COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1646/95 of 5 July 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 641/92 on rules of application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 478/92 for annual Community tariff quotas of dog or cat food and fish food, originating in, and coming from, the Faroe Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,

Whereas, in order to take account of the existing import arrangements in the cereals sector and those resulting from the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, transitional measures are needed to adjust the preferential concessions in the form of exemptions from the import levy on certain dog and cat food falling within CN code 2309 10 11 and certain fish food falling within CN code ex 2309 90 41, originating in, and coming from, the Faroe Islands;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 641/92 (2) lays down for certain detailed rules of application in respect of the preferential import quotas in the form of exemption from the import levy on products falling within CN codes 2309 10 11 and ex 2309 90 41; whereas, since these levies are being replaced by customs duties and the advance fixing of the import levy is being abolished from 1 July 1995, it is necessary to make transitional adjustments to those arrangements;

Whereas the rates of duties of the Common Customs Tariff are those applicable on the day the declaration of release for free circulation is made;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1995/96 marketing year, Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 641/92 is hereby amended as follows:

'Article 4

For products to be imported subject to a zero duty, as laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 478/92, the import licence application and the licence itself shall bear:

(a) in Section 8, the name of the country of origin of the product. The licence shall impose an obligation to import from that country;

(b) in section 24, one of the following indications:

- Exención del derecho de importación [artículo 4 del Reglamento (CEE) n° 641/92],

- Fritagelse for importtold (artikel 4 i forordning (EØF) nr. 641/92),

- Zollfrei (Artikel 4 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 641/92),

- ÄáóìïëïãéêÞ áðáëëáãÞ êáôÜ ôçí åéóáãùãÞ [Üñèñï 4 ôïõ êáíïíéóìïý (ÅÏÊ) áñéè. 641/92],

- Zero import duty [Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 641/92],

- Exemption de droit à l'importation [article 4 du règlement (CEE) n° 641/92],

- Esenzione dal dazio doganale all'importazione [articolo 4 del regolamento (CEE) n. 641/92],

- Vrijstelling van invoerrecht (artikel 4 van Verordening (EEG) nr. 641/92),

- Isenção do direito de importação [artigo 4º do Regulamento (CEE) nº 641/92],

- Vapautus tuontitullista [asetuksen (ETY) N:o 641/92 4 artikla],

- Undantag från importavgift (artikel 4 i förordning (EEG) nr 641/92).`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 July 1995.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

(2) OJ No L 69, 14. 3. 1992, p. 23.