Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2006 of  20 April 2006  on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from  1 June  to  31 August 2006
Date: 2006-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, third country

21.4.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 620/2006

of 20 April 2006

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 June to 31 August 2006

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 1870/2005
of 16 November 2005 opening and providing for the admin-
istration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import
licences and certificates of origin for garlic imported from third
countries (2), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The quantities for which licence applications have been
lodged by traditonal
importers and by new importers
between 3 and 7 April 2006, pursuant to Article 8(3)
of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 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 by

18 April 2006 can be met and to fix,
for each
category of importer and product origin, the dates until
which the issue of certificates should be suspended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences lodged pursuant to Article 4(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005, between 3 and 7 April 2006
and sent to the Commission by 18 April 2006, shall be met at
a percentage rate of the quantities applied for as set out in
Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

For each category of importer and the origin involved, appli-
cations for import licences pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1870/2005 relating to the quarter from 1 June
to 31 August 2006 and lodged after 7 April 2006 but before
the date in Annex II to this Regulation, shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 April 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 300, 17.11.2005, p. 19.

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ANNEX I

China

Percentage allocations

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

13,452 %

100 %

1,005 %

—

Argentina

X

X

Origin of the products

— traditional importers

(Article 3(1) and (3)(a) of Regulation
(EC) No 1870/2005)

— new importers

(Article 3(2) and (3)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 1870/2005)

‘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 3(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1870/2005)

— new importers

(Article 3(2) and (3)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1870/2005)

31.8.2006

31.8.2006

31.8.2006

31.8.2006

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