NoL20/30PEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.1.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No115/97
of22January1997
ontheissueofimportlicencesforricefallingwithinCNcode1006originating
intheoverseascountriesandterritories,underthesafeguardmeasures
introducedbyRegulation (EC)No21/97
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,quotaopenedbyRegulation(EC)No21/97areexhausted
fortheperiod1Januaryto30April1997;whereas,asa
result,thesubmissionofimportlicenceapplicationsfor
thoseoriginsunderthatRegulationshouldbesuspended,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : HavingregardtoCouncilDecision91/482/EECof25
July1991ontheassociationoftheoverseascountriesand
territorieswiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity('),
andinparticularArticle109thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No21/97
of8January1997introducingsafeguardmeasuresin
respectofimportsofriceoriginatingintheoverseas
countriesandterritories(2),andinparticularArticle4(3)
thereof,Article1
Importlicencesforriceandbrokenricefallingwithin
CNcode1006submittedunderthearrangements
providedforinRegulation(EC)No21/97shallbeissued
forthequantitiesindicatedintheapplicationsreducedby
thefollowingpercentages :
—53,3970%forapplicationsindicatingtheorigin
'Montserrat'lodgedon13January1997,
—56,7434%forapplicationsindicatingtheorigin
'otherOCTs'lodgedon9January1997.WhereasRegulation(EC)No21/97introducessafeguard
measuresinrespectofimportsofriceoriginatinginthe
overseascountriesandterritories,hereinafterreferredtoas
OCTs;whereasthosemeasuresprovideforexemption
fromcustomsdutiesonimportationunderatariffquota
andallocationthereoftovariousspecifiedorigins;whereas
theyprovideinparticularfortherestrictionofthe
numberoflicenceapplicationsmadedailybyeach
importerforeachorigin;whereas,toensurethatthetariff
quotaquantityisnotexceeded,Article4(3)oftheabove­
mentionedRegulationprovidesthat,ifthequantities
exceedthequantitiesavailableforoneormoreofthe
quotasspecified,theCommission istosetasingle
percentagereductiontobeappliedtothequantitiesfor
whichapplicationswerelodgedonthedayonwhichthe
quotaswereexceeded;Article2
Forimportlicenceapplicationsforriceandbrokenrice
fallingwithinCNcode1006lodgedfrom:
—14January1997fortheorigin'Montserrat',and
—10January1997fortheorigin'otherOCTs',
noimportlicenceshallbeissuedunderthetariffquota.
Whereasthequantitiesappliedforon9and13January
1997respectivelyexceedthequantitiesavailableforthe
origins'otherOCTs'and'Montserrat';whereas,asaresult,
Article4(3)ofRegulation(EC)No21/97shouldbe
appliedtotheapplicationssubmittedontheabovemen­
tioneddatesfortheoriginsindicated,andapplications
submittedsubsequently—andpendingforthoseorigins
—shouldberejected;Article3
Submissionofimportlicenceapplicationsforriceand
brokenricefallingwithinCNcode1006oftheorigins
'Montserrat'and'otherOCTs'underthetariffquota
openedbyRegulation(EC)No21/97shallbesuspended
until30April1997.
Whereasthequantitiesavailablefortheoriginsother
OCTs'and'Montserrat'forimportationunderthetariffArticle4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
2OJNoL5,9.1.1997,p.24.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22January1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission