Commission Regulation (EC) No 1818/2006 of 11 December 2006 on the implementation of the management system of the quantitative ceiling of potassium chloride in relation to the anti-dumping measures applicable on imports of potassium chloride originating in Belarus
Date: 2006-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belarus, anti-dumping duty, chemical salt, import, import policy, originating product, quantitative restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1818/2006

of 11 December 2006

on the implementation of the management system of the quantitative ceiling of potassium chloride
in relation to the anti-dumping measures applicable on imports of potassium chloride originating in
Belarus

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from
countries not members of the European Community (1)
(the
basic Regulation),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2006
anti-dumping duty on imports of
imposing a definitive
potassium chloride originating in Belarus and Russia (2), and
in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

After consulting the Advisory Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

it was

By Regulation (EC) No 1050/2006, the Council imposed
anti-dumping measures on imports of potassium chloride
inter alia, in Belarus. In view of the special
originating,
market conditions prevailing on the potassium chloride
market,
to impose
measures in the form of a minimum import price
falling under CN codes
(MIP)
3104 20 50
codes
(TARIC
3104 20 50 10, 3104 20 50 90 and 3104 20 90 00),
up to a quantitative ceiling, beyond which an ad
valorem duty of 27,5 % should apply (product concerned).

for product
and

considered appropriate

3104 20 90

types

a management

ceiling requires

in Regulation (EC) No 1050/2006 of 11
The Council,
the introduction of a
July 2006, acknowledged that
system
quantitative
which could not be put in place prior to the entry into
force of that Regulation. Therefore, the Council in Article
2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1050/2006 empowered the
Commission to set out by a Regulation the modalities for
implementing the management system of the quantitative
ceiling as soon as it was technically possible.

(3)

The effective management of the quantitative ceiling calls
for the introduction of a requirement for a Community

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

import authorisation for the release for free circulation in
the Community of the product concerned until the quan-
titative ceiling is exhausted. In order to minimise inter-
ference in the market and to provide fair access to the
quantitative ceiling to all economic operators
is
considered appropriate to issue the import authorisation
in a chronological order in which the notifications of
Member States are received.

it

it

In order to ensure that the quantitative ceiling is not
exceeded,
is necessary to establish a procedure
whereby the competent authorities of Member States
do not
issue import authorisations before obtaining
confirmation from the Commission that appropriate
amounts remain available within the quantitative ceiling.

to limit

applications

In order to combat speculative or artificial practices in
relation to issue of import authorisation, it is considered
appropriate
to the
individual
amount stated in the relevant contract entered into
between the importer and exporter; as well as to limit
the validity of the import authorisations to three months.
In this context, the Commission also recalls that Article
5(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (3)
provides
the
customs representative designated by the importer must
be established within the Community. Moreover, for the
same purpose (i.e. to combat speculative and artificial
practices)
is considered appropriate to define the
exporter, as an economic operator having its registered
office, central headquarters or a permanent business
establishment in Belarus.

that save in exceptional circumstances,

it

The use of
gradually
computerised procedures
replacing the manual input of data in different areas of
administrative
also be
possible to use computerised and electronic procedures
when applying for import authorisation as well as for the
issue of such import authorisations.

should therefore

activity.

is

It

for

the

States

implementation

In the interest of good administration the Commission
considers it appropriate to provide sufficient time for the
the
Member
management system for the quantitative ceiling estab-
lished by this Regulation, as well as for the economic
operators to become accustomed to the new system of
import authorisations. Therefore it is considered appro-
priate that the regulation enters into force on 1 January
2007,

of

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17).

(2) OJ L 191, 12.7.2006, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 648/2005 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 117, 4.5.2005, p. 13).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

General provisions

Article 1

This Regulation lays down detailed rules

1.
the
management system of the quantitative ceiling of potassium
chloride originating in Belarus, as provided for in Article 2(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1050/2006.

for

All products released for free circulation under the quan-
2.
titative ceiling referred to in paragraph (1) shall be subject to the
presentation of an import authorisation issued in accordance
with the Articles below.

Article 2

For the purpose of this Regulation:

1.

‘contract’ means the contract agreed and signed between the
exporter and importer;

2.

‘exporter’ means an economic operator having its registered
office, central headquarters or a permanent business estab-
lishment in Belarus;

in
lodged with the national authorities, as listed in Annex I,
each of the Member States. The quantities requested in indi-
vidual applications cannot exceed the quantities agreed for in
the corresponding contract.

2.
The declaration or request made by the importer in order
to obtain the import authorisation shall contain at least the
information listed in Annex II.

3.
The importer shall present the original of the contract at
the time when the request or declaration for the import author-
isation is submitted to the national authorities.

The national authorities

4.
requests for
accordance with this Regulation.

import authorisations that are not

shall

refuse declarations or
lodged in

Article 4

In order

1.
to ensure that quantities for which import
authorisations are issued do not exceed at any moment the
the
total quantitative
national authorities
issue import authorisations only
upon confirmation by the Commission that there are still quan-
tities available within the quantitative ceiling for the product
concerned.

the product

ceiling for

concerned,

shall

‘import authorisation’ means the import authorisation which
is issued by the national authorities for the release for free
circulation of the product concerned in the Community in
accordance with this Regulation;

2.
The authorised imports shall be counted against the quan-
titative ceiling laid down for the year in which the request for
import authorisation was submitted to the national authorities.

‘importer’ means any economic operator, which carries out
itself, or through a representative acting on its behalf, the
formalities for the release for free circulation of the product
concerned;

5.

‘national authorities’ means the national authorities of the
Member States competent to issue the import authorisation
in accordance with this Regulation, as listed in Annex I;

6.

‘product concerned’ means potassium chloride originating in
Belarus, falling under CN codes 3104 20 50 and 3104 20 90
(TARIC
and
codes
3104 20 90 00).

3104 20 50 10,

3104 20 50 90

For the purpose of applying paragraph 1, before issuing
3.
import authorisations, the national authorities shall notify the
Commission of the amounts of the requests for import author-
isations, supported by the contract, which they have received.
By return, the Commission shall notify whether the requested
amount(s) of quantities are available for release for free circu-
lation in the chronological order in which notifications of the
national authorities are received (first come first served).

The

included in the notifications

to the
4.
requests
they establish clearly in each
Commission shall be valid if
the applicable TARIC code, the
case the exporting country,
the
quantities to be imported,
CIF or DAF (as applicable and as defined in Incoterms 2000)
value of
the product concerned at Community frontier by
TARIC code and the applicable year of the quantitative ceiling.

the number of the contract,

Modalities applicable to the management of the
quantitative ceiling

Article 3

1.
Only importers may lodge a request or declaration for
import authorisations. Such request or declaration may be

5.
The notifications referred to in paragraphs 3 to 4 shall be
communicated electronically within the integrated network set
up for this purpose, unless for imperative technical reasons it is
necessary to use other means of communication temporarily.

3.

4.

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Article 5

Article 7

the national authorities

1.
To the extent that the Commission, pursuant to Article 4,
has confirmed that the amount requested is available within the
quantitative ceiling,
issue an
import authorisation within a maximum of ten working days
from the presentation by the importer of the original corre-
sponding contract.
Import authorisations shall be issued by
the national authorities of any Member State irrespective of
the Member State indicated as destination in the contract to
the extent that the Commission has confirmed the availability
of the amount within the quantitative ceiling.

shall

Import authorisations shall be drawn up in accordance

2.
with the model set out in Annex III.

The validity of

import authorisations

issued by the
3.
national authorities
If a
shall be valid for
request or declaration for import authorisation is submitted
after 1 October of a given year, the validity of the import
authorisation issued on the basis of
such declaration or
request shall not exceed 31 December of the same year.

three months.

4.
The quantities for which the import authorisation is issued
shall not exceed the quantity indicated in the contract on the
basis of which the import authorisation is issued.

The national authorities

1.
shall notify the Commission
immediately after being informed of any quantity that is not
used during the duration of validity of the import authorisation.
Such quantities shall automatically be transferred into the
unused quantities of the quantitative ceiling as soon as possible.

if

any

import

National authorities shall notify the Commission of any
2.
authorisation or
equivalent
cancellation of
documents already issued,
in case where the corresponding
contract has been terminated by either the exporter or the
the Commission or the national au-
importer. However,
thorities have been informed by the importer of the termination
of the contract after some quantities of the product concerned
agreed in the contract have been imported into the Community,
the quantities in question shall be counted against the quanti-
tative ceiling for the year in which the declaration or request for
the import authorisation was submitted to the national autho-
rities.

Article 8

If the Commission finds that the total quantities of the product
concerned covered by the contracts in any year reaches the
quantitative ceiling, the national authorities shall be informed
immediately in order to suspend the further issue of import
authorisations.

5.
Importers shall not be obliged to import the total quantity
covered by an import authorisation in one single consignment.

Community import authorisation — common form

Article 9

Obligations and rights deriving from import author-

6.
isations or extracts shall not be transferable.

1.
The forms to be used by the national authorities for
issuing the import authorisations referred to in Articles 4 to
7 shall conform to the model of the import authorisation set
out in Annex III.

The import authorisations may be issued by electronic
7.
means as long as the customs offices involved have access to
the import authorisation via a computer network.

8.
Importers shall return the expired import authorisations to
the issuing national authorities within 10 working days after the
date of their expiry. Importers shall not apply for a new import
authorisation as long as 85 % of
the valid
import authorisation has not been imported.

the quantity of

Article 6

Import authorisations shall be issued by national authorities in
accordance with Article 4 without discrimination to any
importer in the Community wherever the place of his estab-
lishment may be in the Community.

Import authorisation forms and extracts thereof shall be
2.
drawn up in duplicate, one copy, marked ‘Holder's copy’ and
bearing the number 1 to be issued to the applicant, and the
other, marked ‘Copy for the issuing authority’ and bearing the
No 2, to be kept by the authority issuing the import author-
isations. For administrative purposes the national authorities
may add additional copies to form 2.

3.
Forms shall be printed on white paper free of mechanical
pulp, dressed for writing and weighing between 55 and
65 g/m2. Their size shall be 210 × 297 mm; the type space
between the lines shall be 4,24 mm (one sixth of an inch);
the layout of the forms shall be followed precisely. Both sides
of copy No 1, which is the import authorisation itself, shall in
addition have a red printed guilloche-pattern background
making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means
apparent to the eye.

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4. Member States shall be responsible for having the forms
printed. The forms may also be printed by printers appointed
by the Member State in which they are established. In the latter
case, reference to the appointment by the Member State must
appear on each form. Each form shall bear the printer's name
and address or a mark enabling the printer to be identified.

5.
At the time of their issue the import authorisations or
extracts shall be given an issue number determined by the
national authority. The import authorisation number shall be
notified to the Commission electronically within the integrated
network set up under Article 4.

Import authorisations and extracts shall be completed in
languages, of the

language, or one of the official

6.
the official
Member State of issue.

thereof

is insufficient,

competent administrative authorities when an extract is issued.
If the space set aside for debits on an import authorisation or
extract
the competent authorities of
Member States may attach one or more extension pages
bearing boxes matching those on the reverse of copy No 1
and copy No 2 of the import authorisation or extract. The
competent authorities of Member States
shall place their
stamp so that one half
is on the import authorisation or
extract thereof and the other half is on the extension page. If
there is more than one extension page, a further stamp shall be
placed in like manner across each page and the preceding page.

The

competent

9.
States
authorities of
concerned may, where indispensable, require the contents of
import authorisations or extracts to be translated into the
official
that
Member State.

language or one of

the Member

languages of

the official

The marks of

7.
the issuing national authorities and the
customs offices or competent administrative authorities shall
be applied by means of a stamp. However, an embossing
press combined with letters or figures obtained by means of
perforation, or printing on the import authorisation may be
substituted for
the issuing national authority's stamp. The
issuing national authorities shall use any tamper-proof method
to record the quantity allocated in such a way as to make it
impossible to insert figures or references.

The reverse of copy No 1 and copy No 2 shall bear a box
8.
in which quantities may be entered, either by the customs
authorities when import formalities are completed, or by the

Import authorisations or extract thereof issued, entries
10.
and endorsements made by the authorities of a Member State
shall have the same legal effects in each of the other Member
States as import authorisations or extracts issued, entries and
these
endorsements made by the competent authorities of
Member States.
Import authorisations or extracts issued in
accordance with this Regulation shall be valid throughout the
customs territory of the European Community.

Article 10

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2006.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

LIST OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Service public fédéral économie, PME, classes moyennes
et énergie
Administration du potentiel économique
Service licences — Licences
Rue de Louvain 44
B-1000 Bruxelles
Fax (32-2) 548 65 56
e-mail:
website:

Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, kmo, Middenstand
en Energie
Bestuur Economisch Potentieel
Dienst Vergunningen
Leuvenseweg 44
B-1000 Brussel
Fax: (32-2) 548 65 56
e-mail:
website:

ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu
Licenční správa
Na Františku 32
CZ-110 15 Praha 1
Fax: (420) 224 21 21 33
e-mail:
website:

EESTI

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium
Harju 11
EE-15072 Tallinn
Fax: + 372 6313 660
e-mail:
website:

ΕΛΛΑΔΑ

Υπουργείο Οικονομίας & Οικονομικών
Διεύθυνση Καθεστώτων Εισαγωγών-Εξαγωγών,
Εμπορικής Άμυνας
Κορνάρου 1
GR-105 63 Αθήνα
Φαξ: (30) 210-328 60 94
Διεύθυνση ηλ. ταχ.:
Δικτυακός τόπος:

ESPAÑA

Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior
Subdirección General de Comercio Exterior de Productos
Industriales
Paseo de la Castellana 162
E-28046 Madrid

Fax (34) 913 49 38 31
Correo electrónico:
Sitio web:

DANMARK

Økonomi- og Erhvervsministeriet
Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
Lange Linie Allé 17
DK-2100 København Ø
Fax: + 45-35 46 60 00
e-mail:
website: www.ebst.dk

DEUTSCHLAND

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle
(BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29—35
D-65760 Eschborn 1
Fax: (49-61) 969 42 26
e-mail:
website:

ITALIA

Ministero del Commercio internazionale
Direzione generale per la Politica commerciale
Viale America 341
I-00144 Roma
Fax (39-06) 59 93 26 36
E-mail: polcom3@mincomes.it
Website: www.mincomes.it

FRANCE

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie
Direction générale des entreprises
Sous-direction des biens de consommation
Bureau Textile-Importations
Le Bervil
12, rue Villiot
F-75572 Paris Cedex 12
Fax (33) 153 44 91 81
e-mail:
website:

IRELAND

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Import/Export Licensing, Block C
Earlsfort Centre
Hatch Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Fax (353-1) 631 25 62
E-mail:
Website: www.entemp.ie

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ÖSTERREICH

SLOVENIJA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Außenwirtschaftsadministration
Abteilung C2/2
Stubenring 1
A-1011 Wien
Fax: (43-1) 711 00-83 86
e-mail:
website:

Ministrstvo za finance
Carinska uprava Republike Slovenije
Carinski urad Jesenice
Center za TARIC in kvote
Spodnji Plavž 6c
SI-4270 Jesenice
Faks: (386-4) 297 44 72
E-pošta: taric.cuje@gov.si
Spletišče: http://www.carina.gov.si

KYΠΡΟΣ

LUXEMBOURG

Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού
Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου
Μονάδα Έκδοσης Αδειών Εισαγωγής/Εξαγωγής
Οδός Ανδρέα Αραούζου αρ. 6
CY-1421 Λευκωσία
Φαξ: (357) 22-37 51 20
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LATVIJA

Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija
Brīvības iela 55
LV-1519 Rīga
Fax: + 371-728 08 82
E-mail: licencesana@em.gov.lv
Website: www.em.gov.lv

LIETUVA

Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerija
Prekybos departamentas
Gedimino pr. 38/2
LT-01104 Vilnius
Faksas (370-5) 26 23 974
E. paštas: j.vaigauskiene@ukmin.lt,
j.gutkauskiene@ukmin.lt
tinklalapis: www.ukmin.lt

POLSKA

Ministerstwo Gospodarki
Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5
PL-00-507 Warszawa
Fax: + 48-22-693 40 21
e-mail:
website:

PORTUGAL

Ministério das Finanças
Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos
Especiais sobre o Consumo
Rua Terreiro do Trigo, Edifício da Alfândega de
Lisboa
PT-1140-060 Lisboa
Fax: (351) 21 881 42 61
E-mail:
Sítio web:

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Office des licences
BP 113
L-2011 Luxembourg
Fax (352) 46 61 38
e-mail: office.licences@mae.etat.lu
website: www.eco.public.lu/attributions/office_licences/in-
dex.html

MAGYARORSZÁG

Magyar Kereskedelmi Engedélyezési Hivatal
Margit krt. 85.
H-1024 Budapest
Fax: (36-1) 336 73 02
E-mail:
Website:

MALTA

Diviżjoni għall -Kummerċ
Servizzi Kummerċjali
Lascaris
MT-Valletta CMR02
Fax: + 356-25-69 02 99
e-mail:
website:

SLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA

Ministerstvo hospodárstva SR
Odbor licencií
Mierová 19
827 15 Bratislava 212
Slovenská republika
Fax: + 421-2-43 42 39 19
e-mail:
internetová stránka:

SUOMI

Tullihallitus
PL 512
FI-00101 Helsinki
Fax: (358-20) 492 28 52
e-mail:
website:

SVERIGE

Statens jordbruksverk
SE-551 82 Jönköping
Fax (46-36) 19 05 46
e-post: jordbruksverket@sjv.se
webbsida: http://www.sjv.se

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NEDERLAND

in-

en

centrale dienst voor

Belastingdienst/Douane
uitvoer
Postbus 30003, Engelse Kamp 2
NL-9700 RD Groningen
Fax: (31-50) 523 23 41
e-mail:
website:

ROMÂNIA

Ministerul Economiei și Comerțului
Direcția Generală Politici Comerciale
Str. Ion Câmpineanu nr. 16
București, sector 1
Cod poștal: 010036
Fax: +40 21 315 04 54
e-mail: clc@dce.gov.ro
website: www.dce.gov.ro

UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry
Import Licensing Branch
Queensway House — West Precinct
Billingham
TS23 2NF
United Kingdom
Fax (44-1642) 36 42 69
E-mail:
Website:

БЪЛГАРИЯ

Дирекция ‘Регистриране, лицензиране и контрол’
Министерство на икономиката и енергетиката
ул. ‘Славянска’ 8
1052 София
Fax: +359 2 981 50 41;
+359 2 980 4710;
+359 2 988 3654

website: www.mee.government.bg

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ANNEX II

The declaration or request made by the importer in order to obtain an import authorisation shall contain:

1. Exporter (name and full address, telephone/fax number, e-mail address);

2. Importer (name and full address, telephone/fax number, e-mail address and VAT number);

3. The exact description of the goods and the TARIC code(s);

4. Country of origin of the goods;

5. Country of consignment;

6. Quantity requested in tonnes;

7. The CIF or DAF (as applicable and as defined in Incoterms 2000) value of the product concerned at Community

frontier by TARIC heading;

8. Date and number of the contract;

9. Place and date and signature of the applicant;

10. The following signed declaration:

‘I, the undersigned, declare that all information presented in this request is true,

correct and in conformity with the requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1818/2006.’

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ANNEX III

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