Commission Regulation (EC) No 861/2003 of 19 May 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 May 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
Date: 2003-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, customs duties, import, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, quantitative restriction, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 861/2003

of 19 May 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 May 2003 pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 638/2003 of
9 April 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 and Council Decision 2001/
822/EC as regards the arrangements applicable to imports of
rice originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(ACP States)
and territories
and the overseas
(OCT) (3), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,

countries

Examination of the quantities for which applications have been
submitted shows that licences for the May 2003 tranche should
be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appro-
priate, by the percentages not covered and fixing the quantities
carried over to the subsequent tranche,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first five working days of May 2003 pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 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 carried over to the subsequent

2.
tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Whereas:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 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 93, 10.4.2003, p. 3.

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Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for May 2003 and quantities
carried over to the following tranche

ANNEX

Reduction percentage

Quantity carried over to the tranche for
September 2003
(tonnes)

Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

57,5733

— (1)

—

4 130,768

Origin/Product

OCT (Article 10)
— CN code 1006

(1)

Issue for the quantitiy applied for.

Origin/product

Reduction percentage

Quantity carried over to the
tranche for September
2003
(tonnes)

ACP (Article 3(1))
— CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 30

ACP (Article 5)
— CN code 1006 40 00

89,3976

94,3450

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