Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2002 of 31 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for issuing import licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation of origin

Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2002
of 31 January 2002
laying down detailed rules for issuing import licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation of origin
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community(1), and in particular Article 6(4) of Annex III thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Decision 2001/822/EC, ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation of origin is allowed for the quantities laid down in that Decision for the products falling within CN Chapter 17 and CN codes 1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90.
(2) A system of licences should be introduced for the products in question and the rules for issuing them laid down so as to permit the requisite controls on imports of the quantities provided for in the abovementioned Decision.
(3) Save where this Regulation provides otherwise, Commission Regulation (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 certificates for agricultural products(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001(3), should apply.
(4) With a view to ensuring orderly management, preventing speculation and providing for effective controls, detailed rules should be laid down for submitting licence applications and the documents that the interested parties must produce.
(5) The specific features of the licence application form for importing the products in question should be laid down. In order to ensure that such imports are administered strictly, it should be laid down in particular that rights deriving from licences are not transferable and that the release for free circulation of quantities of products exceeding those covered by licences issued is prohibited.
(6) A timetable should be laid down for the submission of applications, the issue of licences by the competent authorities of the Member States and for the fixing of a single reducing coefficient where the maximum annual quantity is exceeded. Provision should be made for operators to be able, in such cases, to withdraw their licence applications and for their securities to be released immediately. Lastly, special time limits should be set for the submission of licence applications and the issuing of the licences at the beginning of 2002.
(7) Since the import arrangements established by Council Decision 97/803/EC of 24 November 1997 amending, at mid-term, Decision 91/482/EEC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community(4) have been replaced by the arrangements established by Decision 2001/822/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 of 17 December 1997 on rules for issuing import licences for certain products covered by CN codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 and qualifying as ACP/OCT originating products(5) should be repealed,