CHAPTER IV

COMMON DETAILED RULES
Article 12
Applications for a licence to import rice originating in the ACP States falling within the CN codes listed in Article 2 of this Regulation and rice originating in the OCT falling within CN code 1006 may be lodged for quantities carried over as referred to in Article 3(2).
If the licence applications submitted for imports originating in the ACP States or with an ACP/OCT cumulation of origin do not cover the full quantities available, the balance of the October subperiod referred to in Article 3(1) of this Regulation may be used to import products originating in the OCT, up to the maximum of 160 000 tonnes provided for in Article 1 of this Regulation.
Article 13
Licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authority in the Member State concerned during the first five working days in the month corresponding to each subperiod. However, for 2007, the five-day period for lodging applications for the first subperiod of the month of January referred to in Articles 3, 5 and 9 shall begin only on 13 January 2007.
The quantity applied for in respect of each subperiod and quota serial number concerned shall not exceed 5 000 tonnes in husked-rice equivalent.
Article 14
1
Sections 7 and 8 of the import licence application and the import licence shall contain the name of the country of provenance and the country of origin and ‘Yes’ shall be marked with a cross.
Licences shall be valid only for products originating in the country indicated in section 8.
2
Section 20 of import licence applications and import licences shall contain one of the following entries:
- ACP (Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006),
- ACP broken rice (Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006),
- OCT (Article 9(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006),
- OCT (Article 9(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006).
3
For imports originating in the ACP States, section 24 of licences shall contain one of the entries shown in Annex III.
For imports originating in the OCT, section 24 of licences shall contain one of the entries shown in Annex IV.
Article 15
1
The award coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall be fixed by the Commission within 10 days of the final day for notification referred to in Article 17(a) of this Regulation. At the same time the Commission shall fix the quantities available for the next subperiod.
2
If the award coefficient referred to in paragraph 1 results in one or more quantities of less than 20 tonnes per application, Member States shall allocate the total of such quantities by drawing lots among the operators concerned for each quantity of 20 tonnes, with the remainder distributed equally between the 20-tonne quantities. However, where adding together the quantities of less than 20 tonnes does not result in the constitution of a 20-tonne quantity, the remainder shall be distributed by the Member State equally between the operators whose licences are for 20 tonnes or more.
Where, following the application of the first subparagraph, the quantity for which a licence is to be issued is less than 20 tonnes, the licence application may be withdrawn by the operator within two working days following the date of entry into force of the Regulation fixing the award coefficient.
3
Within three working days of the date of publication of the Commission’s decision, import licences shall be issued for the quantities resulting from the application of paragraphs 1 and 2.
Article 16
Notwithstanding Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, the amount of the security required on submission of import licence applications shall be EUR 46 per tonne.
Article 17
The Member States shall send the Commission, by electronic means:
1. no later than the second working day following the final day for the submission of licence applications at 18.00 (Brussels time), the information on the import licence applications referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a breakdown by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin of the quantities (in product weight) covered by those applications, specifying the number of the import licence and the number of the export licence where this is required;
2. no later than the second working day following the issue of the import licences, information on the licences issued, as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a breakdown by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin of the quantities (in product weight) for which import licences have been issued, specifying the number of the import licence and the quantities for which licence applications have been withdrawn in accordance with Article 15(2);
3. no later than the last day of each month, the total quantities (in product weight) actually released for free circulation under this quota during the previous month but one, broken down by eight-digit CN code. If no quantities have been released for free circulation during the period, a ‘nil’ notification shall be sent.