Commission Regulation (EC) No 115/2000 of 19 January 2000 on the issue of import licences for certain products falling within CN codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 and qualifying as ACP/OCT originating products

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 115/2000
of 19 January 2000
on the issue of import licences for certain products falling within CN codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 and qualifying as ACP/OCT originating products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community(1), (hereinafter referred to as "OCT Decision"), as last amended by Decision 97/803/EC(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 of 17 December on rules for issuing import licences for certain products covered by CN-Codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 and qualifying as ACP/OCT(3), originating products, and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 108b(1) of the OCT Decision allows ACP/OCT cumulation of origin in the case of products falling within CN codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 up to an annual quantity of 3000 tonnes of sugar;
(2) two applications have been submitted to the national authorities in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 for the issue of import licences covering a total quantity exceeding the 3000 tonnes allowed under the OCT Decision;
(3) Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 provides that, where licence applications cover annual quantities in excess of 3000 tonnes of sugar, the Commission is to adopt a regulation fixing a single reducing coefficient to be applied to each application submitted and suspend the submission of further applications during the year in progress;
(4) the Commission must therefore fix the reducing coefficient for the issue of import licences and suspend submission of further licence applications for 2000,