Commission Regulation (EC) No 850/2002 of 22 May 2002 on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACP/OCT origin against applications submitted in the first five working days of May 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Date: 2002-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 850/2002

of 22 May 2002

on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACP/OCT origin against applications
submitted in the first five working days of May 2002 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 174/2002 (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.

The quantities
for which applications have been
submitted show that licences for the May 2002 tranche
exceed the quantities available for that tranche. This

shows that licences should be issued for the quantities
applied for reduced, where appropriate, by reduction
percentages,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first five working days of May 2002 pursuant to
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 following tranche are set

2.
out in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 2002.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

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

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ANNEX

Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

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

Origin/product

OCT (Article 6)
— CN code 1006

Reduction percentage

Quantity available for the tranche for
September 2002
(tonnes)

Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

17,6849

—

—

3378

Origin/product

Reduction percentage

ACP (Article 2(1))

— CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 30

ACP (Article 3)

— CN code 1006 40 00

77,7547

96,2293

Quantity available
for the tranche
for September 2002
(t)

—

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