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. )

‘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.’;

‘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.’

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.’

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