Commission Regulation (EC) No 2120/2005 of  22 December 2005  amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 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 the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
Date: 2005-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, customs duties, import, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2120/2005

of 22 December 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 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 the
overseas countries and territories (OCT)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), and in particular Article 13(1) thereof,

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) (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

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) (3), and in particular the seventh subparagraph
of Article 6(5) of Annex III thereto,

Whereas:

States and overseas countries and territories concerned.
In order to solve this problem and to bring the issue of
licences more closely into line with the harvest period in
the ACP States and overseas countries and territories
concerned, the tranche currently fixed for the month of
January should be put back a month and Regulation (EC)
No 638/2003 should be amended accordingly.

(4)

(5)

the tariff quotas
To allow optimal management of
concerned, this Regulation should apply from 1 January
2006.

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 638/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(EC) No

Regulation
the
arrangements for imports from the ACP States made as
a result of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in
Cotonou on 23 June 2000.

implements

2286/2002

Decision 2001/822/EC lays down that the cumulation of
ACP/OCT origin within the meaning of Article 6(1) and
(5) of Annex III to that Decision is allowed within a total
annual quantity of 160 000 tonnes of rice, expressed as
husked-rice equivalent, for the products falling within CN
code 1006.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 (4) provides
for the issue of import licences at intervals designed to
ensure balanced market management. This aim has not
been fully achieved under current market management
conditions in view of the harvest periods in the ACP

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(2) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 93, 10.4.2003, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1950/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 18).

(a)

in Article 3(1) ‘January’ is replaced by ‘February’;

(b) in Article 5(1) ‘January’ is replaced by ‘February’;

(c) Article 10(1) is amended as follows:

(i)

in point (a), ‘January’ is replaced by ‘February’;

(ii) in point (b) ‘January’ is replaced by ‘February’.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission