Commission Regulation (EC) No 596/2005 of 15 April 2005 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 June to 31 August 2005
Date: 2005-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, China, bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 596/2005

of 15 April 2005

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 June to 31 August 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 traditonal importers and by new importers on
11 and 12 April 2005, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 565/2002 exceed the quantities available
for products originating in China and all third countries
other than China and Argentina.

is now necessary to establish the extent

It
the licence applications sent

to which
to the Commission on

14 April 2005 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 pursuant to Article 3(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 565/2002, on 11 and 12 April 2005
and sent to the Commission on 14 April 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-
lation (EC) No 565/2002 relating to the quarter from 1 June
2005 to 31 August 2005 and lodged after 12 April 2005 but
before the date in Annex II hereto, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 April 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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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

Percentage allocations

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

9,959 %

100 %

0,664 %

37,541 %

Argentina

X

X

‘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

31.8.2005

Dates

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

Argentina

—

—

—

31.8.2005

4.7.2005

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)