Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1964/2006 of 22 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of an import quota for rice originating in Bangladesh, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 ( OJ L 408, 30.12.2006 )
Date: 2007-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bangladesh, generalised preferences, import levy, import policy, rice, tariff quota

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Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1964/2006 of 22 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for
the opening and administration of an import quota for rice originating in Bangladesh, pursuant to Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90

(Official Journal of the European Union L 408 of 30 December 2006)

Regulation (EC) No 1964/2006 should read as follows:

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1964/2006

of 22 December 2006

laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of an import quota for rice originating
in Bangladesh, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 of
26 November 1990 on imports of rice originating in Bang-
ladesh (1), and in particular Article 3 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), 11(4) and 13(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90, the levy on imports
of rice originating in Bangladesh is reduced by 50 % plus
a standard component varying according to the extent to
which the rice is milled, provided that a corresponding tax
is paid when the rice is exported from the third country
concerned. To this end, for the purposes of application of
that Regulation, the changes which have taken place since
its adoption should be taken into account, as should the
overhaul of the agrimonetary arrangements in 1995.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 of 8 April 1991
laying down detailed rules applying Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3491/90 to imports of rice originating in Bang-
ladesh (3) has been substantively amended since its adop-
tion. The provisions relating to the quota originating in
Bangladesh should, moreover, be harmonised with the
horizontal or sectoral implementing regulations, that is,
apart from Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Commission
Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the

(3)

(4)

system of import and export licences and advance fixing
certificates for agricultural products (4), 1342/2003 of
28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the
application of the system of import and export licences
for cereals and rice (5), and 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006
laying down common rules for the administration of
import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by
licences (6). Regulation (EC)
a
No 1301/2006 applies to import licences for tariff quota
periods starting from 1 January 2007.

system of

import

Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 lays down in particular
detailed rules for applications for import licences, the sta-
tus of applicants and the issue of licences. It limits the
period of validity of import licences to the final day of the
tariff quota period and applies without prejudice to addi-
tional conditions or derogations laid down by the sectoral
regulations. The administration of the Community tariff
quota for imports of rice originating in Bangladesh should
therefore be adapted by adopting a new regulation appli-
cable
from 2007 and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 862/91.

6(1)

from Article

of Regulation

In the interests of sound administration of the quota, it is
necessary to allow operators to submit more than one
licence application per quota period, and therefore to
derogate
(EC)
No 1301/2006. The specific rules which apply to the
drawing up of licence applications, their issue, their period
of validity and the notification of information to the Com-
mission should therefore be laid down, as should suitable
administrative measures in order to ensure that the vol-
ume of the quota fixed is not exceeded. Moreover, in order
to improve controls on the quota and to simplify its
administration, provision should be made for import
licence applications to be submitted on a weekly basis,
and the security should be fixed at a level appropriate to
the risks involved.

(1) OJ L 337, 4.12.1990, p. 1.
(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 88, 9.4.1991, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(4) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 410/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 7).

(5) OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 945/2006 (OJ L 173, 27.6.2006, p. 12).

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

(6) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

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(5)

(6)

These measures should be applied from 1 January 2007,
which is the date from which the measures provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 apply.

However, the period for lodging the first applications
referred to in this Regulation falls on a public holiday in
2007; it should therefore be laid down that the first appli-
cations may be lodged by operators only from the first
working day of 2007, and that this first period for lodg-
ing applications closes no later than Monday, 8 January
2007. It should also be specified that import licence appli-
cations for this first period should be sent to the Commis-
sion no later than Monday 8 January 2007.

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The annual import tariff quota provided for in Article 2(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 shall be opened each year on Janu-
ary 1, for a quantity equivalent to 4 000 tonnes of husked rice.
The serial number of the quota shall be 09.4517.

Regulations (EC) No 1291/2000, (EC) No 1342/2003 and (EC)
No 1301/2006 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this
Regulation.

Article 2

1.
The certificate of origin referred to in the second indent of
Article 1(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 (hereinafter certifi-
cate of origin) shall be drawn up on a form of which a model is
set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

The certificate of origin shall be valid for 90 days from the
2.
date of issue but not later than 31 December of the year of issue.

The competent authority for issuing certificates of origin

3.
shall be the ‘Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh’.

Article 3

1.
The proof referred to in the first indent of Article 1(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 shall be constituted by the inser-
tion by the competent authorities in Bangladesh of one of the
one of the entries shown in Annex II to this Regulation under
‘Remarks’ in the certificate of origin.

Article 4

In addition to fulfilling the other conditions laid down by
1.
Community rules,
in order to qualify for the arrangements
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90, the
application for an import licence and the import licence itself
must contain:

(a)

in sections 20 and 24, one of the entries shown in Annex III;

(b)

in section 8, ‘Bangladesh’ and ‘Yes’ marked with a cross.

Notwithstanding Article

(EC)
2.
No 1301/2006, applicants may submit more than one licence
application per quota period. The eight-digit CN code shall be
indicated on the application.

of Regulation

6(1)

3.
Import licence applications shall be lodged with the com-
petent authorities of the Member States each week no later than
Monday at 13.00 (Brussels time). However, for 2007, the period
for lodging the first applications shall begin only on the first
working day of 2007 and shall end no later than 8 January 2007,
and the first Monday on which import licence applications are
to be sent to the Commission in accordance with Article 7(a)
shall be Monday, 8 January 2007.

Article 5

1. Where the quantities applied for in a given week exceed
the quantity available under the quota, the Commission shall fix,
no later than the fourth working day following the final day for
the submission of applications for that week, an award coeffi-
cient to apply to each application for the quantities applied for
during that week, reject applications submitted in respect of the
following weeks and suspend the issue of import licences until
the end of the current year.

If the award coefficient referred to in the first subparagraph
results in one or more quantities of less than 20 tonnes per appli-
cation, Member States shall allocate the total of such quantities
by drawing lots among the operators concerned for each quan-
tity of 20 tonnes, with the remainder distributed equally between
the 20-tonne quantities. However, where adding together the
quantities of less than 20 tonnes does not result in the constitu-
tion of a 20-tonne quantity, the remainder shall be distributed
by the Member State equally between the operators whose
licences are for 20 tonnes or more.

Where, following the application of the second subparagraph,
the quantity for which a licence is to be issued is less than
20 tonnes, the licence application may be withdrawn by the
operator within two working days following the date of entry
into force of the Regulation fixing the award coefficient.

2.
The import licence, issued for a quantity not exceeding that
entered on the certificate of origin referred to in Article 2, shall
oblige the importer to import from Bangladesh.

2. Where the tax collected by the exporting country is less
than the reduction referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3491/90, the reduction shall not exceed the amount collected.

3.
Import licences shall be issued on the eighth working day
following the final day for the notification of licence applica-
tions to the Commission referred to in Article 7(a).

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Article 6

Notwithstanding Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003,
the security for the import licences shall be fixed at EUR 30 per
tonne for paddy rice falling within CN code 1006 10, with the
exception of CN code 1006 10 10.

Article 7

The Member States shall send the Commission, by electronic
means:

(a) on the final day for the submission of licence applications,
no later than 18.00 (Brussels time), the information on the
import licence applications referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a breakdown by eight-
digit CN code of the quantities (in product weight) covered
by those applications;

(b) no later than the second working day following the issue of
the import licences,
information on the licences issued,
as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)

No 1301/2006, with a breakdown by eight-digit CN code
of the quantities (in product weight) for which import
licences have been issued;

(c) no later than the last day of each month, the total quantities
(in product weight) actually released for free circulation
under this quota during the previous month but one, bro-
ken down by eight-digit CN code. If no quantities have been
released for free circulation during the period, a ‘nil’ notifi-
cation shall be sent.

Article 8

Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 is hereby repealed.

Article 9

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2006.

For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 3(1)

— in Bulgarian:

Събрана специална такса върху износа на ориз

— in Spanish:

Derecho especial percibido a la exportación del arroz

— in Czech:

Zvláštní poplatek vybraný při vývozu rýže

— in Danish:

Særafgift, der opkræves ved eksport af ris

— in German:

Bei der Ausfuhr von Reis erhobene Sonderabgabe

— in Estonian:

Riisi ekspordi suhtes kohaldatav erimaks

— in Greek:

Ειδικός δασμός που εισπράττεται κατά την εξαγωγή ρυζιού

— in English:

Special charge collected on export of rice

— in French:

Taxe spéciale perçue à l’exportation du riz

— in Italian:

Tassa speciale riscossa all’esportazione del riso

— in Latvian:

Īpašs maksājums, kuru iekasē par rīsu eksportu

— in Lithuanian: Specialus mokestis, taikomas ryžių eksportui

— in Hungarian: A rizs exportálásakor beszedett különleges díj

— in Maltese:

Taxxa speċjali miġbura ma’ l-esportazzjoni tar-ross

— in Dutch:

Bij uitvoer van de rijst is de bijzondere belasting geïnd

— in Polish:

Specjalna opłata pobrana od eksportu ryżu

— in Portuguese: Taxa especial cobrada à exportaçao de arroz

— in Romanian: Taxă specială percepută la exportul de orez

— in Slovak:

Zvláštny poplatok inkasovaný pri vývoze ryže

— in Slovenian:

Posebna dajatev, pobrana na izvoz riža

— in Finnish:

Riisin viennin yhteydessä perittävä erityismaksu

— in Swedish:

Särskild avgift som tas ut vid export av ris









(amount in national currency)

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ANNEX III

Entries referred to in Article 4(1)(a)

— in Bulgarian:

Бангладеш

— in Spanish:

Bangladesh

— in Czech:

Bangladéš

— in Danish:

Bangladesh

— in German:

Bangladesch

— in Estonian:

Bangladesh

— in Greek:

Μπανγκλαντές

— in English:

Bangladesh

— in French:

Bangladesh

— in Italian:

Bangladesh

— in Latvian:

Bangladeša

— in Lithuanian:

Bangladešas

— in Hungarian:

Banglades

— in Maltese:

Bangladesh

— in Dutch:

Bangladesh

— in Polish:

Bangladesz

— in Portuguese:

Bangladesh

— in Romanian:

Bangladesh

— in Slovak:

Bangladéš

— in Slovenian:

Bangladeš

— in Finnish:

Bangladesh

— in Swedish:

Bangladesh.