Commission Regulation (EC) No 646/2005 of 27 April 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 94/2005 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 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
Date: 2005-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, overseas countries and territories, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 646/2005

of 27 April 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 94/2005 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 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2005 (2) were less than they
should have been. The Regulation in question should therefore
be amended to take account of the applications actually lodged
for the January tranche and to make them available for the May
tranche,

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 to Council Decision
2001/822/EC as
to
rice originating in the African, Caribbean and
imports of
Pacific States (ACP States) and the overseas countries and terri-
tories (OCT) (1), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,

arrangements

applicable

regards

the

Whereas:

Having checked the quantities booked by product category for
the January 2005 tranche, a Member State was found to have
made a booking error. As a result of this error, the quantities
in the Annex to
available

the May 2005 tranche

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 94/2005 is replaced by the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 93, 10.4.2003, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 19, 21.1.2005, p. 40.

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Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 2005 and quantities
carried over to the subsequent tranche

ANNEX

Origin/product

OCT (Article 10(1)(a) and (b) of
Regulation (EC) No 638/2003)
— CN code 1006

Reduction percentage

Quantity carried over to the tranche for
May 2005 (t)

Netherlands
Antilles and
Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

0

0

Netherlands
Antilles and
Aruba

3 327,727

Least-developed
OCTs

3 334

Origin/product

Reduction percentage

Quantity carried over to the
tranche for May 2005 (t)

ACP (Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2003)
— CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and

1006 30

ACP (Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2003)
— CN codes 1006 40 00

71,4487

—

0

9 810