Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2006Show full title

Article 2 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

The second subparagraph of Article 4(3) is replaced by the following:

‘The competent authorities in each Member State shall be as listed in the Annex. That list shall be amended by the Commission at the request of the Member States concerned.’

2.

Article 6 is amended as follows:

(a)

Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Member States shall communicate the following information to the Commission:

(a) from April 2006 to January 2007 inclusive, not later than the 15th day of each month, the quantities of bananas released into free circulation during the previous month, on the basis of the licences issued in accordance with Article 5(3);

(b) as soon as possible and not later than 30 June 2006, the quantities of bananas released into free circulation during January and February 2006, on the basis of the certificates issued in accordance with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2015/2005;

The information referred to in the first subparagraph shall be sent via by the electronic system indicated by the Commission.’

(b)

The following paragraph is added:

‘3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission, not later than 28 April 2006, the list of operators operating under this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 2015/2005.

The Commission may communicate these lists to the other Member States.’

3.

The following Article is added after Article 6:

‘Article 6a Formalities for release for free circulation

1. The customs offices at which the import declarations are lodged with a view to the release into free circulation of bananas shall:

(a) keep a copy of each import licence and extract therefrom endorsed on acceptance of a declaration of release into free circulation; and

(b) forward at the end of each fortnight a second copy of each import licence and extract endorsed to their Member State authorities listed in the Annex.

2. The authorities referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall, at the end of each fortnight, forward a copy of the licences and extracts received to the competent authorities of the Member States listed which issued those documents.

3. Where there is doubt as to the authenticity of the licence, the extract, or any information in or signatures on the documents presented, or as to the identity of the operators completing the formalities for release into free circulation or for the account of whom those formalities are completed, and where irregularities are suspected, the customs offices at which those documents were presented shall immediately inform the competent authorities of their Member State thereof. The latter shall immediately forward that information to the competent authorities of the Member State which issued the documents and to the Commission, for the purposes of a thorough check.

4. On the basis of the information received under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the Member States' competent authorities listed in the Annex shall carry out the additional checks needed to ensure the proper administration of the tariff quota arrangements, in particular verification of the quantities imported under those arrangements, by means of a precise comparison of the licences and extracts issued with the licences and extracts used. To that end, they shall verify in particular the authenticity and conformity of the documents used and that the documents have been used by operators.’

4.

The second sentence of Article 8 is deleted.

5.

The text in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added in an annex.