To ensure observance of the guarantee thresholds a system of processing quotas is hereby instituted for the harvests of 1993 to 1997.

Whereas, to ensure that the guarantee thresholds are observed, a processing quota system must be instituted for a limited period;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishes a system of quotas for the production of potato starch on which Community aid is payable;

In view of the fact that the quota system will expire on 31 December 2004, the expiry date of the redistribution import licences is set at 31 December 2004.

To correct this rigidity, the quota system should be replaced by a system of processing thresholds, with aid for the following marketing year being reduced if the thresholds are overrun.

Other importers argued that any system of quotas should operate on a first come first served basis in order to avoid an unnecessary administrative burden and to maintain competition.

the tariff quota surveillance management system (TQS);

Whereas, since Regulation (EEC) No 1543/93 is to be repealed with effect from 1 July 1995, on which date the quota system comes into operation, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1711/93 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1993/94 (6), should be repealed;

In view, in particular, of the financial perspective and the budgetary rules adopted by the European Council in Berlin in March 1999 and the need to take account of the progress of negotiations under the WTO, the quota system should be maintained for the 2001/2002 to 2005/2006 marketing years.

Experience of applying the Community aid scheme for tomato processing governed by Regulation (EC) No 2201/96(5) has shown that the quota mechanism introduces rigidity in the sector, preventing the processing industries concerned from adapting rapidly to market demand.

establishment of a system of licences for taking specimens or of quotas,

To ensure observance of the guarantee thresholds, production quotas shall be imposed.

It is necessary to enable the Member States and the Commission to control the operation of the quota system.

they may be amended for any changes made in the list of countries to which that system applies.

whereas, therefore, the production quota scheme which it provides for applies to that product;

Whereas certain other types of carriage may be exempted from any quota or authorization system,

Whereas such a transitional system should entail the introduction of a progressive quota of Community cabotage authorizations;

The double-checking system shall be introduced by the European Community as soon as the latter has suspended the quotas in accordance with paragraph 2.

Whereas the administration of quantitative quotas is based on a system of licences issued by the Member States;

Import of products under CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 and 0204 under GATT/WTO country-specific tariff quotas and under preferential quota systems

Community competition was first introduced in 1969 through a system of Community quotas for international journeys.

The sector's system of self-financing through production levies and the production quota regime should be maintained.

To ensure observance of the guarantee thresholds, a system of production quotas shall apply for the 1995, 1996 and 1997 harvests.

freeing, in the appropriate framework, the initial and/or final road haulage legs, which form an integral part of the combined transport operation, from quota systems and systems of authorisation,

To allow for expanding demand for these products, the threshold should be fixed above the level corresponding to the present quota scheme.

It was submitted that the Community industry did not suffer material injury as it was protected by the presence of quotas.

The tariff quotas opened by this Regulation should be managed by the Community authorities and the Member States in accordance with that system,

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1868/94 of 27 July 1994 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch

It is necessary to keep an administration system which ensures that only products originating in Thailand may be imported under the quota.

they provide for joint specification of MDNS products, quotas, joint delivery, specification of customers' systems;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3761/83(4) introduced the system of certificates of origin provided for by the International Coffee Agreement 1983 when quotas are in effect;

Whereas, since the arrangements cannot be applied until 1 January 1997, the quota provided for 1996 should be carried forward into 1997;

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2233/2003(3) introduced the management of those quotas under the first-come, first-served system as of 1 January 2004.

The reasons which have hitherto led the Community to adopt a production quota system for sugar, isoglucose and insulin syrup currently remain valid.

The said Decision amends the volume of tariff quotas and the system for calculating the reduced agricultural components and additional duties.

Experience in the use of the first-come-first-served management system has been positive with other tariff quotas in the wine sector.

whereas the quotas per group of products and Member State must be fixed on a flat-rate basis for the first two years of implementation of the new system;

The export licence system has been substantially modified several times since its introduction, including a temporary suppression of the quota system in 1998.

whereas quota buy-back arrangements should be introduced to help producers who wish to leave the sector but find no purchasers for their quotas;

The tariff quota for certain products should be managed under a system which is based on import and export licences and which should be carried out by the Commission.

In order to avoid any discrimination among exporting countries, and given that equivalent tariff quotas have not been quickly exhausted in the last two years, tariff quotas under this Regulation should be regarded initially as non-critical within the meaning of Article 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 when managed under the first-come first-served system.

However, an analysis of the Chinese licence system shows that it has been substantially modified several times since its introduction, including a suppression of the export quota in 1998.

Whereas national quota reserves should be set up in each Member State in order to increase the flexibility of the quota allocation arrangements, to encourage producers to switch to other crops and to facilitate the restructuring of agricultural holdings in the Member States;

Whereas premiums may be paid only after a check on deliveries, to guarantee that the operations concerned have actually been carried out and that the quota arrangements have been complied with;

The conditions for the granting of the aid should therefore be established and, where the case may be, cross references should be made to the existing provisions concerning the quota system provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1868/94.

Whereas the Executive Board of the International Coffee Organization has established rules for the application of a system of certificates of origin under the Agreement when quotas are suspended;

Member States shall establish a computerised database which shall contain, for each processor and each producer and producer group, information identifying their establishments or their holdings, the quotas or the quantities appearing on production quota statements allocated to them and any other information which may be useful for monitoring the quota system.

whereas in view of this need it is essential that, amongst others, certain types of carriage by lowtonnage vehicles should be exempted from any quota or authorization system;

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 000/87 of 26 January 1987 on the application of the system of certificates of origin provided for under the International Coffee Agreement 1983 when quotas are suspended

Whereas, for the sake of clarity, some of the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1543/93 which are compatible with, and necessary for, the application of the quota system should be incorporated in this Regulation;