005
Date: 2005-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 26/2005

of 7 January 2005

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:

(1)

(2)

The quantities for which licence applications have been
lodged by new importers on 3 and 4 January 2005,
to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No
pursuant
565/2002 exceed the quantities available for products
originating in third countries other
than China or
Argentina.

It is now necessary to establish the extent to which the
licence applications sent to the Commission on 6 January
for each category of
2005 can be met and to fix,

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 3 and 4 January 2005 and
sent to the Commission on 6 January 2005, 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 4
January 2005 but before the date in Annex II hereto, shall be
rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 January 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(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. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 537/2004 (OJ L 86, 24.3.2004, p. 9).

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ANNEX I

China

—

—

Percentage allocations

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

—

26,242

Argentina

—

—

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

Origin of the products

China

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

Argentina

— traditional importers

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

— new importers

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

28.2.2005

28.2.2005

28.2.2005

28.2.2005

28.2.2005

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