Commission Regulation (EC) No 1405/97 of 22 July 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 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 1405/97 of 22 July 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 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 1997 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 was amended with effect from 1 July 1997, in particular as regards the size of the quota and its period of application; whereas the necessary amendments to the detailed rules of application adopted for the quota concerned should therefore be laid down;
Whereas the customs duty applicable to imports within that quota is fixed at 20 % of the rate laid down in the CCT 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, steps should be taken to ensure that the products are of Bulgarian origin and the information to be included in applications and licences should be specified;
Whereas, with a view to the sound management of the scheme, the security relating to import licences should be fixed at ECU 25 per tonne;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 85/97 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1108/97 (5), lays down the detailed rules for the management of the quota in question; whereas, as a result of the 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,