23.12.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 328/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2832/2000 of 22 December 2000 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 2001 for products falling within CN codes 0714 10 10, 0714 10 91 and 0714 10 99 originating in Thailand THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations ('), and in particular Article 1(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) During the World Trade Organisation multilateral trade negotiations, the Community undertook to open a tariff quota restricted to 21 million tonnes of products falling within CN codes 07141010, 07141091 and 0714 10 99 originating in Thailand per four-year period, with customs duty reduced to 6 %. This quota must be opened and administered by the Commission. (2) It is necessary to keep an administration system which ensures that only products originating in Thailand may be imported under the quota. The issue of an import licence should therefore continue to be subject to the presentation of an export certificate issued by the Thai authorities, a specimen of which has been notified to the Commission. (3)  Since imports to the Community market of the products concerned have traditionally been administered on the basis of a calendar year this system should be retained. It is therefore necessary to open a quota for 2001. (4)  The importation of products covered by CN codes 07141010, 071410 91 and 0714 10 99 is subject to the presentation of an import licence for which the common detailed rules of application are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (3. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2110/2000 (%), lays down the special detailed rules for the application of the system of licences for cereals and rice. (5)  In light of past experience and taking into account that the Community concession provides for an overall quantity for four years with an annual maximum of 5500 000 tonnes, it is advisable to maintain measures which, under certain conditions, either facilitate the release for free circulation of quantities of products exceeding those given in the import licences, or allow () O] L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1. () O] L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. () O] L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2. (% O] L 250, 5.10.2000, p. 23. the difference between the figure given in the import licences and the smaller figure actually imported to be carried forward. (6)  In order to ensure the correct application of the agree- ment, it is necessary to establish a system of strict and systematic controls that take account of the information given on the Thai export certificates and the Thai authorities' procedures for issuing export certificates. (7)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. An import tariff quota for 5 500 000 tonnes of products falling within CN codes 07141010, 07141091 and 0714 10 99 originating in Thailand is hereby opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001. The customs duty applicable is hereby fixed at 6 % ad valorem. The serial number of the quota shall be 09.4008. 2. The above products shall benefit from the arrangements provided for in this Regulation if imported under import licences (a) which are issued subject to the submission of a certificate for export to the European Community issued by the Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Thailand, hereinafter referred to as an ‘export certificate’, which meets the requirements laid down in Title [; (b) which meet the requirements laid down in Title IL TITLE I EXPORT CERTIFICATES Article 2 1. There shall be one original and at least one copy of the export certificate, to be made out on a form of which a specimen is given in the Annex. The size of the form shall be approximately 210 x 297 milli- metres. The original shall be made out on white paper having a printed yellow guilloche pattern background so as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means.