Commission Regulation (EC) No 305/2007 of 21 March 2007 derogating temporarily from Regulations (EC) No 2402/96, (EC) No 2375/2002, (EC) No 2305/2003, (EC) No 969/2006 and (EC) No 1918/2006 as regards the dates for lodging applications and the issuing of import licences in 2007 under the tariff quotas for sweet potatoes, manioc starch, cereals and olive oil
Date: 2007-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cassava, cereals, derogation from EU law, import licence, olive oil, potato, starch, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 305/2007

of 21 March 2007

derogating temporarily from Regulations (EC) No 2402/96, (EC) No 2375/2002, (EC) No 2305/2003,
(EC) No 969/2006 and (EC) No 1918/2006 as regards the dates for lodging applications and the
issuing of import licences in 2007 under the tariff quotas for sweet potatoes, manioc starch, cereals
and olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

licences for sweet potatoes under quotas 09.4014 and
09.4013, on the one hand, and manioc starch under
quota 09.4065 on the other.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1(1)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996
concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with
Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (3), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 of 29
April 2004 on the common organisation of the market in olive
oil and table olives and amending Regulation (EEC) No
827/68 (4), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 of 17
December 1996 opening and setting administrative
rules for certain annual tariff quotas for sweet potatoes
and manioc starch (5) lays down specific provisions for
the lodging of applications and the issuing of import

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 22.5.1996, p. 15.
(3) 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).

(4) OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97, corrected by OJ L 206, 9.6.2004, p. 37.
(5) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1884/2006 (OJ L 364, 20.12.2006, p. 44).

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Regulations (EC) No 2375/2002 of 27
December 2002 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of
a quality other than high quality from third countries (6),
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/2003 of 29
December 2003 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of a Community tariff quota for imports of barley
from third countries (7) and Commission Regulation (EC)
No 969/2006 of 29 June 2006 opening and providing
for the administration of a Community tariff quota for
imports of maize from third countries (8)
lay down
specific provisions for the lodging of applications and
the issuing of import licences for common wheat of a
quality other than high quality under quotas 09.4123,
09.4124 and 09.4125, for barley under quota 09.4126
and for maize under quota 09.4131.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 of 20
December 2006 opening and providing for the adminis-
tariff quota for olive oil originating in
tration of
Tunisia (9) lays down specific provisions for the lodging
of applications and the issuing of import licences for
olive oil under quota 09.4032.

In view of
the public holidays in 2007, derogations
should be made, at certain times, from Regulations (EC)
No 2402/96, (EC) No 2375/2002, (EC) No 2305/2003,
(EC) No 969/2006 and (EC) No 1918/2006 as regards
the dates for the lodging of import licence applications
and the issuing of
those licences in order to ensure
compliance with the quota volumes in question.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the joint meeting of
accordance with the opinion of
the Management Committee
and the
Management Committee for Olive Oil and Table Olives,

for Cereals

(6) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2022/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 70).

(7) OJ L 342, 30.12.2003, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2022/2006.

(8) OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 44. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2022/2006.

(9) OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 84.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2402/96,
1.
applications for import licences for sweet potatoes under quotas
09.4014 and 09.4013 may no longer be lodged for 2007 after
18 December 2007.

Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2.
2402/96,
import licences for sweet potatoes applied for on
the dates indicated in Annex I hereto, under quotas 09.4014
and 09.4013, shall be issued on the dates indicated in Annex I,
subject to the measures adopted pursuant to Article 7(2) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (1).

Article 2

Notwithstanding the first paragraph of Article 9 of Regu-
1.
lation (EC) No 2402/96, applications for import licences for
manioc starch under quota 09.4065 may no longer be lodged
for 2007 after 18 December 2007.

import

Notwithstanding Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2.
2402/96,
licences for manioc starch applied for on
the dates indicated in Annex II hereto, under quota 09.4065,
shall be issued on the dates indicated in Annex II, subject to the
measures adopted pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1301/2006.

Article 3

1.
Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 5(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002, applications for import
licences for common wheat of a quality other
than high
quality under quotas 09.4123, 09.4124 and 09.4125 may no
longer be lodged for 2007 after 17 December 2007.

2.
Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 3(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 2305/2003, applications for import
licences for barley under quota 09.4126 may no longer be
lodged for 2007 after 17 December 2007.

3.
Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 4(1)
import
of Regulation (EC) No 969/2006, applications
licences for maize under quota 09.4131 may no longer be
lodged for 2007 after 17 December 2007.

for

Article 4

Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006,
import
licences for olive oil applied for on Monday, 2 or
Tuesday, 3 April 2007 under quota 09.4032 shall be issued
on Friday, 13 April 2007, subject to the measures adopted
pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

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ANNEX I

Issue of import licences for sweet potatoes under quotas 09.4014 and 09.4013 in certain periods of 2007

Dates for lodging applications

Dates of issue of licences

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

Friday, 13 April 2007

Tuesday, 30 October 2007

Friday, 9 November 2007

ANNEX II

Issue of import licences for manioc starch under quota 09.4065 in certain periods of 2007

Dates for lodging applications

Dates of issue of licences

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

Friday, 13 April 2007

Tuesday, 30 October 2007

Friday, 9 November 2007