Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2006Show full title

Article 1 U.K.

1. A tariff quota is hereby opened for the import of 242 074 tonnes of maize falling within CN codes 1005 10 90 and 1005 90 00 (serial number 09.4131).

2. The tariff quota shall be opened on 1 January each year. The duty on imports within the tariff quota shall be zero.

[F1 3. Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000, 1342/2003 and 1301/2006 (1) shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

[F2 Article 2 U.K.

1. The quota shall be divided into two six-monthly subperiods, covering the following dates and quantities:

(a) subperiod No 1: 1 January to 30 June — 121 037 tonnes;

(b) subperiod No 2: 1 July to 31 December — 121 037 tonnes.

2. Where the quantities for subperiod 1 are exhausted, the Commission may bring forward the opening of the following subperiod in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

F3 Article 3 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

[F2 Article 4 U.K.

1. Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants may not submit more than one licence application per week. Where applicants lodge more than one application, none of those applications shall be admissible and the securities lodged when the applications were submitted shall be forfeited to the Member State concerned.

Import licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States each week no later than Monday at 13.00 (Brussels time).

However, for 2007, the period for lodging the first applications shall begin only on the first working day of 2007 and shall end no later than 8 January 2007 , and the first Monday on which import licence applications are to be sent to the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be Monday 8 January 2007 .

2. Each licence application shall indicate a quantity in kilograms (whole numbers).

The import licence application and the import licence shall mention a single country of origin.

3. No later than 18.00 (Brussels time) on the final day for the lodging of licence applications, the competent authorities shall send the Commission, by electronic means, a notification showing each application with the origin of the product and the quantity applied for, including ‘ nil ’ notifications.

4. Licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the notification referred to in paragraph 3.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

[F2 Article 5 U.K.

In accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the period of validity of the licence shall be calculated from the actual day of issue.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

F3 Article 6 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

F3 Article 7 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

[F2 Article 8 U.K.

Section 8 of the import licence application and the import licence shall contain the name of the country of origin and ‘ Yes ’ shall be marked with a cross. Licences shall be valid only for products originating in the country indicated in section 8.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

Article 9 U.K.

By way of derogation from Article 12(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, the security for the import licences provided for in this Regulation shall be EUR 30 per tonne.

Article 10 U.K.

Importation under the tariff quota provided for in Article 1 shall be subject to the presentation of a certificate of origin issued by the competent authorities of the third country in which the maize originates, in accordance with Article 47 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(2).[F3 The origin of products covered by this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

F3 Article 11 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals.

Article 12 U.K.

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2006.

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