Commission Regulation (EC) No 671/2006 of  28 April 2006  correcting Regulation (EC) No 299/2006 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 February 2006 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
Date: 2006-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice, tariff quota

29.4.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 671/2006

of 28 April 2006

correcting Regulation (EC) No 299/2006 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 February 2006 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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),

(3)

1006 10 21,

The first paragraph of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
638/2003 provides that applications for a licence to
import rice originating in the ACP States falling within
CN codes
1006 10 25,
1006 10 27, 1006 10 92, 1006 10 94, 1006 10 96,
1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 30 and rice originating
in the OCTs falling within CN code 1006 may be lodged
for quantities carried over as referred to in Article 3(2) of
that Regulation.

1006 10 23,

Allocating the quantities carried over to the ACP quota
only was therefore not correct. As a result, the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 299/2006 should be corrected to
specify
quantities
available at the disposal of traders,

for placing

conditions

the

the

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
to
2001/822/EC as
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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 299/2006 is hereby replaced
by the Annex to this Regulation.

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 299/2006 (4) lays down
the quantities carried over to the tranche for May 2006,
indicating the ACP quota only.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
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. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2120/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 22).

(4) OJ L 48, 18.2.2006, p. 14.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for February 2006 and
quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche

Reduction
percentage

Quantity carried over to
the tranche for May
2006
(t)

Total quantities available
for the tranche for May
2006
(t)

Neth-
erlands
Antilles
and
Aruba

Least-
developed
OCTs

Netherlands
Antilles and
Aruba

Least-
developed
OCTs

Netherlands
Antilles and
Aruba

Least-
developed
OCTs

0 (*)

0 (*)

5 839,936

3 334

14 172,936

6 667

Reduction
percentage

Quantity carried over to
the tranche for May
2006
(t)

Total quantities available for
the tranche for May 2006
(t)

0 (*)

4 767,115

41 666

0 (*)

9 164

19 164

4 767,115 (**)

Origin/product

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

Origin/product

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 code 1006 40 00

ACP/OCTs (first paragraph of Article 13 of
Regulation (EC) No 638/2003)
— CN code 1006 (OCTs)
— CN codes 1006 10 21, 1006 10 23,
1006 10 25, 1006 10 27, 1006 10 92,
1006 10 94, 1006 10 96, 1006 10 98,
1006 20 and 1006 30

(*) Issue for the quantity applied for.
(**) Quantity carried over to the tranche for May 2006 in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Regulation (EC)

No 638/2003.’