L 240/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 8.9.2001 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1779/2001 of 7 September 2001 concerning the issue of A licences for the import of garlic THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 of 30 May 2001 introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin and establishing the method for managing the tariff quotas for garlic imported from third countries (!), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1510/2001 (3, Whereas: (1)  Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 provides that if quantities covered by applications for A licences exceed the quantities available, the Commission is to fix a simple reduction percentage and suspend the issue of such licences covered by subsequent applications. (2)  Quantities applied for on 3 and 4 September 2001 under Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in China exceed the quantities avail- able. The extent to which A licences can be issued, and whether the issue of those licences should be suspended for any subsequent applications, should therefore be determined, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 A import licences covered by applications under Article 1(1), of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in China on 3 and 4 September 2001 and forwarded to the Commission on 5 September 2001 shall be issued, with the entry referred to in Article 1(2) of that Regulation, at the rate of: — 31,261 % of the quantity applied for, for traditional impor- ters, — 0,907 % of the quantity applied for, for new importers. Article 2 Issue of the import licences covered by applications under Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in China is hereby suspended for applications lodged from 4 September 2001 to 3 December 2001. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 September 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 September 2001. () O] L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 35. () O] L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 21. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission