Commission Regulation (EC) No 51/2008 of 22 January 2008 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod from 1 March to 31 May 2008
Date: 2008-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, China, agricultural product, bulb vegetable, import licence, originating product, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 51/2008

of 22 January 2008

on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod from 1 March to 31 May 2008

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of 26
September 2007 laying down specific rules as regards the fruit
and vegetable sector amending Directives 2001/112/EC and
(EC) No
2001/113/EC and Regulations (EEC) No 827/68,
2200/96,
(EC) No
(EC) No 2826/2000,
1782/2003 and (EC) No 318/2006 and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 2202/96 (1),

(EC) No 2201/96,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of
for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

import

Whereas:

(1)

the administration of

Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 (3) opens and
provides for
tariff quotas and
introduces a system of import licences and certificates
of origin for garlic and other agricultural products
imported from third countries.

The quantities for which ‘A’
licence applications have
been lodged by traditional
importers and by new
importers during the first five working days of January
2007, pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No
341/2007 exceed the quantities available for products
originating in China, Argentina and all third countries
other than China and Argentina.

(3)

Therefore, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1301/2006, it is now necessary to establish the
extent to which the ‘A’ licence applications sent to the
Commission by 15 January 2008 in accordance with
Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 can be met,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1
Applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged pursuant to Article
10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 during the first five
working days of January 2008 and sent to the Commission
by 15 January 2008, shall be met at a percentage rate of the
quantities applied for as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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, 22 January 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 12.

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ANNEX

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient

Argentina
— traditional importers
— new importers

China
— traditional importers
— new importers

Other third countries
— traditional importers
— new importers

09.4104

09.4099

09.4105

09.4100

09.4106

09.4102

63,794159 %

1,806300 %

26,763923 %

0,647340 %

100 %

18,551383 %