Commission Regulation (EC) No 142/2007 of 14 February 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1610/2006 derogating from Regulations (EC) No 327/98 and (EC) No 1291/2000 as regards certain import licences issued for the July 2006 tranche of tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice

1 By derogation from Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, Member States may, after examining each case, release the security provided for in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged for import licences referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation that were not used before the end of their period of validity, provided that: (a) the holder returns the unused import licence(s) to the competent authorities and requests the release of the relevant security, (b) the competent authorities of the Member State have sufficient proof to show that the importer acted in good faith and made all reasonable efforts to use the import licence(s) during the period of validity.

2 The originals of export licences accompanying import licence applications in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 shall be returned to holders of import licences for which securities are released under paragraph 1 of this Article.’

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