Commission Regulation (EC) No 1470/2006 of 4 October 2006 providing for the rejection of applications for export licences in relation to certain processed products and cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

of 4 October 2006

providing for the rejection of applications for export licences in relation to certain processed products and cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals ¹ ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice ² , and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The quantity covered by applications for advance fixing of refunds on potato starch and maize-based products is of great importance and could give rise to speculation. It has therefore been decided to reject all applications for export licences of such products made on 2, 3 and 4 October 2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, applications for export licences with advance fixing of refunds for products falling within CN codes 1102 20 10 , 1102 20 90 , 1103 13 10 , 1103 13 90 , 1104 23 10 , 1108 12 00 , 1108 13 00 , 1702 30 51 , 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99 , 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50 made on 2, 3 and 4 October 2006 shall be rejected.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 October 2006.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 October 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

¹ OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78 . Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 ( OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11 ).

² OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1263/2006 ( OJ L 230, 24.8.2006, p. 6 ).

Footnotes

1. . Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (). ↩ ↩²

2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1263/2006 (). ↩ ↩²