Commission Regulation (EC) No 538/2003 of 26 March 2003 redistributing unused portions of the 2002 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China
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This Regulation lays down specific provisions for the redistribution in 2003 of portions of the quantitative quotas referred to in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 which were not used in the 2002 quota year. The quantities not used in the 2002 quota year shall be redistributed up to the limit of the volumes or values set out in Annex I to this Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 738/94 shall apply subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation.
1. The quantitative quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated using the method based on traditional trade flows, referred to in Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 520/94. 2. The portions of each quantitative quota set aside for traditional importers and non-traditional importers are set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 3. (a) The portion set aside for non-traditional importers shall be apportioned using the method based on allocation in proportion to quantities requested; the volume requested by a single importer may not exceed that shown in Annex III. Only importers who can prove that they imported at least 80 % of the volume of the product for which they were granted an import licence pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) 1995/2001(7) shall be entitled to apply for import licences. (b) Operators that are deemed to be related persons as defined by Article 143 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 may only submit single licence application for the portion of the quota set aside for non-traditional importers regarding the goods described in the application. In addition to the statement required by Article 3(2)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 738/94, the licence application for the non-traditional quota shall state that the applicant is not related to any other operator applying for the non-traditional quota line in question.
Applications for import licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities listed in Annex IV to this Regulation from the day following the day of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union until 15.00, Brussels time, on 9 May 2003.
1. For the purposes of allocating the portion of each quota set aside for traditional importers, "traditional" importers shall mean importers who can show that they have imported goods in either the calendar year 1998 or 1999. 2. The evidence referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall relate to the release into free circulation during either calendar year 1998 or 1999, as indicated by the importer, of products originating in the People's Republic of China which are covered by the quota in respect of which the application is made. 3. Instead of the evidence referred to in the first indent of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94: - applicants may enclose with their licence applications documents drawn up and certified by the competent national authorities on the basis of available customs information as evidence of the imports of the product in question during calendar year 1998 or 1999 carried out by themselves or, where applicable, by the operator whose activities they have taken over, - applicants already holding import licences issued for 2003 under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2077/2002(8), for products covered by the licence application may enclose a copy of their previous licences with their licence applications. In that case they shall indicate in their licence application the aggregate quantity of imports of the product in question during the chosen reference period.
Member States shall inform the Commission no later than 30 May 2003 at 10.00, Brussels time, of the number and aggregate quantity of import licence applications and, in the case of applications from traditional importers, of the volume of previous imports carried out by traditional importers during the chosen reference period referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
No later than 30 days after having received all the information required under Article 5, the Commission shall adopt the quantitative criteria to be used by the competent national authorities for the purpose of meeting importers' applications.
Import licences shall be valid up to 31 December 2003. The validity shall not be extendable.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 March 2003. For the Commission Pascal Lamy Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 66, 10.3.1994, p. 1. (2) OJ L 21, 27.1.1996, p. 6. (3) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 89. (4) OJ L 65, 8.3.2003, p. 1. (5) OJ L 87, 31.3.1994, p. 47. (6) OJ L 131, 1.6.1996, p. 47. (7) OJ L 271, 12.10.2001, p. 18. (8) OJ L 319, 23.11.2002, p. 12.
QUANTITIES TO BE REDISTRIBUTED >TABLE> ANNEX II ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTAS >TABLE> ANNEX III MAXIMUM QUANTITY WHICH MAY BE REQUESTED BY EACH NON-TRADITIONAL IMPORTER >TABLE> ANNEX IV LIST OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 1. BELGIQUE/BELGIË Service public fédéral économie, PME, Classes moyennes & énergie Administration du potentiel économique Politiques d'accès aux marchés, Service licences Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand & Energie Bestuur Economisch Potentieel Markttoegangsbeleid, Dienst Vergunningen Generaal Lemanstraat 60, Rue Général-Leman 60 B - 1040 Brussel/Bruxelles Tél./Tel. (32-2) 206 58 16 Télécopieur/Fax (32-2) 230 83 22/231 14 84 2. DANMARK Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen Vejlsøvej 29 DK - 8600 Silkeborg Tlf. (45) 35 46 60 30 Fax (45) 35 46 64 01 3. DEUTSCHLAND Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) Frankfurter Straße 29-35 D - 65760 Eschborn Tel. (49) 619 69 08-0 Fax (49) 619 69 42 26/(49) 6196 908-800 4. ΕΛΛΑΔΑ Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών Γενική Διεύθυνση Σχεδιασμού Πολιτικής και Εφαρμογής Διεύθυνση Διεθνών Οικονομικών Θεμάτων Κορνάρου 1 GR - Αthens 105 63 Τηλ.: (30-210) 328 60 31/328 60 32 Φαξ: (30-210) 328 60 94/328 60 59 5. ESPAÑA Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda Dirección General de Comercio Exterior Paseo de la Castellana, 162 E - 28046 Madrid Tel.: (34) 913 49 38 94/913 49 37 78 Fax: (34) 913 49 38 32/913 49 37 40 6. FRANCE Service des titres du commerce extérieur 8, rue de la Tour-des-Dames F - 75436 Paris Cedex 09 Téléphone (33-1) 55 07 46 69/95 Télécopieur (33-1) 55 07 48 32/34/35 7. IRELAND Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Licensing Unit, Block C Earlsfort Centre Hatch Street Dublin 2 Ireland Tel. (353-1) 631 25 41 Fax (353-1) 631 25 62 8. ITALIA Ministero del Commercio con l'estero DG per la politica commerciale e la gestione del regime degli scambi - Divisione VII Viale America, 341 I - 00144 Roma Tel. (39) 06 599 31 - 06 59 93 24 19 - 06 59 93 24 00 Fax (39) 06 592 55 56 9. LUXEMBOURG Ministère des affaires étrangères Office des licences Boîte postale 113 L - 2011 Luxembourg Téléphone (352) 22 61 62 Télécopieur (352) 46 61 38 10. NEDERLAND Belastingdienst/Douane Engelse Kamp 2 Postbus 30003 9700 RD Groningen Nederland Tel. (31-50) 523 91 11 Fax (31-50) 523 22 10 11. ÖSTERREICH Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Landstrasser Hauptstraße 55/57 A - 1031 Wien Tel. (43) 1 711 00 83 45 Fax (43) 1 711 00 83 86 12. PORTUGAL Ministério da Economia Direcção-Geral das Relações Económicas Internacionais Avenida da República, 79 P - 1069-059 Lisboa Tel.: (351-21) 791 18 00/19 43 Fax: (351-21) 793 22 10, 796 37 23 Telex: 13 418 13. SUOMI Tullihallitus/Tullstyrelsen Erottajankatu/Skillnadsgatan 2 FIN - 00101 Helsinki/Helsingfors P./Tfn (358-9) 6141 F./Fax (358-9) 614 28 52 14. SVERIGE Kommerskollegium Box 6803 S - 113 86 Stockholm Tfn (46-8) 690 48 00 Fax (46-8) 30 67 59 15. UNITED KINGDOM Department of Trade and Industry Import Licensing Branch Queensway House West Precinct Billingham TS23 2NF United Kingdom Tel. (44-1642) 36 43 33/36 43 34 Fax (44-1642) 53 35 57
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