This Regulation lays down detailed rules of implementation for imports of sugar products under headings 1701 and 1702 of the Combined Nomenclature originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, covered by the annual duty-free tariff quotas referred to in Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1004/2005 of 30 June 2005 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quotas for sugar products originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1004/2005 of 30 June 2005 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quotas for sugar products originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000(1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
Article 4(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 lays down that imports of sugar products under headings 1701 and 1702 of the Combined Nomenclature originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo(2), shall be subject to annual duty-free tariff quotas. Those quotas should be opened on a multiannual basis and detailed rules should be adopted for their application for 12-month periods starting on 1 July.
In view of introducing a duty free tariff quota in order to ensure an economically sustainable development of the sugar sectors of the countries concerned as well as considering the relatively large quantity approved for Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, the tariff quota of this country should be managed according to a system of export certificates issued by authorities in that country. The form and layout of this certificate and the procedures for using them should be specified.
To ensure efficient management of preferential imports under this Regulation, measures need to be adopted making it possible for the Member States to keep records of the relevant data, and to report them to the Commission.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
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Imports referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to production of an import licence which shall bear the following quota order numbers:
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09.4324 for the quota of 1 000 tonnes (net weight) of sugar products originating in Albania,
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09.4325 for the quota of 12 000 tonnes (net weight) of sugar products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
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09.4326 for the quota of 180 000 tonnes (net weight) of sugar products originating in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.
Article 2
Article 3
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
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‘import period’ means the one-year-period from 1 July to 30 June the following year;
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‘working day’ means a working day at the Commission offices in Brussels.
Article 4
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Import licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States.
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Import licence applications shall be accompanied by the following documents:
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proof that the applicant has lodged a security of EUR 2 per 100 kilograms;
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in the case of imports from Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, the original plus a copy of the export licence issued by the authorities in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, in accordance with the model form set out in Annex I, for a quantity equal to the quantity of the import licence application. The original of the export licence shall be kept by the competent authority of the Member State.