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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-341/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/341",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 of 29 March 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-341",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Categories of importers",
  "text": "1. By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants for ‘A’ licences within the meaning of Article 5(2) shall comply with the relevant requirements laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.\n2. ‘Traditional importers’ shall mean importers who can prove that they have:\n(a) obtained and used import licences for garlic pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2002, or ‘A’ licences under Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 or this Regulation in each of the previous three completed import tariff quota periods; and\n(b) imported into the Union at least 50 tonnes of fruits and vegetables as referred to in Article 1(1)(i) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 or exported to third countries at least 50 tonnes of garlic during the last completed import tariff quota period preceding the submission of their application.\nFor the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, for the 2007/2008 import tariff quota period:\n(a) point (a) of the first subparagraph shall not apply; and\n(b) ‘import into the Community’ shall be understood as import from countries of origin other than the Member States of the Community as constituted at 31 December 2006.\nFor Bulgaria and Romania, for the 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 import tariff quota periods:\n(a) point (a) of the first subparagraph shall not apply; and\n(b) ‘import into the Community’ shall be understood as import from countries of origin other than the Member States of the Community as constituted at 1 January 2007.\nFor Croatia, for the 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 import tariff quota periods:\n(a) point (a) of the first subparagraph shall not apply; and\n(b) ‘ import into the Union ’ shall be understood as import from countries of origin other than the Member States of the Union as constituted at 1 July 2013 .\n3. New importers shall mean operators other than those referred to in paragraph 2, who have imported into the Union at least 50 tonnes of fruit and vegetables as referred to in Article 1(1)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 or have exported to third countries at least 50 tonnes of garlic in each of the previous two completed import tariff quota periods, or in each of the previous two calendar years preceding the submission of their application.\nThe Member States shall choose and apply one of the two methods referred to in the first subparagraph to all new importers, in accordance with objective criteria and in such a way as to ensure equal treatment between operators.\n4. Traditional and new importers shall submit, at the time of their first application for import licences for a given import tariff quota period, to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established and in which they are registered for VAT purposes, the proof that the criteria laid down in paragraphs 2 or 3 are met.\nProof of trade with third countries shall be furnished exclusively either by means of the customs documents of release for free circulation, duly endorsed by the customs authorities and containing a reference to the applicant concerned as being the consignee, or by means of the customs document of exportation duly endorsed by the customs authorities.\nCustoms agents or their representatives shall not apply for import licences under the quotas falling within the scope of this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 328/2010 of 21 April 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 531/2013 of 10 June 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 as regards the system of import licences for garlic by reason of the accession of Croatia."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 328/2010 of 21 April 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1 ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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