CELEX: 31999R2147
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2147/1999 of 7 October 1999 on the application of the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1981/1999 fixing the import duties in the rice sector

L 262/22                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8. 10. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2147/1999
                                                            of 7 October 1999
                on the application of the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1981/1999 fixing the import
                                                         duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      the abovementioned Regulation to apply, on application
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            by the operators, to imports covered by declarations of
Community,                                                                       release for free circulation accepted on 16 September
                                                                                 1999,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (2),
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of
29 July 1996 on the detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with regard to import                                              Article 1
duties on rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2831/
98 (4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,                           The import duties on rice provided for in Article 11(1) and (2)
                                                                          of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and fixed in Regulation (EC)
Whereas:                                                                  No 1981/1999 shall apply, on application by the operators
(1)      Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/1999             concerned, to imports covered by declarations of release for
         of 16 September 1999 fixing the import duties in the             free circulation accepted on 16 September 1999.
         rice sector (5) provides for that Regulation's entry into
         force on 17 September 1999;
                                                                                                      Article 2
(2)      the abovementioned date of entry into force was the
         result of an administrative mistake. The necessary meas-         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
         ures should accordingly be taken for the duties fixed in         publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 7 October 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ  L  265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ  L  189, 30.7.1996, p. 71.
(4) OJ  L  351, 29.12.1998, p. 25.
(5) OJ  L  245, 17.9.1999, p. 15.