Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2005 of  5 December 2005  opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic from  1 January 2006
Date: 2005-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, bulb vegetable, import, import licence, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1982/2005

of 5 December 2005

opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic from
1 January 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

The new quota should be transitional and may not
prejudge the outcome of the negotiations under way in
the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a
result of the accession of the new Member States.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 41 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 (1) establishes
the method for managing tariff quotas and introduces a
system of certificates of origin for garlic imported from
third countries.

reason of

Commission Regulation (EC) No 228/2004 of 3 February
2004 laying down transitional measures applicable to
Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 by
the
accession of
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia (2) adopts measures allowing importers from
those countries (hereinafter ‘the new Member States’) to
benefit from Regulation (EC) No 565/2002. The aim of
those measures is to make a distinction between tradi-
tional importers and new importers in the new Member
States, and to adapt the concept of the reference quantity
so that those importers can benefit from the system.

to the
account of

enlarged
To ensure uninterrupted supplies
Community market while
the
taking
economic supply conditions in the new Member States
prior to their accession to the European Union, an
autonomous and temporary import tariff quota should
be opened for fresh or chilled garlic falling within CN
code 0703 20 00.

Article 1

An autonomous tariff quota of 4 400 tonnes, bearing
1.
order number 09.4066 (hereinafter the ‘autonomous quota’),
shall be opened from 1 January 2006 for Community
imports of
fresh or chilled garlic falling within CN code
0703 20 00.

The ad valorem duty applicable to products imported under

2.
the autonomous quota shall be 9,6 %.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 and Regulation (EC) No
228/2004 shall apply to the management of the autonomous
quota, subject to the provisions of this Regulation.

However, Articles 1, 5(5) and 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
the
565/2002 shall not
autonomous quota.

apply to the management of

Article 3

Import licences issued under the autonomous quota, hereinafter
‘licences’, shall be valid until 31 March 2006.

(1) OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 11. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

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

(2) OJ L 39, 11.2.2004, p. 10.

Box 24 of the licences shall show one of the entries listed in
Annex I.

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Article 4

Article 6

submit

to the
1.
Importers may
competent authorities of
in the five
working days following the date of entry into force of this
Regulation.

the Member States

applications

licence

1.
The Member States shall notify the Commission, on the
seventh working day following that of the entry into force of
this Regulation, of the quantities for which licence applications
have been made.

Box 20 of the licences shall show one of the entries listed in
Annex II.

2.
Licence applications submitted by a single importer may
not relate to a quantity exceeding 10 % of the autonomous
quota.

Article 5

The autonomous quota shall be allocated as follows:

— 70 % to traditional importers,

— 30 % to new importers.

shall be issued on the 12th working day
this Regulation,
taken special measures under

the entry into force of

the Commission has

Licences
2.
following that of
unless
paragraph 3.

3.
If the Commission finds, on the basis of the information
notified under paragraph 1, that licence applications exceed the
quantities available for a category of importers according to
it shall adopt, by means of a regulation, a single
Article 5,
reduction percentage for the applications in question.

If the quantity allocated to one of the categories of importers is
not used in full, the balance may be allocated to the other
category.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Entries referred to in Article 3

— in Spanish:

Certificado expedido en virtud del Reglamento (CE) no 1982/2005 y válido únicamente hasta el 31 de
marzo de 2006

— in Czech:

licence vydaná na základě nařízení (ES) č. 1982/2005 a platná pouze do 31. března 2006

— in Danish:

— in German:

licens udstedt i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 1982/2005 og kun gyldig til den 31. marts 2006

Lizenz gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1982/2005 erteilt und nur bis zum 31. März 2006 gültig

— in Estonian: määruse (EÜ) nr 1982/2005 kohaselt esitatud litsentsitaotlus kehtib ainult kuni 31. märtsini 2006

— in Greek:

πιστοποιητικό που εκδίδεται κατ’ εφαρμογή του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1982/2005 και ισχύει μόνον έως τις
31 Μαρτίου 2006

— in English:

— in French:

— in Italian:

licence issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1982/2005 and valid only until 31 March 2006

certificat émis au titre du règlement (CE) no 1982/2005 et valable seulement jusqu'au 31 mars 2006

Domanda di titolo presentata ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 1982/2005 e valida soltanto fino al
31 marzo 2006

— in Latvian:

licence ir izsniegta saskaņā ar Regulu (EK) Nr. 1982/2005 un ir derīga tikai
31. martam

līdz 2006. gada

— in Lithuanian:

išduota pagal Reglamento (EB) Nr. 1982/2005 nuostatas, galiojanti

licencija,
kovo 31 d.

tik iki 2006 m.

— in Hungarian: az 1982/2005/EK rendelet szerinti engedélykérelem, 2006. március 31-ig érvényes

— in Maltese:

liċenzja maħruġa taħt ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 1982/2005 u valida biss sal-31 ta' Marzu 2006

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

Overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 1982/2005 afgegeven certificaat dat slechts geldig is tot en met
31 maart 2006

pozwolenie wydane zgodnie z rozporządzeniem (WE) nr 1982/2005 i ważne wyłącznie do dnia
31 marca 2006 r.

— in Portuguese: certificado emitido a título do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1982/2005 e eficaz somente até 31 de Março de

2006

— in Slovak:

licencia vydaná na základe nariadenia (ES) č. 1982/2005 a platná len do 31. marca 2006

— in Slovene:

dovoljenje, izdano v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1982/2005 in veljavno samo do 31. marca 2006

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

asetuksen (EY) N:o 1982/2005 mukainen todistus,
maaliskuuta 2006

joka on voimassa ainoastaan 31 päivään

Licens utfärdad enligt förordning (EG) nr 1982/2005, giltig endast till och med den 31 mars 2006.

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 4(1)

— in Spanish:
— in Czech:
— in Danish:
— in German:
— in Estonian:
— in Greek:
— in English:
— in French:
— in Italian:
— in Latvian:
— in Lithuanian:
— in Hungarian:
— in Maltese:
— in Dutch:
— in Polish:
— in Portuguese:
— in Slovak:
— in Slovene:
— in Finnish:
— in Swedish:

Solicitud de certificado presentada al amparo del Reglamento (CE) no 1982/2005
žádost o licenci podaná na základě nařízení (ES) č. 1982/2005

licensansøgning i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 1982/2005

Lizenzantrag gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1982/2005

määruse (EÜ) nr 1982/2005 kohaselt esitatud litsentsitaotlus
αίτηση χορήγησης πιστοποιητικού κατ’ εφαρμογήν του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1982/2005

licence application pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1982/2005

demande de certificat faite au titre du règlement (CE) no 1982/2005

domanda di titolo presentata ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 1982/2005
licence pieprasīta saskaņā ar Regulu (EK) Nr. 1982/2005
prašymas išduoti licenciją pagal Reglamentą (EB) Nr. 1982/2005

az 1982/2005/EK rendelet szerinti engedélykérelem
applikazzjoni għal liċenzja taħt ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 1982/2005

Overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 1982/2005 ingediende certificaataanvraag
wniosek o pozwolenie przedłożony zgodnie z rozporządzeniem (WE) nr 1982/2005

pedido de certificado apresentado a título do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1982/2005
žiadosť o licenciu na základe nariadenia (ES) č. 1982/2005
dovoljenje, izdano v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1982/2005

asetuksen (EY) N:o 1982/2005 mukainen todistushakemus

Licensansökan enligt förordning (EG) nr 1982/2005.