L271/12 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.10.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1929/97
of2October1997
ontheissueofimportlicencesforricefallingwithinCNcode1006originating
intheoverseascountriesandterritories,underthesafeguardmeasures
introducedbyCouncilRegulation (EC)No1036/97
THECOMMISSIONOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,byRegulation(EC)No1036/97areexhaustedforthe
period1Mayto30November1997;whereas,asaresult,
thesubmissionofimportlicenceapplicationsforthis
originpursuanttothatRegulationshouldbesuspended,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : HavingregardtoCouncilDecision91/482/EECof25
July1991ontheassociationoftheoverseascountriesand
territorieswiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity('),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No1036/97of
2June1997introducingsafeguardmeasuresinrespectof
importsofriceoriginatingintheoverseascountriesand
territories(OCTs)(2),andinparticularArticle4(3)thereof,Article1
Importlicencesforriceandbrokenricefallingwithin
CNcode1006submittedinaccordancewiththearrange­
mentsprovidedforinRegulation(EC)No1036/97shall
beissuedforthequantitiesindicatedintheapplications
reducedbythefollowingpercentage :
—47,8285%forapplicationsindicatingtheorigin
'otherOCTs'providedforinArticle1(b)ofthat
Regulationsubmittedon24September1997.WhereasRegulation (EC)No1036/97introducessafe­
guardmeasuresinrespectofimportsofriceoriginatingin
theoverseascountriesandterritories,hereinafterreferred
toasOCTs;whereasthosemeasuresprovideforexemp­
tionfromcustomsdutiesonimportationpursuanttoa
tariffquotaandallocationthereoftovariousspecified
origins;whereastheyprovideinparticularfortherestric­
tionofthenumberoflicenceapplicationsmadedailyby
eachimporterforeachorigin;whereas,toensurethatthe
tariffquotaquantityisnotexceeded,Article4(3)ofthe
aforementioned Regulationprovidesthat,ifthequantities
exceedthequantitiesavailableforoneormoreofthe
quotasspecified,theCommission istosetasingle
percentagereductiontobeappliedtothequantitiesfor
whichapplicationswerelodgedonthedayonwhichthe
quotaswereexceeded;Article2
Forimportlicenceapplicationsforriceandbrokenrice
fallingwithinCNcode1006lodgedfrom25September
1997fortheorigin'otherOCTs'providedforinArticle1
(b)ofRegulation(EC)No1036/97noimportlicence
shallbeissuedunderthetariffquota.
Article3
Submissionofimportlicenceapplicationsforriceand
brokenricefallingwithinCNcode1006oftheorigin
'otherOCTs'providedforinArticle1(b)ofRegulation
(EC)No1036/97shallbesuspendeduntil30November
1997.Whereasthequantitiesappliedforon24September1997
exceedthequantitiesavailablefortheorigins'other
OCTs';whereas,asaresult,Article4(3)ofRegulation
(EC)No1036/97shouldbeappliedtotheapplications
submittedontheaforementioned datefortheoriginindi­
cated,andapplicationssubmittedsubsequently—and
pendingforthisorigin—shouldberejected;
Whereasthequantitiesavailablefortheorigin'other
OCTs'forimportationpursuanttothetariffquotaopenedArticle4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
(2)OJL151,10.6.1997,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2October1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission