Commission Regulation (EC) No 1670/2002 of 19 September 2002 on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACP/OCT origin against applications submitted in the first five working days of September 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, quantitative restriction, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1670/2002

of 19 September 2002

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

(2)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20
July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural
products and goods resulting from the processing of agricul-
tural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/
90 (1),

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) (2),

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) (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 174/2002 (4),
and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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 avail-

able quantities for the following tranche and, where
appropriate, the additional tranche for October.

The quantities
for which applications have been
submitted show that licences for the September 2002
tranche exceed the quantities available for that tranche.
This shows that licences should be issued for the quanti-
ties 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 September 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 under the additional tranche for

2.
October are set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(4) 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 September 2002 and
quantities available for the additional October tranche

ANNEX

Origin/product

OCT (Article 6)

— CN code 1006

Reduction percentage

Quantity available for the additional tranche
for October 2002
(tonnes)

Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

17,6849

—

—

6 711

Origin/product

Reduction percentage

Quantity available
for the additional tranche
for October 2002
(t)

ACP (Article 2(1))

53,0971

—

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