Commission Regulation (EC) No 49/2007 of 22 January 2007 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 March to 31 May 2007
Date: 2007-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, China, bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 49/2007

of 22 January 2007

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the quarter from 1 March to 31 May 2007

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,

15 January 2007 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, during the first five working
days of
to the Commission by 15
January 2007, shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities
applied for as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

January 2007 and sent

Whereas:

Article 2

(1)

(2)

The quantities for which licence applications have been
importers and by new importers
lodged by traditonal
during the first
January 2007,
pursuant
to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1870/2005 exceed the quantities available for products
originating in China, Argentina and all third countries
other than China and Argentina.

five working days of

is now necessary to establish the extent

It
the licence applications sent

to which
to the Commission by

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 March
to 31 May 2007 and lodged after the first five working days of
January 2007 but before the date in Annex II to this Regulation,
shall be rejected.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc 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. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
28.12.2006,

2000/2006

(EC) No

379,

(OJ

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lation
p. 37).

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ANNEX I

Percentage allocations

China

Third countries other
than China or Argentina

Argentina

44,670 %

100 %

56,097 %

0,711 %

86,538 %

1,643 %

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)

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

31.5.2007

31.5.2007