Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (repealed)Show full title

Section III Import quota management

Article 144 Tariff quotas

1. Tariff quotas for imports of products referred to in Article 1 resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty or from any other act of the Council shall be opened and administered by the Commission under detailed rules adopted by the Commission.

2. Tariff quotas shall be administered in a manner which avoids any discrimination between the operators concerned, by applying one of the following methods or a combination of them or another appropriate method:

(a) a method based on the chronological order of the lodging of applications (‘first come, first served’ principle);

(b) a method of distribution in proportion to the quantities requested when the applications were lodged (using the ‘simultaneous examination method’);

(c) a method based on taking traditional trade patterns into account (using the ‘traditional/newcomers method’).

3. The method of administration adopted shall, where appropriate, give due weight to the supply requirements of the Community market and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market.

Article 145 Opening of tariff quotas

The Commission shall provide for the annual tariff quotas, if necessary suitably phased over the year and shall determine the administrative method to be used.

Article 146 Specific rules

1. With regard to the import quota of 54 703 tonnes of frozen beef and veal meat falling within CN codes 0202 20 30, 0202 30 and 0206 29 91 and intended for processing, the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 37(2) of the Treaty, may lay down that all or part of the quota shall cover equivalent quantities of quality meat, applying a conversion rate of 4,375.

2. In the case of tariff quota for import into Spain of 2 000 000 tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum and tariff quota for import into Portugal of 500 000 tonnes of maize, the detailed rules referred to in Article 148 shall also include the provisions necessary for carrying out the tariff quota imports and, where appropriate, the public storage of the quantities imported by the paying agencies of the Member States concerned and their disposal on the markets of those Member States.

Article 147 Tariff rates for bananas

This Chapter shall apply without prejudice to Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005(1).

Article 148 Implementing rules

The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the implementation of this Section, in particular on:

(a)

guarantees covering the nature, provenance and origin of the product;

(b)

recognition of the document used for verifying the guarantees referred to in point (a);

(c)

the conditions under which import licences shall be issued and their term of validity.

(1)

OJ L 316, 2.12.2005, p. 1.