Commission Regulation (EC) No 1351/2003 of 30 July 2003 establishing administrative procedures for the first tranche of the 2004 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 1351/2003
• Articles: 9

Article 1

This Regulation lays down for 2004 specific provisions for the administration of the quantitative quotas referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 427/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 519/94.

Given the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004, the 2004 quotas shall be allocated in two separate tranches. This Regulation shall allocate the quotas for January to April 2004.

Regulation (EC) No 738/94 laying down general rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall apply, subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation.

Article 2

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 I 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 each applicant may not exceed that shown in Annex II.

(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, as amended by Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 983/96, 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.

(c) Those proportions of the quantities reserved for non-traditional importers and not allocated will be added to the quantities reserved for traditional importers.

Article 3

Applications for import licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities listed in Annex III 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, 19 September 2003.

Article 4

1. For the purposes of allocating the portion of each quota set aside for traditional importers, "traditional" importers shall mean operators who can show that they have imported goods in the calendar years 1998 or 1999.

2. The supporting documents referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall relate to the release for 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 documents 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 the calendar years 1998 or 1999 carried out by themselves or, where applicable, by the operator whose activities they have taken over.

Article 5

Member States shall inform the Commission no later than 15 October 2003, 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 reference period referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation.

Article 6

The Commission shall adopt the quantitative criteria to be used by the competent national authorities for the purpose of meeting importers' applications no later than 15 November 2003.

Article 7

Import licences shall be valid for one year, starting on 1 January 2004.

Article 8

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, 30 July 2003.

For the Commission

Pascal Lamy

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 66, 10.3.1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.

(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 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

(8) OJ L 134, 29.5.2003, p. 1.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

Allocation of the quotas

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ANNEX II

Maximum quantity which may be requested by each non-traditional importer

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ANNEX III

List of the competent national authorities

1. BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Service public fédéral "Économie, PME, classes moyennes et Énergie" Administration du potentiel économique

Politiques d'accès aux marchés, Service "Licences"

Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand & Energie Bestuur Economisch Potentieel

Markttoegangsbeleid, Dienst Vergunningen

Rue Général-Leman 60, Generaal Lemanstraat 60 B - 1040 Bruxelles/Brussel Tel. [phone] Fax [phone] 84

2. DANMARK

Erhvervs- og Boligstyrelsen Vejlsøvej 29 DK - 8600 Silkeborg Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

3. DEUTSCHLAND

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) Frankfurter Straße 29-35 D - 65760 Eschborn Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

4. GREECE

Ministry of Economy & Finance

General Directorate of Policy Planning & Implementation

Directorate of International Economic Issues

1, Kornarou Street GR - Athens 105-63 Tel. [phone] 60 32 Fax [phone] 60 59

5. ESPAÑA

Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda Dirección General de Comercio Exterior Paseo de la Castellana, 162 E - 28046 Madrid Tel. [phone] 49 37 78 Fax [phone] 49 37 40

6. FRANCE

Service des titres du commerce extérieur 8, rue de la Tour-des-Dames F - 75436 Paris Cedex 09 Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

7. IRELAND

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Licensing Unit, Block C

Earlsfort Centre

Hatch Street

Dublin 2 Ireland Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

8. ITALIA

Ministero del Commercio con l'estero Direzione Generale per la Politica commerciale e la gestione del regime degli scambi - Disivione VII Viale America, 341 I - 00144 Roma Tel. [phone] 24 19 06 59 93 24 00 Fax [phone]

9. LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des affaires étrangères Office des licences Boîte postale 113 L - 2011 Luxembourg Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

10. NEDERLAND

Belastingdienst/Douane Engelse Kamp 2 Postbus 30003 9700 RD Groningen Nederland Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

11. ÖSTERREICH

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Außenwirtschaftsadministration

Abteilung C2/2 Stubenring 1 A - 1011 Wien Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

12. PORTUGAL

Ministério das Finanças Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais sobre o Consumo, Edifício da Alfândega de Lisboa Largo do Terreiro do Trigo P - 1100 Lisboa Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

13. SUOMI/FINLAND

Tullihallitus/Tullstyrelsen Erottajankatu/Skillnadsgatan 2 FIN - 00101 Helsinki/Helsingfors Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

14. SVERIGE

Kommerskollegium Box 6803 S - 113 86 Stockholm Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

15. UNITED KINGDOM

Department of Trade and Industry Import Licensing Branch Queensway House

West Precinct

Billingham TS23 2NF United Kingdom Tel. [phone] 43 34 Fax [phone]