Commission Regulation (EC) No 2044/2003 of 20 November 2003 establishing administrative procedures for the second tranche of the 2004 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 administration of the quantitative quotas referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1985/2003, amending Regulation (EC) No 427/2003 for the quotas relating to quantities for May to December 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.
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 for the second tranche of the 2004 quotas 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 a 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.
Applications for import licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities listed in Annex III to this Regulation from the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, until 15.00 (Brussels time) on 31 December 2003.
1. For the purposes of allocating the portion of each quota set aside for the traditional importers, "traditional" importers shall mean: - operators established in the Community before 1 May 2004, who can show that they have imported goods in the calendar year 1998 or 1999 into the Community, - operators established in one of the acceding States before 1 May 2004 who can show that they have imported goods in the calendar year 2001 or 2002 into the acceding States. 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 for traditional importers established in the Community and either calendar year 2001 or 2002 for traditional importers established in the acceding States, 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 either the calendar year 1998 or 1999 (Community Member States) or the calendar year 2001 or 2002 (acceding States) carried out by themselves or, where applicable, by the operator whose activities they have taken over.
Member States and acceding States shall inform the Commission no later than 10.00 (Brussels time) on 23 January 2004 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.
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 10 February 2004.
Import licences issued by the competent national authorities in acceding States shall be valid from 1 May 2004 to 31 December 2004. Import licences issued by the competent national authorities in the Member States shall be issued as soon as possible after the adoption of the quantitative criteria by the Commission. They shall be valid from the date of issuance until 31 December 2004.
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, 20 November 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 65, 8.3.2003, p. 1. (4) OJ L 295, 13.11.2003, p. 43. (5) OJ L 192, 31.7.2003, p. 8. (6) OJ L 87, 31.3.1994, p. 47. (7) OJ L 131, 1.6.1996, p. 47. (8) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. (9) OJ L 134, 29.5.2003, p. 1.
Allocation of the 2004 quotas - second tranche >TABLE> ANNEX II Maximum quantity which may be requested by each non-traditional importer >TABLE> ANNEX III List of the competent national authorities in the Member States 1. BELGIQUE/BELGIË Service Public Fédéral Economie, P.M.E., Classes Moyennes & Energie 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 Generaal Lemanstraat 60, Rue Général-Leman 60 B - 1040 Brussel/Bruxelles Tel. (32-2) 206 58 16 Fax (32-2) 230 83 22/231 14 84 2. DANMARK Erhvervs -og Boligstyrelsen Vejlsøvej 29 DK - 8600 Silkeborg Tel. (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 Ministry of Economy & Finance General Directorate of Policy Planning & Implementation Directorate of International Economic Issues 1, Kornarou Street G - Athens 105-63 Tel. (30-210) 328-60 31/328 60 32 Fax (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 Tel. (33-1) 55 07 46 69/95 Fax (33-1) 55 07 48 32/34/35 7. IRELAND Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Licencing 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 Attività Produttive Direzione Generale Politica Commerciale Div. VII Viale Boston 25 I - 00144 Roma Tel. 39 06 599 32 489 Fax 39 06 592 55 56 9. LUXEMBOURG Ministère des affaires étrangères Office des licences Boîte postale 113 L - 2011 Luxembourg Tel. (352) 22 61 62 Fax (352) 46 61 38 10. NEDERLAND Belastingdienst/Douane Engelse Kamp 2 Postbus 30003 NL 9700 R Groningen, Tel. (31-50) 523 91 11 Fax (31-50) 523 22 10 11. ÖSTERREICH Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche und Arbeit Aussenwirtschaftsadministration Abteilung C2/2 Stubenring 1 A - 1011 Wien Tel. (43) 1 711 00 0 Fax (43) 1 711 00 83 86 12. PORTUGAL Ministério das Finanças Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais sobre o Consumo, Edificio da Alfândega de Lisboa Largo do Terreiro do Trigo P - 1100 Lisboa Tel. (351-21) 881 4263 Fax (351-21) 881 4261 13. SUOMI/FINLAND Tullihallitus/Tullstyrelsen Erottajankatu/Skillnadsgatan 2 FIN - 00101 Helsinki/Helsingfors Tel. (358-9) 6141 Fax (358-9) 614 28 52 14. SVERIGE Kommerskollegium Box 6803 S - 113 86 Stockholm Tel. (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 List of the competent national authorities in the acceding countries 1. CYPRUS Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Trade Department 6 Andrea Araouzou Str. 1421 Nicosia Tel. ++357 2 867100 Fax ++357 2 375120 2. CZECH REPUBLIC Ministerstvo prumyslu a obchodu Licencní správa Na Frantisku 32 110 15 Praha 1 Tel. (420) 22406 2206 Fax (420) 22421 2133 3. ESTONIA Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium Harju 11 15072 Tallinn Estonia Tel. (372) 6256 400 Fax (372) 6313 660 4. HUNGARY Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatala 1024Budapest Margit krt. 85. Postafiók: 1537 Budapest Pf. 345. Tel. 0036(1) 336 7300 Fax 0036(1)336 7302 5. LATVIA Ekonomikas Ministrija Brivibas iela 55 LV - 1519 Riga Tel. 00 371 701 3006 Fax 00 371 728 0882 6. LITHUANIA Lietuvos Respublikos ûkio Ministerija Gedimino Ave 38/2 LT - 2600 Vilnius Tel. 00 370 5 262 50 30/00 370 5 262 87 50 Fax 00 370 5 262 39 74 7. MALTA Ministry for Economic Services Commerce Division Lascaris Valletta CMR02 Tel. 00 356 21 243 286 Fax 00 356 21 231 919 8. POLAND Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Spolecznej Pl.Trzech Krzyzy 3/5 00-950 Warszawa Tel. 0048/22/693 55 53 Fax 0048/22/693 40 21 9. SLOVAKIA Ministerstvo Hospodárstva SR Odbor výkonu obchodno-politických opatrení Mierová 19 827 15 Bratislava Tel. 00 421 2 434 23 913/00 421 2 485 42 160 Fax 00 421 2 4342 3919 10. SLOVENIA Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo Podrocje ekonomskih odnosov s tujino Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Tel. +386(0)1/478 3600 Fax +386(0)1/478 3611
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