# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 945/2006

of 26 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice [^1] , and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Articles 11a and 11c of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 lay down the mechanisms for calculating and periodically fixing the duties applicable to imports of husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 and wholly milled rice and semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 .

**(2)** In order to prevent the operation of those mechanisms being disrupted by improper import licence applications, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 [^2] should set the security for import licences for husked rice, wholly milled rice and semi-milled rice at a sufficiently high level.

**(3)** Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 should therefore be amended.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, the following point (a)a is inserted:

‘(a)a EUR 30 per tonne, by way of derogation from point (a), for products falling within CN codes 1006 20 and 1006 30 in the case of import licences;’.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply from 1 July 2006.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 June 2006. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 ( [OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_144_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_189_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 830/2006 ( [OJ L 150, 3.6.2006, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_150_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 830/2006 ().