# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 460/2006

of 20 March 2006

on the issue of import licences for garlic imported under the autonomous tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 393/2006

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 393/2006 of 6 March 2006 opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic [^1] , and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Licence applications submitted by traditional and new importers to the competent authorities of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 393/2006, exceed the available quantities. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

**1.** Applications for import licences made by traditional importers pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 393/2006 and submitted to the Commission by the Member States on 16 March 2006 shall be issued for 2,319 % of the quantity applied for.

**2.** Applications for import licences made by new importers pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 393/2006 and submitted to the Commission by the Member States on 16 March 2006 shall be issued for 0,857 % of the quantity applied for.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 2006.

It shall apply until 30 June 2006.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 March 2006. *For the Commission* J. L. DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 65, 7.3.2006, p. 18](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_065_R_TOC) .

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