Commission Regulation (EC) No 365/2002 of 27 February 2002 on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACT/OCT origin against applications submitted in the first 10 working days of February 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Date: 2002-02-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, quantitative restriction, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 365/2002

of 27 February 2002

on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACT/OCT origin against applications
submitted in the first 10 working days of February 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27
November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries
and territories with the European Community (‘Overseas Asso-
ciation Decision’) (1),

Having regard to 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 (OCT) (2), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 174/2002 (3), and in particular Article 9(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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

Under the final subparagraph of Article 8(1) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2603/97, in the case of imports of rice
the submission of
with cumulative ACP/OCT origin,

licence applications for January 2002 has been deferred
to the first 10 working days of February 2002.

Examination of the quantities for which applications
have been submitted for the first tranche of 2002 indi-
cates that licences should be issued for the quantities
applied for, reduced, where appropriate, by the percent-
ages set out in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first 10 working days of February 2002 under
Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to the Commission
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 subsequent tranche shall

2.
be as set out in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 33.

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Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for February 2002 and quantities available
for the following tranche:

ANNEX

Origin

OCT (Article 6)

— CN code 1006

Reduction
(%)

Quantity available for the tranche for
May 2002
(tonnes)

Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba

Least-developed OCTs

25,0335

—

—

45,010