Commission Regulation (EC) No 971/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, import, import licence, originating product, tariff quota, third country

30.6.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 971/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third
countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the United States
of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994 (2), approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC (3),
provides for an increase in the tariff quota for common
wheat.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 (4) opens a
Community tariff quota for common wheat of a quality
other than high quality. Subquota III for third countries
other than the United States and Canada should be
increased by 6 787 tonnes
the
Agreement approved by Decision 2006/333/EC.

in application of

In order to clarify the rules, it should be stipulated that
import licence applications must be lodged on Monday
at the latest but may be lodged earlier.

1. Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
A tariff quota of 2 988 387 tonnes of common wheat
falling within code 1001 90 99 of a quality other than high
quality is hereby opened.’

2. Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

The overall tariff quota shall be divided into three

‘1.
subquotas:

— subquota I (serial number 09.4123): 572 000 tonnes

for the United States of America,

— subquota II (serial number 09.4124): 38 000 tonnes

for Canada,

— subquota III

(serial number 09.4125): 2 378 387

tonnes for other third countries.’;

(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 should therefore be
amended.

‘3.
Subquota III shall be divided into four quarterly
tranches, each for the following periods and quantities:

Since the Agreement approved by Decision 2006/333/EC
provides for implementation on 1 July 2006, this Regu-
lation must apply from the date of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 491/2006 (OJ L 89, 28.3.2006, p. 3).

(a)

tranche No 1: 1 January to 31 March — 594 597
tonnes;

(b) tranche No 2: 1 April

to 30 June — 594 597

tonnes;

(c)

tranche No 3: 1 July to 30 September — 594 597
tonnes;

(d) tranche No 4: 1 October

to 31 December —

594 597 tonnes.

For 2006, tranche No 3 shall be 597 991 tonnes.’

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3. Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the first sentence is replaced by the
following:

‘1.
Applications for import licences shall be lodged
with the competent authorities of the Member States
each week no later than Monday at 13.00 (Brussels
time).’;

(b) in the first

subparagraph of paragraph 2,

the first

sentence is replaced by the following:

‘No later than 18.00 Brussels time on the final day for
the lodging of licence applications, the competent autho-
rities shall forward to the Commission electronically a
notification in accordance with the model given in the
Annex and the total quantity for which import licence
applications have been submitted.’;

the Commission shall

to in paragraph 2 exceeds the relevant subquota or
fix, no later than the
tranche,
third working day following the final day for
the
lodging of applications, allocation coefficients to be
applied to the quantities requested.’;

(d) in the first

subparagraph of paragraph 4,

the first

sentence is replaced by the following:

lodging of

applications,

‘On the fourth working day following the final day for
the
applying, where
necessary, the allocation coefficients fixed in accordance
with paragraph 3,
the
the competent authorities of
issue import licences against the
Member States shall
applications notified to the Commission in accordance
with paragraph 2.’

after

Article 2

(c) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

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

If

‘3.
the quantities granted
since the start of the period and the quantities referred

the combined total of

It shall apply from 1 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission