Notifications relating to rice
Article 1
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: ‘Article 19a Notifications relating to rice 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.’