Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/2000 of 19 September 2000 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of September 2000 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Date: 2000-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, import policy, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1979/2000

of 19 September 2000

on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries
and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of September 2000
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 of
16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules of applica-
tion for the import of rice from the ACP States and for the
import of rice from the overseas countries and territories
(OCT) (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2731/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2603/97,
the Commission must decide within 10 days of the final
date for notification by the Member States the extent to
which applications can be granted and must fix the
available quantities for the following tranche and,
if
necessary,
the available quantities for the additional
tranche for October.

Examination of the quantities for which applications
have been submitted shows
the
September 2000 tranche should be issued for the quant-

licences

that

for

ities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the
percentages set out in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first five working days of September 2000 pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to the Commis-
sion shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced,
where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
hereto.

The available quantities for the additional tranche for

2.
October are set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 328, 22.12.1999, p. 39.

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to the Commission Regulation of 19 September 2000 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the
ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working
days of September 2000 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for September 2000 and
quantities available for the additional tranche for October:

Origin

Reduction (%)

Quantity available
for the additional tranche
for October 2000
(t)

ACP (Article 2(1))

90,902

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— CN codes

1006 10 21

to

1006 10 98,

1006 20 and 1006 30