No L 61/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 3. %96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 441/96 of 11 March 1996 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for potato starch imported from the Republic of Poland and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1995/92 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (%), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 of 8 August 1995 providing for the adjustment, as an auto- nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements and amending Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotia- tions (), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autono- mous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotia- tions (*), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas the Europe Agreement establishing an associa- tion between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, provides for concessions covering certain agricultural products originating in that country; whereas those concessions involve reductions in the specific agricultural duties under tariff quotas and in the customs duties; whereas the Council made provision for the adjustment, as an autonomus and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements for the period 1 July to 31 December 1995 in Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 and for the period 1 January to 30 June 1996 in Regulation (EC) No 3066/95; whereas the list of concessions applying to agricultural products originating in Poland is set out in () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. @ OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1. () O No L 223, 20. 9. 1995, p. 29. (9 OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 and in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 3066/95; whereas the concession covering potato starch involes an 80 % reduction in the import duty in respect of 7 500 tonnes per year; Whereas the detailed rules of application should be adapted to take account of those autonomous and transi- tional concessions; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1995/92 of 15 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application, in respect of potato starch, of the import arrangements provided for in the Interim Agree- ment concluded between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Commu- nity, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1851/95 (%), should accordingly be replaced; Whereas, with a view to sound administration of the abovementioned arrangements and in particular to ensu- ring that the quantiy fixed is not exceeded, special rules governing the submission of applications and the issuing of licences must be laid down; whereas such detailed rules must supplement or derogate from the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 3719/88(), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (}); Whereas provisions should be laid down for guaranteeing the origin of the product and for administering the arran- gements by means of import licences; whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a derogation from Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 285/96 (*%); whereas the security for import licences under those arrangements should be set at ECU 30 per tonne; Whereas special provisions must be laid down to ensure that the potato starch is actually used in the Community in order to prevent any deflection of trade which may be detrimental to the sound management of the market and of the Agreement in question; whereas, to that end, it should be specified that the starch is to be processed into () OJ No L 199, 18. 7. 1992, p. 14. (9 O] No L 177, 28. 7. 1995, p. 47. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 21. () O] No L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2. (0