No L 314/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 12. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3014/95 of 19 December 1995 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for 1996 for products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91, 0714 10 99, 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19 originating in certain third countries other than Thailand 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 12 (4) thereof, Whereas the Community has undertaken, within the framework of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego- tiations (}), to open certain annual tariff quotas for products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91, 0714 10 99, 071490 11 and 0714 90 19 originating in Indonesia, in other contracting parties to the World Trade Organization (WTO) other than Thailand, in the People’s Republic of China and in certain other non-member countries of the WTO other than China ; whereas under those quotas the customs duty is limited to 6 % ad valorem; whereas those quotas are to be opened and administered by the Commission ; Whereas it is necessary to maintain a system of adminis- tration which ensures that only products originating in the Republic of Indonesia and the People’s Republic of China can be imported under the quotas allocated to those countries ; whereas, as a result, the issue of import licences should continue to be subject to the presentation of export licences issued by the authorities of those two countries, specimens of which have been sent to the Commission ; whereas, as regards products originating in Vietnam, in accordance with the practice followed for several years, import licence applications are subject, in addition to other provisions, to presentation of a certifi- cate issued on the initiative of the exporting country; Whereas, since the importation of the products concerned onto the Community market has traditionally been admi- nistered on a calendar-year basis, that system should be () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. () O] No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1. () O No L 336, 22. 12. 1994, p. 1. maintained ; whereas it is therefore necessary to open quotas for 1996 ; Whereas importation of products falling within CN codes 07141091, 07141099, 07149011 and 07149019 is subject to presentation of an import licence for which common detailed rules of application are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95(); whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95(), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (), lays down special detailed rules for the application of the system of licences for cereals and rice; Whereas the usual additional procedures for the manage- ment of such quotas, relating in particular to the submis- sion of applications, issue of licences, and monitoring of imports should be applied; Whereas, in particular, the origin of the products should be ensured by providing that the issue of import licences be subject to the presentation of certificates of origin issued by the countries concerned; whereas, however, certificates of origin should not be required for products originating in the People’s Republic of China; Whereas, for the sake of sound management of the import arrangements in question, an application for a licence may not concern a quantity in excess of the quan- tity entered on the document certifying loading and ship- ment to the Community ; whereas a maximum quantity per application should also be laid down in certain cases, and it should be stipulated that in no case may applica- tions cover a quantity greater than the quantity for which the aforementioned proof is provided ; Whereas, in cases where the quantities actually unloaded are slightly in excess of the quantities given in the import licences, measures to ensure the release for free circula- tion of the surplus quantities should be adopted if the country of origin of the products is able to guarantee that the formalities needed for this purpose can be executed ; whereas Indonesia and China appear able to meet this condition ; () 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. () OJ No L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 53.