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

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 2044/2003
• Articles: 9

Article 1

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.

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 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.

Article 3

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.

Article 4

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.

Article 5

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.

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 10 February 2004.

Article 7

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.

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, 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.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

Allocation of the 2004 quotas - second tranche

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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 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. [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. ΕΛΛΑΔΑ

Ministry of Economy & Finance General Directorate of Policy Planning & Implementation

Directorate of International Economic Issues

1, Kornarou Street G - 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 Licencing Unit, Block C Earlsfort Centre

Hatch Street

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

8. ITALIA

Ministero Attività Produttive Direzione Generale Politica Commerciale

Div. VII

Viale Boston 25 I - 00144 Roma Tel. [phone] 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 NL 9700 R Groningen, Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

11. ÖSTERREICH

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche 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, Edificio 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]

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. [phone] Fax [phone]

3. ESTONIA

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium Harju 11 15072 Tallinn Estonia Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

4. HUNGARY

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatala

1024Budapest Margit krt. 85. Postafiók: 1537

Budapest Pf. 345. Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

5. LATVIA

Ekonomikas Ministrija Brivibas iela 55 LV - 1519 Riga Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

6. LITHUANIA

Lietuvos Respublikos ûkio Ministerija Gedimino Ave 38/2 LT - 2600 Vilnius Tel. [phone] 370 5 262 87 50 Fax [phone]

7. MALTA

Ministry for Economic Services Commerce Division

Lascaris Valletta CMR02 Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

8. POLAND

Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki Spolecznej Pl.Trzech Krzyzy 3/5 00-950 Warszawa Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

9. SLOVAKIA

Ministerstvo Hospodárstva SR Odbor výkonu obchodno-politických opatrení Mierová 19 827 15 Bratislava Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]

10. SLOVENIA

Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo Podrocje ekonomskih odnosov s tujino

Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]