8.6.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 203/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1076/2004 of 7 June 2004 opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for preserved mushrooms THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95(") opened tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms and laid down rules for the administration thereof. (20  Commission Regulation (EC) No 359/2004 of 27 February 2004 () laying down transitional measures applicable to Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 by reason of the accession of the new Member States adopted measures to allow importers from those countries to benefit from Regulation (EC) No 2125/95. The aim of these measures was to make a distinction between tradi- tional importers and new importers in the new Member States, and to adjust the quantities to which licence appli- cations presented by traditional importers from the new Member States could relate so that these importers could benefit from this system. (3)  To ensure uninterrupted supplies to the enlarged Community market while taking account of the economic supply conditions in the new Member States prior to accession, an autonomous and temporary import tariff quota should be opened for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus spp. falling within CN codes 0711 51 00, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30. (4)  Such fixing must be transitional and may not prejudge the outcome of the negotiations under way in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a result of the accession of new members. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege- tables, () OJ L 212, 7.9.1995, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 498/2004 (O] L 80, 18.3.2004, p. 20). (3 OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 11. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. An autonomous tariff quota of 1 200 tonnes (drained net weight) (serial number 09.4109), hereinafter the ‘autonomous quota’, shall be opened from 1 May 2004 for Community imports of preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus spp. falling within CN codes 07115100, 20031020 and 2003 10 30. 2. The ad valorem tariff rate applicable to products imported under the autonomous quota shall be 12 % for products falling within CN code 0711 5100 and 23% for products falling within CN codes 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30. Article 2 Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 and Regulation (EC) No 359/2004 shall apply to the management of the autonomous quota, subject to the provisions of this Regulation. However, Articles 1, 2(2) and 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/ 95 shall not apply to the management of the autonomous quota. Article 3 Import licences issued under the autonomous quota, hereinafter ‘Jicences’, shall be valid until 31 December 2004. Box 24 of the licences shall show one of the entries listed in Annex L Article 4 1. Importers may submit licence applications to the competent authorities of the Member States in the five working days following the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Box 20 of the licences shall show one of the entries listed in Annex II 2. Licence applications submitted by a traditional importer may not relate to a quantity exceeding 9 % of the autonomous quota. 3. Licence applications submitted by a new importer may not relate to a quantity exceeding 1% of the autonomous quota.