# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1964 of 17 August 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 as regards certain rules on time limits and notifications of the quantities covered by licences in the rice sector (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 3 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. Where in this Regulation a period for procedures is set, and the opening or closing date is a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday as defined in Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71:
(a) the applicable opening date shall be the following working day and shall start at 0.00 hours, taking account of official office opening hours;
(b) by way of derogation from Article 3(2)(b) and (4) of that Regulation, the applicable closing date shall be the following working day and shall end at 13.00 hours Brussels time.’;
(b) the following paragraph 4 is added:
‘4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, where for the purposes of this Regulation a time limit applies for the notification of quantities of products covered by applications for licences under a tariff quota or for the notification of unused quantities under a tariff quota, that time limit shall end with the expiry of the last hour of the last day, irrespective of whether that day is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.’
(2) The following Article 19a is inserted:
‘Notifications relating to rice
Article 19a Member States shall notify the Commission on a daily basis of the following:
(a) as regards import licences other than those intended for the management of import tariff quotas, the total quantities covered by the licences issued, by origin and by product code;
(b) as regards export licences, the total quantities covered by the licences issued and by product code.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1964/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1964/article-1
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