Commission Regulation (EC) No 2300/2002 of 19 December 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 laying down the detailed implementing rules for imports of rice originating in the ACP countries or the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, CCT duties, import, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice

L 348/74

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2300/2002
of 19 December 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 laying down the detailed implementing rules for imports of
rice originating in the ACP countries or the overseas countries and territories (OCT)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10
December 2002 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) (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 repeals and replaces
Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998
on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and
Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 715/90 (2).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 174/2002 (4), should be
amended in order to replace the references to Regulation
(EC) No 1706/98 with references to the relevant provi-
sions of Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
As regards the quantity of 125 000 tonnes of rice, in
husked-rice equivalent, falling within CN codes 1006 10 21
to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 30 laid down in Council

Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 (*), licences for imports at a
reduced rate of customs duty shall be issued each year under
the following tranches:
— January:

41 668 tonnes

— May:

— September:

41 666 tonnes

41 666 tonnes.

(*) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.’

2. Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

As regards the quantity of 20 000 tonnes of broken
‘1.
rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00 laid down in Regu-
lation (EC) No 2286/2002, licences for imports at a reduced
rate of customs duty shall be issued each year under the
following tranches:
— January:

10 000 tonnes

— May:

— September:

10 000 tonnes

0 tonnes.’

3. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

For the purposes of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2286/
2002, the customs duties shall be fixed by the Commission
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4 of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 (*).

(*) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 71.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) See page 5 of this Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 33.