http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/2133/article/3Commission Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 of 30 October 2001 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings in the cereals sector and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1897/94, (EC) No 306/96, (EC) No 1827/96, (EC) No 1970/96, (EC) No 1405/97, (EC) No 1406/97, (EC) No 2492/98, (EC) No 2809/98 and (EC) No 778/1999Commission Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001Commission Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 of 30 October 2001 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings in the cereals sector and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1897/94, (EC) No 306/96, (EC) No 1827/96, (EC) No 1970/96, (EC) No 1405/97, (EC) No 1406/97, (EC) No 2492/98, (EC) No 2809/98 and (EC) No 778/19992020-12-15King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02001R2133-20071201texttext/xmlen2007-12-01Commission Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 of 30 October 2001 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings in the cereals sector and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1897/94, (EC) No 306/96, (EC) No 1827/96, (EC) No 1970/96, (EC) No 1405/97, (EC) No 1406/97, (EC) No 2492/98, (EC) No 2809/98 and (EC) No 778/1999RegulationCommission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1987 of 14 July 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lodging and release of securities in the administration of tariff quotas based on the chronological order of the submission of applicationsRegulationCommission Regulation (EC) No 2133/2001 of 30 October 2001 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings in the cereals sector and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1897/94, (EC) No 306/96, (EC) No 1827/96, (EC) No 1970/96, (EC) No 1405/97, (EC) No 1406/97, (EC) No 2492/98, (EC) No 2809/98 and (EC) No 778/1999RegulationCommission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1987 of 14 July 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lodging and release of securities in the administration of tariff quotas based on the chronological order of the submission of applicationsRegulation
Article 31.

In order to ensure the quality of the products imported under tariff quotas 09.0074 and 09.0075, eligibility for the zero import duty shall be conditional on importers lodging, in addition to any security required under Article 248 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, an import security of EUR 5 per tonne with the competent customs authorities on the day the declaration of release for free circulation is accepted.

2.

The customs authorities shall take representative samples of each import under tariff quota 09.0075 with a view to carrying out the necessary tests to establish that the quality imported complies with the quality criteria referred to in Annex IV. If the quality is inadequate, access to the quota shall be refused.

3.

The customs authorities shall take representative samples of each import under tariff quota 09.0074 with a view to carrying out the necessary tests to establish that the vitreous grain content is 73 % or more. If the quality is inadequate, access to the quota shall be refused.

4.

The import security of EUR 5 per tonne referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released in respect of the quantity of products imported under each quota which complies with the criteria referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, as the case may be. Should the tests referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 show that the quality of the imported product is below standard, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96

OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125.

, shall apply. The amount of EUR 5 per tonne referred to in paragraph 1 shall be held back as a penalty