Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/2002 of 10 July 2002 concerning Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application, for cereals sector products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and the Republic of Poland respectively and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1218/96
Date: 2002-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Romania, common wheat, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff exemption

11.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 181/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1244/2002

of 10 July 2002

concerning Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application, for
cereals sector products, of Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000,
(EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and the Republic of Poland respectively and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1218/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 of 20
December 2000 established certain concessions in the
form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
products originating respectively in the Republic of
Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (3), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2864/2000 (4), specifies the quanti-
ties of common wheat originating in Romania which
enjoy preferential access under the Europe Agreement
concluded with that country.

(2)

The Commission must fix a single coefficient for redu-
cing the quantities in the import licences applied for

where these quantities exceed the quantities in the
annual quota. Applications for import licences submitted
on 8 July 2002 for common wheat from Romania relate
to 50 000 tonnes and the maximum quantity which may
be imported is 27 500 tonnes exempt from duty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for licences for the ‘Romania’ quota provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 exempt from import duty
for common wheat falling within CN codes 1001 90 91 and
1001 90 99 submitted on 8 July 2002 and forwarded to the
Commission, shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated
therein multiplied by a coefficient of 0,55.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 3.