Commission Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 of 20 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals sector products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania respectively and amending Regulation (EC) No 1218/96

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000
of 20 December 2000
laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals sector products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania respectively and amending Regulation (EC) No 1218/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000(1), (EC) No 2433/2000(2), (EC) No 2434/2000(3) and (EC) No 2435/2000(4) 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 Agreements with the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania respectively, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000, the European Community has undertaken to establish for each marketing year from 1 July 2000 import tariff quotas at a reduced or zero rate of duty for 2750 tonnes of common wheat (serial No 09.4663) and 1750 tonnes of millet (serial No 09.4664) originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, 34250 tonnes of barley for the production of malt (serial No 09.4617), 16875 tonnes of wheat flour (serial No 09.4618) and 45250 tonnes of malt, not roasted, other than of wheat (serial No 09.4619) originating in the Czech Republic, 17000 tonnes of barley for the production of malt (serial No 09.4617), 16875 tonnes of wheat flour (serial No 09.4618) and 18125 tonnes of malt, not roasted, other than of wheat (serial No 09.4619) originating in the Slovak Republic, and 25000 tonnes of common wheat (serial No 09.4759) originating in Romania respectively.
(2) Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 lay down that some of these quotas are to be administered in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1602/2000(6). In the interest of simplification and taking into account the small volume of quotas for products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the above provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should also be applied to these quotas.
(3) To ensure that imports of the cereals sector products covered by the Czech, Slovak and Romanian tariff quotas are orderly and not speculative, they should be made subject to the issue of import licences. The licences will be issued, within the quantities set, at the request of the interested parties after a period of reflection and subject, where appropriate, to the fixing of a reduction coefficient in respect of the quantities applied for.
(4) To ensure the proper management of these quotas, deadlines for lodging licence applications should be laid down and, notwithstanding Articles 8 and 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(7), the information to be included in the applications and licences should be specified.
(5) To take account of delivery conditions, the import licences should be valid from the day of their issue until the end of the month following that in which they are issued.
(6) To ensure efficient management of the quota, the import licences should not be transferable and the import licence security should be fixed at a relatively high level, notwithstanding Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2000(9).
(7) For the same reasons rapid two-way communication must be established between the Commission and the Member States regarding the quantities applied for and imported.
(8) The import duties on products falling within CN codes 1107 10 19 and 1001 90 99 (serial No 09.4619 for the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and serial No 09.4759 for Romania) listed in points II, III and VI of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96(10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2511/2000(11), as worded before the entry into force of this Regulation and imported under licences applied for on or after 1 July 2000 are reimbursed in accordance with Articles 878 to 898 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(9) Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 lays down detailed rules applying to the import of certain cereals originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Romania under quotas opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95(12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2435/98(13). As these provisions are no longer necessary, Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 should be amended to delete them.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,