Commission Regulation (EC) No 67/2003 of 16 January 2003 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of January 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Date: 2003-01-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 67/2003

of 16 January 2003

on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries
and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of January 2003
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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

Having regard to Council Decision (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) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/
98 (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 2300/
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
available quantities for the following tranche.

Examination of
the quantities for which applications
have been submitted shows that licences for the January
2003 tranche should be issued for the quantities applied
for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set
out in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences for rice against applications submitted
1.
during the first five working days of January 2003 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 subsequent tranche are set

2.
out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 January 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 74.

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Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 2003 and quantities
available for the following tranche

ANNEX

Origin/Product

OCT (Article 6)

— CN code 1006

Reduction percentage

Quantity available for the tranche
for May 2003
(tonnes)

Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba

Least developed
OCTs

Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba

Least developed
OCTs

48,4643

—

—

797,768

Origin/Product

Reduction percentage

Quantity available for the
tranche for May 2003
(tonnes)

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

71,5742

91,2057

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