Commission Regulation (EC) No 1510/2005 of 16 September 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 September 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
Date: 2005-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import, import licence, overseas countries and territories, rice

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Official Journal of the European Union

17.9.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1510/2005

of 16 September 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 September 2005 pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 agricultural
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
to
imports of
rice originating in the African, Caribbean and
Pacific States (ACP States) and the overseas countries and terri-
tories (OCT) (3), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,

arrangements

applicable

regards

the

Examination of the quantities for which applications have been
submitted shows that licences for the September 2005 tranche
should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where
appropriate, by the percentages not covered and fixing the
quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

licences for rice against applications submitted
1.
Import
during the
five working days of September 2005
first
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 and notified to the
the quantities applied for
Commission shall be issued 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

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 September 2005.

For the Commission

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

(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 September 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
October 2005 (t)

Netherlands
Antilles and
Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

Netherlands
Antilles and
Aruba

Least-developed
OCTs

0

0

14 117,759

9 350

Origin/product

Reduction percentage

Quantity carried over to the
tranche for October 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

74,4234

—

0

15 380