Commission Regulation (EC) No 1137/2001

of 8 June 2001

concerning the issue of A licences for the import of garlic

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 of 30 May 2001 introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin and establishing the method for managing the tariff quotas for garlic imorted from third countries(1),

Whereas:

(1) Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 provides that if quantities covered by applications for A licences exceed the quantities available, the Commission is to fix a simple reduction percentage and suspend the issue of such licences covered by subsequent applications.

(2) Quantities applied for on 4 and 5 June 2001 under Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in China exceed the quantities available. The extent to which A licences can be issued, and whether the issue of those licences should be suspended for any subsequent applications, should therefore be determined,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A import licences covered by applications under Article 1(1), of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in China on 4 and 5 June 2001 and forwarded to the Commission on 6 June 2001 shall be issued, with the entry referred to in Article 1(2) of that Regulation, at the rate of:

- 1,415 % of the quantitiy applied for, for traditional importers,

- 0,768 % of the quantitiy applied for, for new importers.

Article 2

Issue of the import licences covered by applications under Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in China is hereby suspended for applications lodged from 5 June to 3 September 2001.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 35.