Commission Regulation (EC) No 1455/2007 of 10 December 2007 opening certain Community import quotas for rice originating in Egypt
Date: 2007-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Egypt, import, originating product, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1455/2007

of 10 December 2007

opening certain Community import quotas for rice originating in Egypt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the
of
the product are set out
Agreement (7). Detailed rules for
implementing those
provisions should be laid down for the quota in question.

in Protocol 4 of

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the

(hereinafter

the other part (2)

Protocol 1 of
Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt,
of
the Agreement),
approved by the Council Decision 2004/635/EC (3) was
amended by the Protocol
to the Euro-Mediterranean
Agreement between the European Communities and
their Member States, of
the one part, and the Arab
Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of
the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to
the European Union (4), attached to Council Decision
2007/774/EC (5). The amended Protocol 1 provides for
three new annual tariff quotas for the import into the
Community of rice originating in Egypt, namely a quota
of 57 600 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code
1006 20 at 11 EUR/t, 19 600 tonnes of semi-milled or
wholly milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 at 33
EUR/t and 5 000 tonnes of broken rice covered by
CN code 1006 40 00 at 13 EUR/tonne.

Those quotas should be managed in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementations
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing
the Community Customs Code (6), taking into account
the
and the
Community and in order to enable direct access to and
a simple management of the quotas.

rice between Egypt

trade of

regular

(4)

According to Article 9 of the Protocol to the Euro-Medi-
terranean Agreement between the European Commu-
nities and their Member States, of the one part, and
the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take
account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union, the Protocol shall apply
provisionally as from 1 January 2007 and shall enter into
force on the first day of the first month following the
date of deposit of the last instrument of approval. It is
therefore necessary to give the possibility to import the
quantities under the quotas in question from the year
2007.

(5)

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 following annual import tariff quotas shall be opened

1.
on 1 January each year for rice originating in Egypt:

(a) 57 600 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20,

at 11 EUR/tonne, with order number 09.1780;

(b) 19 600 tonnes of semi-milled or wholly milled rice covered
by CN code 1006 30, at 33 EUR/tonne, with order number
09.1781;

(3)

The rules applicable to the transport document and the
proof of preferential origin on release for free circulation

(c) 5 000 tonnes of broken rice

covered by CN code
1006 40 00, at 13 EUR/tonne, with order number 09.1782.

(1) 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).

(2) OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 39.
(3) OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 33.
(5) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 32.
(6) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).

2.
These quotas shall be managed by the Commission in
accordance with Article 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC)
No 2454/93.

(7) OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 103.

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By way of derogation from paragraph 1,

in 2007 the
3.
quotas referred to in that paragraph shall be opened on the
date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Euro-Mediterranean
accordance with Protocol 4 of
Agreement between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of
Egypt, of the other part.

the

Article 2

Release for free circulation within the quotas referred to in
Article 1(1) of this Regulation shall be subject to the presen-
tation of a transport document and proof of preferential origin,
issued in Egypt and relating to the consignments in question, in

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission