Commission Regulation (EC) No 2000/2006 of 20 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2006-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, bulb vegetable, import licence, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2000/2006

of 20 December 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the
European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(ii) or the 2003/04, 2004/05 or 2005/06 import

period;

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, and in particular its Article 4(3),

(d)

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular its Article 41,

(b) or (c),

importers who do not

imported during one of

fall within
for traditional
the maximum quantity of
points (a),
garlic
three
the
completed import periods during which they have
obtained import licences pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 565/2002 or this Regulation.’;

first

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Transitional measures should be laid down in order to
allow importers from Bulgaria and Romania to benefit
from the provisions contained in Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1870/2005 of 16 November 2005 opening and
providing for the administration of
tariff quotas and
introducing a system of import licences and certificates
of origin for garlic imported from third countries (1).
These measures should cover in particular the definition
of the reference quantity and the definitions of traditional
and new importers.

Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(b) the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘Garlic originating in Member States of the Community
as constituted at 31 December 2006 or in Bulgaria and
Romania shall not be taken into account for the calcu-
lation of the reference quantity.’;

(c)

the following paragraph is added:

‘Bulgaria and Romania shall choose and apply one of the
two methods referred to in point (c) to all traditional
in accordance with objective criteria and in
importers,
such a way as
treatment between
operators.’

to ensure equal

2. In Article 3, the following paragraph 4 is added:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 is amended as follows:

By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, as
the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 import

‘4.
regards
periods and only in Bulgaria and Romania:

1. Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

in point 5 of the first paragraph, point (c) is replaced by
the following:

(a) “traditional importers” means importers, whether natural
or legal persons, individuals or groups of operators set
up in accordance with national law, who can prove that:

‘(c)

traditional
2003

for
between
Romania,
imported during:

importers who imported garlic
or
into
garlic

Bulgaria
of

the maximum quantity

2005

and

(i) they have imported garlic from countries of origin
other than the Member States of the Community as
constituted at 31 December 2006 or Bulgaria and
Romania in at
the previous three
two of
completed import periods;

least

(i) either the 2003, 2004 or 2005 calendar year,

(1) OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 19. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 991/2006 (OJ L 179, 1.7.2006, p. 15).

(ii) they have imported at least 50 tonnes of fruit and
vegetables as referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96 during the preceding calendar
year;

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(iii) the imports referred to in points (i) and (ii) have
taken place in Bulgaria or Romania, where the
head office of the importer concerned is located;

(b) “new importers” means importers other than traditional
(a), whether
individuals or groups
law,

importers within the meaning of point
traders, natural or legal persons,
of operators set up in accordance with national
who can prove that:

(i) they have imported at least 50 tonnes of fruit and
vegetables as referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96 in each of
the two preceding
calendar years from countries of origin other than
the Member States of the Community as constituted
at 31 December 2006 or Bulgaria and Romania;

(ii) the imports referred to in point (i) have taken place
in Bulgaria or Romania, where the head office of the
importer concerned is located.’

3. Annex II is amended as follows:

(b) the following mention is inserted after the mention in

Portuguese:

‘— in Romanian: Taxa vamală: 9,6 % — Regulamentul

(CE) nr. 1870/2005,’.

4. Annex III is amended as follows:

(a)

the following mention is inserted before the mention in
Spanish:

‘— in Bulgarian: Лицензия, издадена и валидна само за
тримесечие от 1 (месец) до 28/29/30/31 (месец)’;

(b) the following mention is inserted after the mention in

Portuguese:

‘— in Romanian: licență emisă și valabilă numai pentru
trimestrul de la 1 [luna] pana la 28/29/30/31[luna]’.

(a)

the following mention is inserted before the mention in
Spanish:

Article 2

‘— in Bulgarian: Мито 9,6 % — Регламент

№ 1870/2005,’;

(ЕО)

This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date
of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria
and Romania.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission