Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007 of 29 August 2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 concerning imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from Egypt
Date: 2007-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Egypt, customs duties, import, import licence, originating product, rice, tariff quota, tariff reduction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1002/2007

of 29 August 2007

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 concerning
imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from Egypt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 of 28
October 1996 concerning imports into the Community of rice
originating in and coming from Egypt (1), and in particular
Article 2 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,

Whereas:

(1)

that

Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 (3) of 31
January 1997 lays down detailed rules for the application
of Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 concerning imports into
the Community of rice originating in and coming from
Egypt. Since its entry into force, horizontal or sectoral
implementing regulations,
is, Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the
system of import and export licences and advance fixing
agricultural products (4), Commission
certificates
Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying
down special detailed rules for the application of the
import and export licences for cereals and
system of
rice (5),
No
1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common
rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for
agricultural products managed by a system of import
licences (6), have been adopted or amended, and must
be taken into account in respect of the quota opened
by Regulation (EC) No 196/97.

Commission

Regulation

(EC)

and

for

status of applicants and the issue of licences. It applies
without prejudice to additional conditions or derogations
laid down by the sectoral regulations. For the sake of
clarity, therefore, the administration of the Community
tariff quotas for imports of rice originating in Egypt
should be adapted by adopting a new regulation and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 196/97.

(3)

(4)

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 opens an
tariff quota of 32 000 tonnes of rice falling
overall
within CN code 1006 originating
in Egypt per
marketing year. The customs duty is that provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003,
in accordance with
Articles 11, 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d thereof, reduced by
an amount equal to 25 % of the value of that duty.
Taking
application of
different customs duties, the conditions for the appli-
cation of the 25 % reduction should be laid down.

the potential

into account

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 from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006. For
the specific rules
the same reason,
which apply to the drawing up of licence applications,
their issue, their period of validity and the notification of
information to the Commission should be laid down, as
should suitable administrative measures
to
ensure that
the quota fixed is not
the volume of
In any event, under Regulation (EC) No
exceeded.
1301/2006 licences are valid only up to and including
the last day of the tariff quota period. Moreover, in order
to improve controls on this 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.

in order

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 lays down in particular
detailed rules for applications for import licences, the

(5)

(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(3) OJ L 31, 1.2.1997, p. 53. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1996/2006 (OJ L 398, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52).

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

lation (EC) No 1996/2006 (OJ L 398, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(6) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).

The rules applicable to the transport document and the
proof of preferential origin on release for free circulation
of the product are set out in Protocol 4 to Council
Decision 2004/635/EC of 21 April 2004 on the
conclusion
Euro-Mediterranean Association
Agreement between the European Communities and
the one part, and the Arab
their Member States, of
Republic of Egypt, of the other part (7). Detailed rules
for implementing those provisions should be laid down
for the quota in question.

of

a

(7) OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 38.

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(6)

(7)

These measures should apply from the start of the next
marketing year, that is, 1 September 2007.

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

The annual tariff quota provided for in Article 1 of Regu-
1.
lation (EC) No 2184/96 shall be opened on the first day of each
marketing year for a quantity of 32 000 tonnes of rice falling
within CN code 1006 originating in and coming from Egypt.

The customs duty applicable to these imports shall be that set
in accordance with Article 11, 11a, 11c or 11d of Regulation
(EC) No 1785/2003, as applicable, reduced by 25 %.

the amount of

Notwithstanding Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No
2.
1342/2003,
the
import licences shall be equal to 25 % of the value of the
customs duties calculated in accordance with Articles 11, 11a,
11c or 11d of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 applicable on the
date of the application.

the security in respect of

However, the security may not be less than those provided for
in Article 12(a) and Article 12(a)a respectively of Regulation
(EC) No 1342/2003, as applicable.

3. Where the quantities applied for in a given week exceed
the quantity available under the quota, the Commission shall fix
the allocation coefficient for the quantities applied for during
that week, pursuant
to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006, no later than the fourth working day following
the last day for the submission of applications for that week,
as referred to in Article 2(3) of this Regulation, and suspend the
submission of new licence applications until the end of the
quota period.

The serial number of the quota shall be 09.4094.

Applications submitted in respect of the current week shall be
considered inadmissible.

Regulations

2.
(EC) Nos 1291/2000, 1342/2003 and
1301/2006 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this
Regulation.

Member States shall allow operators to withdraw, within two
working days following the date of publication of the Regu-
lation fixing the allocation coefficient, applications for which
the quantity for which the licence is to be issued is less than
20 tonnes.

Article 2

Applications for import licences shall relate to a quantity

1.
of at least 100 tonnes and at most 1 000 tonnes.

4.
The import licence shall be issued on the eighth working
day following the last day for the submission of applications.

Each licence application shall indicate a quantity in kilograms
(whole numbers).

2.
Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006, applicants may submit more than one licence
application per quota period. However, applicants may submit
only one licence application per week for each eight-digit CN
code.

Import

licence applications

3.
competent authorities of
each Friday at 13.00 (Brussels time).

shall be lodged with the
the Member States no later than

Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003,
import licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the
meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000
until the end of the following month.

Article 4

Release for free circulation within the quotas referred to in
Article 1 of this Regulation shall be subject to the presentation
of a transport document and proof of preferential origin, issued
in Egypt and relating to the consignments in question,
in
Euro-Mediterranean
accordance with Protocol 4 of
Agreement.

the

Article 3

Import

1.
contain:

licence applications and import

licences

shall

Article 5

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

(a)

in boxes 7 and 8, the word ‘Egypt’, ‘yes’ being marked with
a cross;

(b) in box 24, one of the entries listed in the Annex.

the submission of

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

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(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 total quantities for which import licences have been
issued and the quantities for which licence applications
have been withdrawn in accordance with the
third
paragraph of Article 3(3);

(c) no later than the last day of each month, the total quantities
actually released for free circulation under this quota during
the previous month but one, broken down by eight-digit
CN code. If no quantities have been released for free circu-
lation during one of these months, a ‘nil’ notification shall
this notification shall no longer be
be sent. However,

required in the third month following the final day of
validity of the licences.

Regulation (EC) No 196/97 is hereby repealed.

Article 6

Article 7

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

It shall apply from 1 September 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 August 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Entries referred to in Article 3(1)(b)

— in Bulgarian:

Ставка на мито, намалена с 25 % (Регламент (ЕО) № 1002/2007)

— in Spanish:

— in Czech:

— in Danish:

— in German:

— in Estonian:

— in Greek:

— in English:

— in French:

— in Irish:

— in Italian:

— in Latvian:

Derecho de aduana reducido en un 25 % [Reglamento (CE) no 1002/2007]

Clo snížené o 25 % (nařízení (ES) č. 1002/2007)

Told nedsat med 25 % (forordning (EF) nr. 1002/2007)

um 25 % ermäßigter Zollsatz (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1002/2007)

25 % võrra vähendatud tollimaks (Määrus (EÜ) nr 1002/2007)

Δασμός μειωμένος κατά 25 % [Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1002/2007]

Duty reduced by 25 % (Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007)

Droit réduit de 25 % [Règlement (CE) no 1002/2007]

Laghdú 25 % ar dhleacht (Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 1002/2007)

Dazio ridotto del 25 % [regolamento (CE) n. 1002/2007]

Nodoklis, kas samazināts par 25 % (Regula (EK) Nr. 1002/2007)

— in Lithuanian:

25 % sumažintas muitas (Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 1002/2007)

— in Hungarian:

25 %-kal csökkentett vámtétel (1002/2007/EK rendelet)

— in Maltese:

Dazju mnaqqas b’25 % (Regolament (KE) Nru 1002/2007)

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

— in Portuguese:

— in Romanian:

Douanerecht verminderd met 25 % (Verordening (EG) nr. 1002/2007)

Opłata obniżona o 25 % (rozporządzenie (WE) nr 1002/2007)

Direito reduzido em 25 % [Regulamento (CE) n.o 1002/2007]

Drept redus cu 25 % [Regulamentul (CE) nr. 1002/2007]

— in Slovak:

Clo znížené o 25 % [nariadenie (ES) č. 1002/2007]

— in Slovenian:

Znižana dajatev za 25 % (Uredba (ES) št. 1002/2007)

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

Tulli, jota on alennettu 25 % (asetus (EY) N:o 1002/2007)

Tullsatsen nedsatt med 25 % (förordning (EG) nr 1002/2007).