Commission Regulation (EC) No 1507/96 of 29 July 1996 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff import quotas for the supply of raw cane sugar to Community refineries

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1507/96 of 29 July 1996 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff import quotas for the supply of raw cane sugar to Community refineries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/96 (2), and in particular Article 16 (1), Article 37 (6) and Article 39 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV:6 negotiations (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and in the framework of the conclusion of the negotiations under Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Community has undertaken to import, as from 1 January 1996, a quantity of raw cane sugar from third countries and intended for refining at a duty of ECU 98 per tonne; whereas, in view of the delay in implementing that undertaking, provision should be made for a total quantity, including the quantity which could have been imported during the period 1 January 1996 to 30 June 1996, to be set for the first period of application 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
Whereas, in order to ensure that these quantities are imported in line with traditional import patterns, the quantities should be allocated on the basis of the origin of imports over a reference period covering three years;
Whereas the imports should be administered by means of import licences; whereas, to that end, the detailed rules covering the submission of applications and the information to appear therein, in particular, should be defined;
Whereas the application of the tariff quota implies a strict supervision of imports and effective control of their use and destination; whereas the import must consequently take place in the Member State which issued the import licence;
Whereas the rules laid down in Article 37 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 apply to raw sugar imported under this Regulation for the supply of Community refineries; whereas detailed implementing rules should therefore be laid down along the lines of those in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1916/95 (4) to apply mutatis mutandis to such sugar;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,