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Ref : EIC 230/5/4/10

24 July 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 283/2007

European Union (EU)* : Tariff Quota on Imports of Garlic Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 196/2007 of 3 May 2007, we have received information concerning the issue of import licenses by the European Commission (the Commission) for garlic originated in the Mainland of China. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 858/2007 (the Regulation). The regulation can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_190/l_19020070721en00050006.pdf.

DETAILS

2. Commercial Information Circular No. 188/2007 of 27 April 2007 informed the trade, among the others, of the Commission's rules for managing tariff quota^# for garlic (CN code 0703 2000) originating in the Mainland of China. Since the applications lodged during the first five working days of July 2007 already exceeded the available quantities of tariff quota, the Commission has enacted the Regulation announcing that import licence applications for garlic originating in the Mainland of China lodged during the first five working days of July 2007 and sent to the Commission by 15 July 2007 shall be issued at the rate of 25.646149% and 0.575177% of the applied quantities for traditional importers and new importers respectively.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5500.

Yours faithfully,

(K H NG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

#  The tariff quota allows garlic to be imported into the EU at reduced duty rate up to the quota limit. The normal duty rate will resume when imports reach the quota limit.