CELEX: 51998EC1396
Language: en
Date: 2006-12-08
Title: Draft Commission Regulation (EC) No …/… of […] laying down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 on the import into the Community of agricultural products originating in Turkey (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        C(2006)

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/…

                                                                      of […]

 laying down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 on the import into the Community of agricultural
                                                          products originating in Turkey

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No […]

                                                                      of […]

 laying down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 on the import into the Community of agricultural
                                                          products originating in Turkey

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 of 7 April 1998 on the import into the  Community  of  agricultural  products  originating  in
Turkey, repealing Regulation (EEC) No 4115/86 and amending Regulation (EC) No 3010/95[1], and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation [(EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975] on the common organization of the  market  in  poultrymeat[2],  and  in
particular Article [15] thereof,

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1396/98 of 30 June 1998 laying down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector Council Regulation (EC)
      No 779/98 on the import into the Community of agricultural products originating in  Turkey,  repealing  Regulation  (EEC)  No  4115/86  and
      amending Regulation (EC) No 3010/95[3] has been substantially amended[4]. In the interests of clarity and rationality the  said  Regulation
      should be codified.

                                            ê 1396/98 Recital 1

   2) Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime for agricultural products[5] establishes  the
      system of preferences applicable to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Turkey.

                                            ê 1396/98 Recital 2 (adapted)

   3) Regulation (EC) No 779/98 Ö opened Õ with effect from 1 January 1998 new annual tariff quotas for certain poultrymeat products. The  quotas
      are to apply for an indefinite period.

                                            ê 1396/98 Recital 3 (adapted)

   4) Provision should be made for the administration of these arrangements by means of import licences. To that end, 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[6], detailed rules for submission  of  applications  and  the
      particulars which should appear in applications and licences should be laid down. In addition, provision should be made for licences to  be
      issued after a period of consideration, applying, where necessary, a single acceptance rate.

                                            ê 1396/98 Recital 4

   5) In order to ensure regular imports, the quantities laid down in Annex I to this Regulation should be staggered over the year.

                                            ê 1396/98 Recital 5 (adapted)

   6) In order to ensure proper administration of the system, the security for import licences under the said system should be fixed  at  Ö EUR Õ
      20 per 100 kilograms. In view of the likelihood 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 1396/98 Recital 6

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

                                            ê 1396/98 Recital 7

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

                                            ê 1396/98

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                                                    Article 1

All imports into the Community of products in the groups referred to in Annex I to  this  Regulation  under  the  arrangements  provided  for  in
Regulation (EC) No 779/98 shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.

The quantities of products to which the arrangements apply and the rates of customs duty shall be those listed in Annex I.

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 2

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

     – 25% in the period Ö from Õ 1 January to 31 March,

     – 25% in the period Ö from Õ 1 April to 30 June,

     – 25% in the period Ö from Õ 1 July to 30 September,

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

                                            ê 1396/98

                                                                    Article 3

The import licences provided for in Article 1 shall be subject to the following rules:

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)

(a)   applicants for import licences Ö shall Õ be natural or legal persons who, at  the  time  applications  are  submitted,  can  prove  to  the
       satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member States that they have imported or exported not less  than  50 tonnes  of  products
       falling under 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 this system;

(b)   a licence application may contain only one of the group numbers defined in Annex I. It may involve several products  covered  by  different
       CN codes. In such cases, all the CN codes shall be indicated in section 16 and their description in section 15.

      A licence application Ö shall Õ cover at least one tonne, up to a maximum of 10% of the quantity available for the group concerned and  the
       periods as specified in Article 2;

                                            ê 1396/98

(c)   section 8 of licence applications and licences shall indicate the country of origin; licences shall entail an  obligation  to  import  from
       the country indicated;

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)

(d)   section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the Ö references listed in Annex II, Part A; Õ

(e)   section 24 of licences shall show one of the Ö entries listed in Annex II, Part B. Õ

                                            ê 1396/98

                                                                    Article 4

                                            ê 1043/2001 Art. 1(a)

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

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)

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

                                            ê 1396/98

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 1396/98 (adapted)

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 1396/98

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

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)

All notifications, including nil returns, shall be made by Ö electronic means Õ on the working day stipulated, using the model in  Annex  III  in
cases where no application has been submitted and the models in Annexes III and IV in cases where applications have been submitted.

                                            ê 1396/98

5. The Commission shall decide as quickly as possible to what extent quantities may be awarded in respect of  the  applications  referred  to  in
Article 3.

If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed the quantities available, the Commission shall fix  a  single  acceptance
rate as a percentage of quantities applied for.

If the overall quantity for which applications have been submitted is less than the  quantity  available,  the  Commission  shall  calculate  the
quantity remaining, which shall be added to the quantity available in respect of the following period.

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

7. Licences may be used only for products complying with all the veterinary requirements in force in the Community.

                                            ê 1043/2001 Art. 1(b) (adapted)

8. Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the fourth month following each annual period, 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 V.

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)
                                            è1 1043/2001 Art. 1(c)

                                                                    Article 5

For the purposes of 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. è1 However, the validity of licences shall not extend beyond the end of the last period of the year referred to in Article 2 for  which  a
licence has been issued. ç

                                            ê 1396/98

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

                                            ê 1396/98 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 6

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

However, notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No Ö 1291/2000 Õ, 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 1396/98

                                                                    Article 7

The imported products shall be placed in free circulation on presentation of a EUR 1 movement certificate issued  by  the  exporting  country  in
accordance with Protocol 3 annexed to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 8

Regulation (EC) No 1396/98 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 VII.

                                            ê 1396/98 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.

                                            ê 1396/98

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 1396/98 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX I

|Group number            |CN code             |CCT duty applicable                            |Annual tariff quota                     |
|                        |                    |(Ö EUR Õ /tonne)                               |(tonnes)                                |
|T1                      |0207 25 10          |170                                            |1000                                    |
|                        |0207 25 90          |186                                            |                                        |
|                        |0207 27 30          |134                                            |                                        |
|                        |0207 27 40          |93                                             |                                        |
|                        |0207 27 50          |339                                            |                                        |
|                        |0207 27 60          |127                                            |                                        |
|                        |0207 27 70          |230                                            |                                        |

                                                               ____________________

                                                                    ÖANNEX II

                                                                      Part A

References referred to in point (d) of Article 3

- in Spanish: Reglamento (CE) n°(…/…)

- in Czech: Nařízení (ES) č (…/…)

- in Danish: Forordning (EF) nr. (…/…)

- in German: Verordnung (EG) Nr. (…/…)

- in Estonian: Määrus (EÜ) nr (…/…)

- in Greek: Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ (…/…)

- in English: Regulation (EC) No (…/…)

- in French: Règlement (CE) n° (…/…)

- in Italian: Regolamento (CE) n. (…/…)

- in Latvian: Regula (EK) Nr. (…/…)

- in Lithuanian: Reglamentas (EB) Nr. (…/…)

- in Hungarian: (…/…/EK) rendelet

- in Maltese: Regolament (KE) Nru (…/…)

- in Dutch: Verordening (EG) nr. (…/…)

- in Polish: Rozporządzenie (WE) nr (…/…)

- in Portuguese: Regulamento (CE) n.o (…/…)

- in Slovak: Nariadenie (ES) č (…/…)

- in Slovene: Uredba (ES) st. (…/…)

- in Finnish: Asetus (EY) N:o (…/…)

- in Swedish: Förordning (EG) nr (…/…)

                                                                      Part B

Entries referred to in point (e) of Article 3

- in Spanish: Reducción del derecho del AAC conforme a lo establecido en el Reglamento (CE) no (…/…)

- in Czech: Snížená celní sazba Společného celního sazebníku podle nařízení (ES) č. (.../...)

- in Danish: Reduktion i toldsatsen i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. (…/…)

- in German: Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes gemäß Verordnung (EG) Nr. (…/…) 

- in Estonian: Ühise tollitariifistiku maksumäära alandamine vastaval määrusele (EÜ) nr (.../...)

- in Greek: Μείωση του δασμού του ΚΔ όπως προβλέπεται στον κανονισμό (ΕΚ) αριθ. (…/…)

- in English: Reduction of CCT duty pursuant to Regulation (EC) No (…/…)

- in French: Réduction du droit du tarif douanier commun comme prévu au règlement (CE) no (…/…)

- in Italian: Riduzione del dazio TDC come prevede il regolamento (CE) n. (…/…)

- in Latvian: Kopējā muitas tarifa nodokļa samazinājums atbilstīgi Regulai (EK) Nr. (…/...)

- in Lithuanian: Bendrojo muitų tarifo sumažinimas vadovaujantis Reglamentu (EB) Nr. (.../...)

- in Hungarian: A közös vámtarifa csökkentése a .../.../EK rendeletnek megfelelően

- in Maltese: Tnaqqis fit-Tariffa Doganali Komuni skond ir-Regolament KE Nru (.../...)

- in Dutch: Verlaging van het GDT-recht op grond van Verordening (EG) nr. (…/…)

- in Polish: Obniżenie stawki Wspólnej Taryfy Celnej zgodnie z rozporządzeniem (WE) nr (…/…)

- in Portuguese: Redução do direito da PAC previsto no Regulamento (CE) n.o (…/…)

- in Slovak: Zníženie colnej sadzby podľa nariadenia (ES) č. (…/…)

- in Slovene: Znižanje dajatve skupne carinske tarife na podlagi Uredbe (ES) št. (.../...)

- in Finnish: Maksua alennettu seuraavan mukaisesti: Asetus (EY) N:o (…/…)

- in Swedish: Reduktion av Gemensamma tulltaxans tariffer enligt förordning (EG) nr (…/…) Õ

                                                                    ANNEX III

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                                                                  ______________

                                                                     ANNEX IV

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                                                                   ____________

                                            ê 1043/2001 Art. 5

                                                                     ANNEX V

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                                                                   ____________

                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX VI

                                                      Repealed Regulation with its amendment

|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1396/98                              |                                                                   |
|(OJ L 187, 1.7.1998, p. 41)                                        |                                                                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001                            |Only as regards the reference to Regulation (EC) No 1396/98 |
|(OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 24)                                       |in Articles 1 and 5                                         |

                                                                __________________

                                                                    ANNEX VII

                                                                Correlation table

|Regulation (EC) No 1326/98                                         |This Regulation                                                    |
|Articles 1 to 7                                                    |Articles 1 to 7                                                    |
|_                                                                  |Article 8                                                          |
|Article 8                                                          |Article 9                                                          |
|Annex I                                                            |Annex I                                                            |
|_                                                                  |Annex II                                                           |
|Annexes II, III and IV                                             |Annexes III, IV and V                                              |
|_                                                                  |Annex VI                                                           |
|_                                                                  |Annex VII                                                          |

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[1]   OJ L 113, 15.4.1998, p. 1.
[2]   OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Ö Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). Õ
[3]   OJ L 187, 1.7.1998, p. 41. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001 (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 24).
[4]   See Annex VI.
[5]   OJ L 86, 20.3.1998, p. 1.
[6]   OJ L Ö 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1856/2005 (OJ L 297,15.11.2005, p. 7) Õ.

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