# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 113/2008

of 6 February 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of 26 September 2007 laying down specific rules as regards the fruit and vegetable sector, amending Directives 2001/112/EC and 2001/113/EC and Regulations (EEC) No 827/68, (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96, (EC) No 2826/2000, (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 318/2006 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 [^1] , and in particular Article 36(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 [^2] requires the possession of a certificate of origin for the import of preserved mushrooms originating in China under the GATT quota.

**(2)** The certificates of origin were introduced in order to ensure a fair allocation of the quota to the different supplier countries.

**(3)** Due to changes in the market currently only one supplier country, China has a country-specific allocation laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006. All other supplier countries fall into the category of ‘Other third countries’. The utilisation rate of the quota allocated to ‘Other third countries’ is very low.

**(4)** The certificates of origin are therefore superfluous and should be abolished for simplification purposes.

**(5)** Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(6)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Article 11 and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 are hereby deleted.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 February 2008. *For the Commission* Franco FRATTINI *Vice-President*

[^1] [OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_273_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 91](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_368_R_TOC) .

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