Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2003 of 5 February 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 as regards the list of competent Chinese authorities for issuing certificates of origin and duplicates for preserved mushrooms

Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2003
of 5 February 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 as regards the list of competent Chinese authorities for issuing certificates of origin and duplicates for preserved mushrooms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002(2), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By a note verbale of 5 December 2002, the Chinese authorities sent the Commission a complete update of the list of Chinese authorities competent for issuing the certificates of origin and duplicates required for the release for free circulation of preserved mushrooms originating in that third country, as referred to in Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 of 6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1286/2002(4). Annex II of that Regulation should be amended as a result.
(2) In the same note the Chinese authorities asked the Commission to accept temporarily the use of certificates or origin or duplicates bearing the stamps and signatures of the authorities referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1286/2002, in parallel to the certificates of origin and duplicates bearing the new stamps and signatures, when applying to release preserved mushrooms from China for free circulation in the European Community. In order to ensure that imports continue to run smoothly, this option should be provided for until 31 May 2003.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,