No L 194/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 7. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1897/94 of 27 July 1994 laying down detailed rules, for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94, as regards import licences for brans, sharps and other residues THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administra- tion of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues ('), and in particular Atticle 7 (c) thereof, Whereas the annual quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 774/94 relates, inter alia, to a total quantity of 475 000 tonnes of brans, sharps and other residues of wheat and cereals other than maize and rice falling within CN codes 2302 30 10, 2302 30 90, 2302 40 10, and 2302 40 90, for which the Common Customs Tariff duty is set in Article 6 (2) of the said Regulation ; Whereas importation of these products must be subject to the presentation of an import licence ; wherea it is neces- sary to lay down the conditions for the issue of such licences ; Whereas preferential arrangements for the importation of brans, sharps and other residues are laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1513/76 (3, (EEC) No 1515/76 (), (EEC) No 1526/76 (*), (EEC) No 1251/77 () and (EEC) No 715/90 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (") ; whereas these arrangements involve abatement of the import levy applicable to those products ; whereas cumulation of this advantage and the reduced tariff provided for in this Regulation is likely to create distur- bances on the Community market ; whereas such cumula- tion should be prohibited so that imports are not affected ; Whereas the detailed rules laid down in this Regulation must replace those laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1193/88 of 29 April 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals other than maize and rice covered by CN codes 230230 and 230240 (%); as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 84/89 () ; whereas that Regulation should therefore be repealed ; () OJ No L 91, 8. 4. 1994, p. 1. OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 22. () OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. 40. () OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1976, p. S6. () O] No L 146, 14. 6. 1977, p. 11. (9 OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 8. OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12. % O] No L 111, 30. 4. 1988, p. 87. () OJ No L 13, 17. 1. 1989, p. 13. Whereas 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. The importation of 475 000 tonnes of brans, sharps and other residues of wheat and cereals other than maize and rice falling within CN codes 2302 30 10, 2302 30 90, 230240 10 and 2302 40 90 and qualifying for a reduced customs tariff as provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 774/94 shall be subject to an import licence issued in accordance with this Regulation. 2. In connection with the quota the preferential arran- gements provided for in Regulations (EEC) No 1513/76, (EEC) No 1519/76, (EEC) No 1526/76, (EEC) No 1251/77 and (EEC) No 715/90 shall not apply. 3. Commission Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 (') and (EEC) No 891/89 (") shall apply save in so far as this Regulation states to the contrary. Article 2 1.  Applications for import licences in connection with the annual Community tariff quota provided for in Article 1 (1) shall be lodged with the competent authorities of any Member State on the first Monday of each month up to 1 p.m., Brussels time, or, if that day is not a working day, on the first following working day. 2. An application for an import licence may not relate to a quantity greater than the available balance of the quota. 3. Member States shall forward the information concer- ning applications for import licences to the Commission by telex or fax not later than 6 p.m., Brussels time, on the day specified in paragraph 1. This information must be forwarded separately from that relating to other applica- tions for import licences for products falling within CN codes ex 2302 30 and ex 2302 40, in accordance with the model set out in Annex I and to the number given in Annex IL (" OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. (") OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13.