Commission Regulation (EC) No 1729/2000 of 3 August 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 as regards import licences for oats falling within CN code 10040000 and originating in the Republic of Estonia

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1729/2000
of 3 August 2000
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 as regards import licences for oats falling within CN code 1004 00 00 and originating in the Republic of Estonia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 of 19 June 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Estonia(1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Community has undertaken to establish, for each marketing year from 1 July 2000 on, an import tariff quota at zero duty of 3000 tonnes of oats falling within CN code 1004 00 00 originating in Estonia, with an annual quota increase of 900 tonnes per marketing year with effect from 1 July 2001.
(2) That import is conditional upon presentation of an import licence. It is therefore necessary to specify the conditions governing the issue of such a licence.
(3) Provision should be made for the licences covering the import of the product in question under the fixed quantities, to be issued after a period of reflection and subject, if necessary, to a single percentage reduction in the quantities requested.
(4) The information which must appear on the applications and licences should be laid down, by derogation from Articles 8 and 21 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999(3).
(5) To take account of delivery conditions, the import licences should be made valid from the day on which they are issued up to the end of the month following that in which they are issued.
(6) With a view to guaranteeing efficient management of the quota, it is necessary that the import licences should not be transferable and that the import licence security should be fixed at EUR 89 per tonne, by derogation from Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1432/1999(5).
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,