Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2006 of 19 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice
Date: 2006-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, import licence, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1917/2006

of 19 December 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of
the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 12(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (2), and in particular Articles 10(2) and 13(1) thereof,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

to the

applications

applicable
from
forwarding of
operators to the Commission, the validity period of the
import licences issued, the non-transferable nature of the
licences and the issue date for import licences, which
must correspond to the date laid down in Article 23(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

These measures should apply from 1 January 2007, the
date from which the measures laid down in Regulation
(EC) No 1301/2006 apply.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31
August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (3) applies to
import licences for import tariff quota periods starting
from 1 January 2007.

for

the application of

In the cereals and rice sector, Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1342/2003 (4) establishes rules further to or
derogating
from Commission Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common
detailed rules
the system of
import and export licences and advance fixing certificates
for agricultural products (5), which differ
from the
laid down by Regulation (EC) No
common rules
In the interests of greater legibility and
1301/2006.
simplification for economic operators, Regulation (EC)
No 1342/2003 should be adapted to take account of
the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and it
should be stated that Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000
and 1301/2006 apply to the import tariff quotas referred
to in Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, except where that
Regulation provides otherwise.

(3)

It should also be indicated which specific provisions or
derogations apply in the case of
import tariff quotas
managed under an import licence system, and which
specific management
and administration procedures
apply. Thus it is necessary to fix the specific conditions

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 1, the following subparagraph is added:

‘The provisions of Commission Regulations
(EC) Nos
1291/2000 and 1301/2006 (*) shall apply except where
this Regulation provides otherwise.

___________
(*) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13’

2. Article 6 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

Import

‘1.
licences for the products referred to in
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and in
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) 1785/2003 are valid from
their actual date of issue within the meaning of Article
23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 until the expiry
of the periods laid down in Annex 1 to this Regulation.

(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1713/2006 (OJ L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11).

(5) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1713/2006.

However, for import tariff quotas opened in the cereals
and rice sectors, managed under an import
licence
system,
licences issued shall cease to be
valid after the last day of the quota period in question,
in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 8 of
Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.’

the import

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(b) the following paragraph is added:

‘3.
For import tariff quotas opened in the cereals and
rice sectors, managed under an import licence system,
rights arising under the licences shall not be transferable,
in derogation from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000.’

3. Article 16(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
As regards import licences other than those intended
for the management of import tariff quotas and governed by
Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, the Member States shall
communicate to the Commission on a daily basis, solely
via e-mail, on forms made available to them by the
Commission and under the conditions laid down by the
information system put in place by the latter, the total quan-
tities covered by the licences, by origin and by product code,
and for common wheat, by quality class. Communications
relating to import licences for rice shall also indicate the
origin.’

4. In Annex I,
follows:

the column ‘Validity period’

is amended as

(a)

the wording ‘Until
the fourth month
the end of
the licence’
following issue of
replaced by the
is
wording ‘Until the end of the fourth month following
the actual date of issue of the licence within the meaning
of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000’;

(b) the wording ‘Until
the second month
the end of
the licence’
following issue of
replaced by the
is
wording ‘Until the end of the second month following
the actual date of issue of the licence within the meaning
of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000’;

(c)

the wording ‘Until the end of the third month following
issue of the licence’ is replaced by the wording ‘Until the
end of the third month following the actual date of issue
of the licence within the meaning of Article 23(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission