Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/2005 of 10 February 2005 opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for preserved mushrooms from 1 January 2005

11.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 39/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 220/2005
of 10 February 2005
opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for preserved mushrooms from 1 January 2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1864/2004 (1) opens tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms and lays down rules for the administration thereof. To that end it lays down transitional measures for importers in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. The aim of these measures is to make a distinction between traditional importers and new importers in the new Member States, and to adjust the quantities to which licence applications presented by traditional importers from the new Member States may relate so that these importers may benefit from this system.
(2) To ensure uninterrupted supplies to the enlarged Community market while taking account of the economic supply conditions in the new Member States prior to accession, a new autonomous and temporary import tariff quota should be opened for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus falling within CN codes 0711 51 00, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30. This new tariff quota is in addition to those opened by Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 1076/2004 of 7 June 2004 (2) and 1749/2004 of 7 October 2004 (3).
(3) This new quota must be transitional and must not prejudge the outcome of the negotiations under way in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a result of the accession of new members.
(4) The Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,