{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-971/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/971",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 971/2006 of 29 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-971",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 971/2006\nof 29 June 2006\namending Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals, and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC, provides for an increase in the tariff quota for common wheat.\n(2)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 opens a Community tariff quota for common wheat of a quality other than high quality. Subquota III for third countries other than the United States and Canada should be increased by 6 787 tonnes in application of the Agreement approved by Decision 2006/333/EC.\n(3)\nIn order to clarify the rules, it should be stipulated that import licence applications must be lodged on Monday at the latest but may be lodged earlier.\n(4)\nRegulation (EC) No 2375/2002 should therefore be amended.\n(5)\nSince the Agreement approved by Decision 2006/333/EC provides for implementation on 1 July 2006, this Regulation must apply from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 491/2006 (OJ L 89, 28.3.2006, p. 3)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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