Commission Regulation (EC) No 86/97 of 20 January 1997 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 to the management of a quota for dog and cat food falling within CN code ex 2309 10 originating in Hungary

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 86/97 of 20 January 1997 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 to the management of a quota for dog and cat food falling within CN code ex 2309 10 originating in Hungary
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas, as part of the Europe Agreement concluded between the Community and its Member States on the one hand and Hungary on the other, concessions have been granted to the latter concerning certain agricultural products;
Whereas, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, these concessions have been adjusted to take into account, in particular, the arrangements for trade in the agricultural sector that existed between Austria and Hungary; whereas, to this end, the abovementioned Regulation provides for the opening of an autonomous tariff quota for 1997 of dog and cat food packed for retail sale falling within CN code ex 2309 10 and originating in Hungary; whereas imports under this quota will benefit from an 80 % reduction in the applicable rates of MFN duty; whereas it is therefore necessary to apply the measures provided for in Article 2 of the said Regulation with effect from 1 January 1997;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed rules for managing the quota; whereas this form of management requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, which must be in a position to monitor how much of the quota has been used up and to inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas it should be laid down that import licences for the products in question under the abovementioned quota should be issued after a period for consideration and where necessary by applying a single percentage reduction to the quantities applied for;
Whereas, in particular, care must be taken to ensure that the products in question are of Hungarian origin;
Whereas the items to be entered on the applications and licences should be laid down;
Whereas, in order to ensure efficient management of the arrangements provided for, the security for import licences under these arrangements should be fixed at ECU 25 per tonne;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,