Commission Regulation (EC) No 85/97 of 20 January 1997 laying down detailed rules of application for the management in 1997 of a quota of preparations of a kind used in animal feeding falling within CN codes 2309 90 31 and 2309 90 41 originating in Bulgaria

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 85/97 of 20 January 1997 laying down detailed rules of application for the management in 1997 of a quota of preparations of a kind used in animal feeding falling within CN codes 2309 90 31 and 2309 90 41 originating in Bulgaria
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 Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 provides, in conjunction with the Europe Agreement concluded with Bulgaria (3), for the opening of a Community tariff quota for 1996 for preparations of a kind used in animal feeding falling within CN codes 2309 90 31 and 2309 90 41 originating in Bulgaria; whereas that Regulation has been extended until 31 December 1997; whereas a tariff quota must therefore be opened for 1997;
Whereas the customs duty applicable to imports within that quota is fixed at 20 % of the MFN rate in force;
Whereas the type of management concerned requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission, which must, in particular, be able to monitor the progress made in using up the tariff quota and inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas the licences for the import of the products in question within the aforementioned quota should be issued after a scrutiny period and with the fixing, where necessary, of a single percentage reduction in the quantities applied for;
Whereas, in particular, checks should be made to ensure that the products are of Bulgarian origin;
Whereas the information to be included in the applications and licences should be specified;
Whereas, with a view to the sound management of the scheme, provision should be made for the security relating to the import licences for the said scheme to 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,