Commission Regulation (EC) No 1232/2007 of 22 October 2007 derogating from Regulations (EC) No 2058/96, (EC) No 1964/2006 and (EC) No 1002/2007 as regards the dates for the lodging of applications for import licences and the issuing of such licences in December 2007 under tariff quotas in the rice sector
Date: 2007-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bangladesh, Egypt, import licence, import policy, originating product, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1232/2007

of 22 October 2007

derogating from Regulations (EC) No 2058/96, (EC) No 1964/2006 and (EC) No 1002/2007 as
regards the dates for the lodging of applications for import licences and the issuing of such
licences in December 2007 under tariff quotas in the rice sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

nating in and coming from Egypt (5) lays down specific
provisions for the lodging of applications for import
licences and the issuing of such licences for rice under
tariff quota 09.4094.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1(1)
thereof,

(4)

In view of
the public holidays in 2007, derogations
should be made from Regulations (EC) No 2058/96,
(EC) No 1964/2006 and (EC) No 1002/2007 as
regards the dates for the lodging of import licence appli-
cations and the issuing of those licences in order to
ensure compliance with the quota volumes in question.

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 Article 13(1) thereof,

(5)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2058/96 of 28 October
1996 opening and providing for the management of a
tariff quota for broken rice of CN code 1006 40 00 for
production of food preparations of CN code 1901 10 (3)
lays down specific provisions for the lodging of appli-
cations for import
licences and the issuing of such
licences for broken rice under tariff quota 09.4079.

Article 1

1.
Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 2(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 2058/96, applications for import licences
for broken rice under quota 09.4079 may no longer be lodged
for 2007 after 13:00 Brussels time on 17 December 2007.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1964/2006 of 22
December 2006 laying down detailed rules
the
opening and administration of an import quota for rice
to Council Regu-
originating in Bangladesh, pursuant
lation (EEC) No 3491/90 (4)
down specific
provisions for the lodging of applications for import
licences and the issuing of such licences for rice origi-
nating in Bangladesh under tariff quota 09.4517.

lays

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007 of 29
August 2007 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96
concerning imports into the Community of rice origi-

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, 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 276, 29.10.1996, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2019/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 48).

(4) OJ L 408, 30.12.2006, p. 19, as corrected by OJ L 47, 16.2.2007,

p. 15.

2.
Notwithstanding Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1964/2006, applications for import licences for rice originating
in Bangladesh under quota 09.4517 may no longer be lodged
for 2007 after 13:00 Brussels time on 17 December 2007.

Notwithstanding Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No
3.
1002/2007, applications for import licences for rice originating
in and coming from Egypt under quota 09.4094 may no longer
be lodged for 2007 after 13:00 Brussels time on 14 December
2007.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

(5) OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 15.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 October 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development