25.7.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 200/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1510/2001 of 24 July 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin and establishing the method for managing tariff quotas for garlic imported from third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 10472001 is replaced by the following: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in 2. For ee}ch of.the three origins and for each of the fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Commission Regu- quarters indicated in Annex I, an operator may not lodge lation (EC) No 911/2001 (3, and in particular Article 31(2) more than four applications for A licences for the import thereof, of garlic and the applications must be at least five days apart. Furthermore: Whereas: (a) each application from a traditional importer within the meaning of Article 6(3) may cover no more than the (1) Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1047/ maximum level of his imports for that quarter in the 2001 (%) lays down the conditions under which applica- preceding three calendar years; tions for import licences for garlic may be lodged, and (b) each application from a new importer within the the maximum quantity that each application may cover. meaning of Article 6(4) may cover no more than 10 % of the quantity indicated in Annex I for that origin and (20 In order to facilitate trade and to stabilise the market, that quarter. ;he rila.)umuntq quimélty dOf each app1t1cat1fon from ttradll—c The applications for A licences shall be accompanied by 1or11f1 flmpor ers ,?, 8ec .evei"ly ?gag e;, odr 1th0r§ 0 information allowing the competent national authorities to g?rilc rom alspec1 ic onigin § olu g %e }(:n ¢ Dasls verify to their satisfaction that the provisions of this para- of the annual imports previously made by those impor- graph have been complied with. ters from that same origin rather than on the basis of the maximum quantity available. , 1 Y Article 2 (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 July 2001. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission 0] L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. () O] L 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3. 0] L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 35.