Commission Regulation (EC) No 1691/2005 of 14 October 2005 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2005 to 28 February 2006
Date: 2005-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence

15.10.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1691/2005

of 14 October 2005

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 December 2005 to
28 February 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 traditional importers and by new importers on
10 and 11 October 2005, pursuant to Article 5(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 exceed the quantities
available for products originating in China and in all
third countries other than China or Argentina.

The quantities for which licence applications have been
lodged by new importers on 10 and 11 October 2005,
pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 565/2002
exceed the quantities available for products originating in
Argentina.

is now necessary to establish the extent

to which
It
to the Commission on
the licence applications sent
13 October 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 10 and 11 October 2005
and sent to the Commission on 13 October 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 December 2005 to 28 February 2006 and lodged after
11 October 2005 but before the date in Annex II hereto,
shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 October 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 October 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

Argentina

10,642 %

100 %

95,813 %

0,650 %

29,335 %

2,088 %

‘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

—

China

28.2.2006

Argentina

28.2.2006

28.2.2006

2.1.2006

28.2.2006

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)