Commission Regulation (EC) No 61/2006 of  13 January 2006  on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from  1 March  to  31 May 2006
Date: 2006-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, third country

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 61/2006

of 13 January 2006

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 March to 31 May 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
9 and 10 January 2006, 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 9 and 10 January 2006,
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
12 January 2006 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 9 and 10 January 2006
and sent to the Commission on 12 January 2006, 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
lation (EC) No 565/2002 relating to the quarter
1 March
after
lodged
10 January 2006 but before the date in Annex II hereto, shall
be rejected.

31 May

2006

and

to

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
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

13,574 %

100 %

87,509 %

0,547 %

87,294 %

1,699 %

‘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

31.5.2006

Argentina

31.5.2006

31.5.2006

3.4.2006

31.5.2006

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)