Commission Regulation (EC) No 2624/1999 of 10 December 1999 on imports of rice originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) under an additional tranche in respect of 1999
Date: 1991-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2624/1999

of 10 December 1999

on imports of rice originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) under an additional
tranche in respect of 1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

the Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
ered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its
chairman,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July
1991 on the association of the overseas countries and terri-
tories with the European Economic Community (1), as last
amended by Decision 97/803/EC (2), and in particular Article
108a(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 of 16
December 1997 laying down the detailed implementing
rules for imports of rice originating in the ACP countries
or the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1595/98 (4), lays down
rules on issuing import licences for up to 35 000 tonnes
of rice originating in the OCTs in January each year;

the applications for licences submitted in January 1999
related to a total quantity far exceeding that available.
However, as a result of withdrawals of applications for
licences by operators under Article 9(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2603/97 after the fixing of a percentage reduc-
tion, licences have in fact only been issued for a substan-
tially reduced quantity. An additional tranche should
therefore be opened for imports of rice originating in
the OCTs in respect of 1999;

in the light of this experience, there are also grounds for
limiting withdrawal of applications to cases where the
application of a percentage reduction would result in the
issue of an import licence for a quantity that is not
economically viable;

the submission of applications for import licences in
respect of this additional tranche and the issue thereof
should be carried out in line with Regulation (EC) No
2603/97, subject to certain derogations ensuring the
proper administration of this tranche;

(1) OJ L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 329, 29.11.1997, p. 50.
(3) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 208, 24.7.1998, p. 21.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An additional tranche of 11 049 tonnes in husked-rice equiva-
lent shall be opened for 1999, under serial number 09.4095,
for imports of rice falling within CN code 1006 and originating
in the overseas countries and territories (OCTs).

Article 2

Applications shall be submitted and licences issued in accord-
ance with Title III of Regulation (EC) No 2603/97, subject to
the provisions of this Regulation.

Article 3

Applications

shall be submitted
1.
within three working days of the entry into force of this
Regulation.

licences

import

for

In box 20 of the import licence application, applicants

2.
shall enter the words ‘OCTs — additional tranche 1999’.

Article 4

1. Where the quantity for which the licence is required is
less than 20 tonnes as a result of
the
percentage reduction set under Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2603/97, the licence application may be withdrawn within
a period of two working days from the publiclation of the
Regulation fixing that percentage. The security shall be released
immediately.

the application of

2.
The final sentence of Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No
2603/97 shall not apply to licences issued under this Regula-
tion.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission