CELEX: 31999R2003
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2003/1999 of 17 September 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of September 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

L 247/24              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   18. 9. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2003/1999
                                                         of 17 September 1999
              on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries
              and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of September 1999
                                             pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (2)    Whereas examination of the quantities for which
                                                                                applications have been submitted shows that licences
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced,
Community,                                                                      where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the
                                                                                Annex hereto,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 of
16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules of applica-
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
tion for the import of rice from the ACP States and for the
import of rice from the overseas countries and territories
(OCT) (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1595/98 (2), and                                         Article 1
in particular Article 9(2) thereof,                                      Import licences for rice against applications submitted during
                                                                         the first five working days of September 1999 pursuant to
(1)     Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No          Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to the Commission
        2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days               shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where
        of the final date for notification by the Member States          appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.
        the extent to which applications can be granted and
        must fix the available quantities for the following                                          Article 2
        tranche and, where necessary, for the additional tranche
        for October;                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 September 1999.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 17 September 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 208, 24.7.1998, p. 21.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                      Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
            Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities for under the tranche for September 1999:
                                                                                                        Reduction
                                                       Origin
                                                                                                           (%)
            ACP (Article 2(1))                                                                          93,6742
            — CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 30