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Date: 2006-12-08
Title: Draft COMMISSION Regulation (EC) No …/.. of […] opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        C(2004)

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

                           opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

                             opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

                                            ê 1251/96

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 Article XXIV.6 negotiations[1],

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in Ö poultrymeat Õ[2],  as  last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No Ö 493/2002[3] Õ, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 of 28 June 1996 opening and providing for the administration of  tariff  quotas  in  the  poultrymeat
      sector and albumin[4], has been substantially amended several times[5]. In the interests of clarity and  rationality  the  said  Regulation
      should be codified.

                                            ê 1251/96 Recital 1 (adapted)

   2) The Community has undertaken, in the context of the World Trade Organization, to open tariff quotas for certain products in the poultrymeat
      sector. Therefore detailed rules for the application of these quotas should be laid down.

                                            ê 1251/96 Recital 3 (adapted)

   3) The administration of the arrangements should be based on import licences. To that end, detailed rules should be laid down  for  submission
      of the applications and the information which must appear on applications and licences, notwithstanding Article 8 of Commission  Regulation
      (EC) No Ö 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 Õ laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences  and
      advance fixing certificates for agricultural products Ö [6] Õ, as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  Ö 325/2003[7] Õ.  In  addition,
      provision should be made for licences to be issued after a period of consideration, applying,  where  necessary,  a  single  percentage  of
      acceptance. It is in the interests of importers and exporters to allow a licence application to  be  withdrawn  after  the  coefficient  of
      acceptance has been fixed.

                                            ê 997/97 Recital 1 (adapted)

   4) In order to facilitate trade between the Community and third countries, it must be possible to import poultrymeat without an obligation  to
      import from the country of origin, which must nevertheless be mentioned for statistical reasons in section 8 of the import licence.

                                            ê 1251/96 Recital 4

   5) In order to ensure a regular flow of imports, the quantities referred to in Annex I should be spread out over one year.

                                            ê 1251/96 Recital 5 (adapted)

   6) To ensure proper administration of the system, the security for import licences under the system should be fixed at Ö EUR Õ 20  per  100 kg
      (weight of product). In order to eliminate the risk of speculation inherent in the system in the  poultrymeat  sector,  precise  conditions
      governing access by traders to the said system should be laid down.

                                            ê 1251/96 Recital 6

   7) The attention of operators should be drawn to the fact that licences may only be  used  for  products  which  comply  with  all  veterinary
      provisions in force in the Community.

                                            ê 1043/2001 Recital 11

   8) To ensure sound administration of the import arrangements, the Commission should have at its disposal accurate information provided by  the
      Member States on quantities actually imported. In the interest of clarity, a single model should be used by the Member States for notifying
      quantities to the Commission.

                                            ê 1251/96 Recital 7

   9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

                                            ê 1251/96

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                            ê 1357/2000 Art.1 pt.1 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 1

The import tariff quotas listed in Annex I are opened annually Ö for the period from 1 July to 30 June Õ for the product  groups  and  under  the
conditions indicated therein.

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 2

The quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be subdivided as follows:

    1. 25% Ö in the period Õ from 1 July to 30 September;

    2. 25% Ö in the period Õ from Ö 1 Õ October to 31 December;

    3. 25% Ö in the period Õ from 1 January to 31 March;

    4. 25% Ö in the Õ period Ö from Õ 1 April to 30 June.

                                            ê 1251/96

                                                                    Article 3

All imports into the Community under the quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 4

The import licences referred to in Article 3 shall be subject to the following provisions:

(a)   applicants for import licences Ö shall Õ be natural or legal persons who, at the time their application is  submitted,  can  prove  to  the
       satisfaction of the competent authorities in the Member States that they have imported not less than 50 tonnes of products falling  within
       the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 in each of the two calendar years preceding the year in which the licence application is  lodged.
       However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their products to final consumers are excluded from the benefits of this system;

(b)   licence applications Ö shall Õ not cover more than one of the groups referred to in Annex I. They may involve several products  covered  by
       different CN codes and originating in a single country; in such cases, all the CN codes shall be  indicated  in  section  16  Ö and  their
       descriptions in section 15 Õ .

       Licence applications Ö shall Õ relate to at least 1 tonne and to a maximum of 10% of the quantity available for the  group  concerned  and
       the periods specified in Ö Article Õ 2;

                                            ê 997/97 Art.3

(c)   section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the country of origin;

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

(d)   section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the following:

        1. Reglamento (CE) no Ö (…/…) Õ;

        2. Forordning (EF) nr. Ö (…/…) Õ;

        3. Verordnung (EG) Nr. Ö (…/…) Õ;

        4. Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ Ö (…/…) Õ;

        5. Regulation (EC) No Ö (…/…) Õ;

        6. Règlement (CE) no Ö (…/…) Õ;

        7. Regolamento (CE) n. Ö (…/…) Õ;

        8. Verordening (EG) nr. Ö (…/…) Õ;

        9. Regulamento (CE) n.o Ö (…/…) Õ;

       10. Asetus (EY) N:o Ö (…/…) Õ;

       11. Förordning (EG) nr Ö (…/…) Õ;

(e)   section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:

       12. ÖReducción del derecho del AAC conforme a lo establecido en el Reglamento (CE) no (…/…) Õ;

       13.  ÖReduktion i toldsatsen i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. (…/…) Õ;

       14. ÖErmäßigung des Zollsatzes gemäß Verordnung (EG) Nr. (…/…) Õ;

       15. ÖΜείωση του δασμού του ΚΔ όπως προβλέπεται στον κανονισμό (ΕΚ) αριθ. (…/…) Õ;

       16.  ÖReduction of CCT duty pursuant to Regulation (EC) No (…/…) Õ;

       17.  ÖRéduction du droit du tarif douanier commun comme prévu au règlement (CE) no (…/…) Õ;

       18.  ÖRiduzione del dazio TDC come prevede il regolamento (CE) n. (…/…) Õ;

       19.  ÖVerlaging van het GDT-recht op grond van Verordening (EG) nr. (…/…) Õ;

       20.  ÖRedução do direito da PAC previsto no Regulamento (CE) n.o (…/…) Õ;

       21.  ÖMaksua alennettu seuraavan mukaisesti: Asetus (EY) N:o (…/…) Õ;

       22.  ÖReduktion av Gemensamma tulltaxans tariffer enligt förordning (EG) nr (…/…) Õ.

                                                                    Article 5

                                            ê 1043/2001 Art.3 pt (a)

1.    Licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of the month preceding each period as specified in Article 2.

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)
                                            è1 1514/97 Art.3

2.    è1 Licence applications Ö shall Õ be submitted to the competent authority of the Member State in which the applicant is established or  has
       set up his registered office. Applications shall be admissible only where the applicant declares in writing that he has not submitted  and
       undertakes not to submit any other applications, in respect of the same period, concerning products in the same group. ç

                                            ê 1514/97 Art.3

       Where the same applicant submits more than one application relating to products in the same group, all applications from that person shall
       be inadmissible.

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

       However, an applicant may lodge more than one application for import licences for products in one group, where such products originate  in
       different countries.

       Separate applications for each country of origin Ö shall Õ be submitted simultaneously to the competent authority of a Member State.  They
       shall be considered, as regards the maximum referred to in Article 4(b) as well as application of the rule in the Ö second Õ subparagraph,
       as a single application.

3.    A security of Ö EUR Õ 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for import licence applications for all products referred to in Article 1.

                                            ê 1251/96

4.    Member States shall notify the Commission, on  the  fifth  working  day  following  the  end  of  the  application  submission  period,  of
       applications lodged for each of the products in the group in question. Such  notification  shall  include  a  list  of  applicants  and  a
       statement of the quantities applied for in the group.

       All notifications, including “nil” notifications, shall be made by telex or fax on the working day stipulated, drawn up in accordance with
       the model in Annex II in cases where no application is made, and with the models in Annexes II and III in cases  where  applications  have
       been made.

5.    The Commission shall decide as quickly as possible to what extent quantities may be awarded in respect of applications as  referred  to  in
       Article 4.

       If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed the quantities  available,  the  Commission  shall  fix  a  single
       percentage of acceptance for the quantities applied for. Where this percentage is less than 5%, the Commission may decide not to award the
       quantities applied for; the securities shall be released immediately.

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

       Operators may withdraw their licence applications within 10 working days following publication of the single percentage of  acceptance  in
       the Official Journal of the European Ö Union Õ if application of the percentage results in the fixing of a quantity less than  20  tonnes.
       The Member States shall inform the Commission thereof within five Ö working Õ days following the withdrawal of the licence application and
       shall release the security immediately.

       The Commission shall calculate the quantity remaining, which shall be added  to  the  quantity  available  in  respect  of  the  following
       Ö quarterly Õ period of the Ö annual Õ quota period referred to in Article 1.

                                            ê 1251/96

6.    Licences shall be issued as quickly as possible after the Commission has taken its decision.

7.    Licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary provisions in force in the Community.

                                            ê 1043/2001 Art.3 pt.(b) (adapted)

8.    Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the fourth month following each annual period Ö referred to  in  Article  1 Õ,
       of the total volume of products imported for each of the groups under this Regulation during that period.

       All notifications, including “nil” ones, shall be made using the model in Annex IV.

                                            ê 1211/97 Art.1 pt. 3 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 6

For the purposes of applying Article Ö 23 Õ (2) of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1291/2000 Õ, import licences shall be valid for 150 days  from  the  date
of actual issue, but not beyond the end of the period specified in Article 1.

Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable.

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 7

Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regulation (EC) No Ö 1291/2000 Õ shall apply.

However, Article 8(4) of that Regulation notwithstanding, the quantity imported under this Regulation may not exceed that shown  in  sections  17
and 18 of the import licence. The figure 0 shall accordingly be entered in section 19 of the licence.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 8

Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 is repealed.

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 VI.

                                            ê 1251/96 Art.8 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 9 

This Regulation shall enter into force on Ö the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union Õ.

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

Done at Brussels, […]

      For the Commission
      […]
      Member of the Commission

                                            ê 1357/2000 Art.1 pt.2 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX I

|(tonnes)                                                                                                                           |
|Group No            |CN code            |Applicable duty                                |Ö Annual Õ tariff quotas Ö (Article 1) Õ  |
|                    |                   |(EUR/tonne)                                    |                                          |
|P 1                 |0207 11 10         |131                                            |6 200                                     |
|                    |0207 11 30         |149                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 11 90         |162                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 12 10         |149                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 12 90         |162                                            |                                          |
|P 2                 |0207 13 10         |512                                            |4 000                                     |
|                    |0207 13 20         |179                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 13 30         |134                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 13 40         |93                                             |                                          |
|                    |0207 13 50         |301                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 13 60         |231                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 13 70         |504                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 14 20         |179                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 14 30         |134                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 14 40         |93                                             |                                          |
|                    |0207 14 60         |231                                            |                                          |
|P 3                 |0207 14 10         |795                                            |700                                       |
|P 4                 |0207 24 10         |170                                            |1 000                                     |
|                    |0207 24 90         |186                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 25 10         |170                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 25 90         |186                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 10         |425                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 20         |205                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 30         |134                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 40         |93                                             |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 50         |339                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 60         |127                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 70         |230                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 26 80         |415                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 27 30         |134                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 27 40         |93                                             |                                          |
|                    |0207 27 50         |339                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 27 60         |127                                            |                                          |
|                    |0207 27 70         |230                                            |                                          |

                                                                  _____________

                                            ê 1251/96 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX II

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                                                                  _____________

                                                                    ANNEX III

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                                                                  _____________

                                            ê 1043/2001 Art.5 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX IV

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                                                                  _____________

                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX V

                                                Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/96                                          |(OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 136)                             |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 997/97,                                               |(OJ L 144, 4.6.1997, p. 11)                    |
|only Articles 3 and 4(2)                                                            |                                               |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1211/97                                               |(OJ L 170, 28.6.1997, p. 40)                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1514/97,                                              |(OJ L 204, 31.7.1997, p. 16)                   |
|only Article 3 concerning Regulation (EC) No 1251/96                                |                                               |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/98                                               |(OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 15)                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/1999                                             |(OJ L 157, 24.6.1999, p. 37)                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1357/2000                                             |(OJ L 155, 28.6.2000, p. 38)                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001,                                            |(OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 24)                   |
|only Articles 3 and 5 concerning Regulation (EC) No 1251/96                         |                                               |

                                                                  _____________

                                                                     ANNEX VI

                                                                Correlation Table

|Regulation (EC) No 1251/96                                          |This Regulation                                                     |
|Articles 1 – 7                                                      |Articles 1 – 7                                                      |
|—                                                                   |Article 8                                                           |
|Article 8                                                           |Article 9                                                           |
|Annexes I – IV                                                      |Annexes I – IV                                                      |
|—                                                                   |Annex V                                                             |
|—                                                                   |Annex VI                                                            |

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