1.7.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 179/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 991/2006 of 30 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic imported from third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 fruit and vegetables (), and in particular Articles 31(2) and 34(1) thereof, Whereas: The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (3, approved by Council Decision 2006/398/EC (%), provides, for China, for an increasing by 20 500 tons of the tariff quota of garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00. That increase should be reflected in Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 (¥). Experience has shown that certain provisions of Regu- lation (EC) No 1870/2005 concerning the reference quantity, definitions of importers, import licence appli- cations and information supplied by the Commission should be improved for the sake of clarity. Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, () O L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (O L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64). () O] L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 24. () O L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 22. ( OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 19. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1870/2005 is amended as follows: 1. in Article 2(5), point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(¢) for traditional importers who do not fall within (a) or (b), the maximum quantity of garlic imported during one of the first three completed import periods during which they have obtained import licences pursuant to Regu- lation (EC) No 565/2002 or this Regulation.; 2. Article 3 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. “Traditional importers” means importers, whether natural or legal persons, individuals or groups of operators set up in accordance with national law, who a Member State considers to have: (a) obtained import licences pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 565/2002 or this Regulation in each of the previous three completed import periods; (b) imported garlic into the Community in at least two of the previous three completed import periods; (c) imported into the Community at least 50 tonnes of fruit and vegetables as referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 during the last completed import period preceding their appli- cation.’;