{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1259/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/1259",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1259 of 8 September 2020 fixing the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from 9 September 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1259",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1259\nof 8 September 2020\nfixing the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from 9 September 2020\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, and in particular point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 183 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America relating to the method of calculation of applied duties for husked rice, approved by Council Decision 2005/476/EC, establishes a method for calculating duties applied to imports of husked rice.\n(2)\nOn the basis of the information provided by the competent authorities, the Commission notes that import licences for husked rice falling under CN code 1006 20, other than import licences for basmati rice, were issued in respect of 650 037 tonnes for the period from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020. The import duty for husked rice falling under CN code 1006 20, other than basmati rice, fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/383, therefore needs to be adjusted.\n(3)\nImplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/383 should therefore be repealed.\n(4)\nThe applicable duty must be fixed within 10 days of the end of the period referred to above. This Regulation should therefore enter into force immediately,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2005/476/EC of 21 June 2005 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America relating to the method of calculation of applied duties for husked rice and amending Decisions 2004/617/EC, 2004/618/EC and 2004/619/EC (OJ L 170, 1.7.2005, p. 67)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/383 of 6 March 2020 fixing the import duties applicable to certain husked rice from 9 March 2020 (OJ L 72, 9.3.2020, p. 3)."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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