Commission Regulation (EC) No 1375/2007 of 23 November 2007 on imports of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize from the United States of America (Codified version)
Date: 2007-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, codification of EU law, import, maize, quality label, starch, transport document

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1375/2007

of 23 November 2007

on imports of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize from the United States of
America

(Codified version)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

The regular communication by Member States to the
Commission of
the quantities and value of products
imported under cover of these certificates is one of the
elements agreed with the USA to enable a more effective
monitoring of
above
agreement.

implementation of

the

the

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 9(2) thereof,

(5)

The measures
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

laid down in this Regulation are in
the Management

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2019/94 of 2 August
1994 on imports of residues from the manufacture of
starch from maize from the United States of America (2)
has been substantially amended several times (3). In the
interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation
should be codified.

(2) Within the framework of the GATT, the Community and
the USA have agreed to clarify the tariff definition of
residues from the manufacture of starch from maize.
Imports of
these products into the Community are
subject to laboratory analysis to verify their conformity
with the tariff definition. The Federal Grain Inspection
Service (FGIS) of the United States Department of Agri-
culture and the USA wet milling industry, under the
regular review of the USA authorities, will certify that
imports of
from the USA into the
Community are in conformity with the agreed definition.

these products

(3)

On the basis of the establishment of a system of ac-
companying certificates for checking the conformity of
imports
the
it
customary measures for checking should continue to
be applied to imports from the USA accompanied by
these certificates.

is appropriate that

from the USA,

Article 1

1.
A laboratory analysis shall be carried out to verify the
conformity of residues from the manufacture of starch from
maize imported into the Community from the USA under CN
code 2309 90 20 with the definition of
this code for all
shipments not accompanied by a certificate issued by the
Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) and a certificate issued
by the USA wet milling industry as set out in the Annex I.

2.
Shipments from the USA which are accompanied by the
two certificates referred to in paragraph 1 are subject to the
customary measures for checking imports.

Article 2

The Member States shall communicate to the Commission
before the end of each month the quantities and value of
products imported under the CN code 2309 90 20 during the
previous month and accompanied by the
certificates of
conformity specified in Article 1(1).

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 2019/94 is repealed.

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

(EC) No 735/2007 (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 203, 6.8.1994, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2060/2002 (OJ L 317, 21.11.2002, p. 20).

(3) See Annex II.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex III.

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 2007.

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2019/94

(OJ L 203, 6.8.1994, p. 5).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 396/96

(OJ L 54, 5.3.1996, p. 22).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2060/2002 (1)

(OJ L 317, 21.11.2002, p. 20).

(1) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2060/2002: ‘Certificates issued in accordance

with Regulation (EC) No 2019/94 before the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall continue to be valid.’

ANNEX III

Correlation Table

Regulation (EC) No 2019/94

This Regulation

Article 1

Article 2

—

Article 3

Annex

—

—

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III