{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1077/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1077",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2004 of 7 June 2004 opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1077",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2004\nof 7 June 2004\nopening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 established the method for managing tariff quotas and introduced a system of certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries.\n(2)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 228/2004 of 3 February 2004 laying down transitional measures applicable to Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 by reason of the accession of the new Member States adopted measures to allow importers from those countries to benefit from Regulation (EC) No 565/2002. The aim of these measures was to make a distinction between traditional importers and new importers in the new Member States, and to adapt the concept of the reference quantity so that these importers could benefit from this system.\n(3)\nTo ensure uninterrupted supplies to the enlarged Community market while taking account of the economic supply conditions in the new Member States prior to accession, an autonomous and temporary import tariff quota should be opened for fresh or chilled garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00.\n(4)\nSetting such a quota must be transitional and may not prejudge the outcome of the negotiations underway in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a result of the accession of new members.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 537/2004 (OJ L 86, 24.3.2004, p. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 39, 11.2.2004, p. 10."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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