Commission Regulation (EC) No 1406/97 of 22 July 1997 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 as regards the management of a quota of cat and dog food put up for retail sale of CN code 2309 10 originating in Hungary

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1406/97 of 22 July 1997 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 as regards the management of a quota of cat and dog food put up for retail sale of CN code 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 Multilateral Trade Negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas by the Europe Agreement concluded between the Community and its Member States of the one hand and Hungary of the other concessions on certain agricultural products were granted to Hungary;
Whereas in consequence of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden these concessions had to be adjusted to take account of trade in agricultural products between Austria and Hungary; whereas accordingly Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 opened for 1997 an autonomous tariff quota for cat and dog food put up for retail sale of CN code 2309 10 originating in Hungary; whereas that Regulation has been amended with effect from 1 July 1997 with regard in particular to the volume of the quota and the period for which it is granted; whereas the management adjustments required for the quota should therefore be adopted in good time;
Whereas the customs duty on imports under the quota has been set at 20 % of the duty set in the CCT;
Whereas management of the quota requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, which must be able to monitor how much of the quota has been used up and inform Member States accordingly;
Whereas it should be stipulated that licences for imports under the quota are to be issued following a reflection period and if necessary with all quantities applied for reduced by the same percentage;
Whereas the Hungarian origin of imports should be ensured and the entries required on applications and licences specified;
Whereas to ensure smooth operation of the quota system a security against import licences should be required of ECU 25 per tonne;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 86/97 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1108/97 (4), sets rules of application for the quota; whereas following amendment of Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 it should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,