29.5.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L1423 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1026/2001 of 28 May 2001 suspending the issuing of import licences for certain sugar sector products qualifying as EC/OCT originating products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 91/482[EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and terri- tories with the European Community ('), as last amended by Decision 2001/161/EC (3, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 396/2001 of 27 February 2001 providing for the continued application of safeguard measures for imports from the overseas countries and territories of sugar sector products with EC/OCT cumula- tion of origin for the period 1 March to 30 June 2001 (*), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof, in conjunction with Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 of 17 December 1997 on rules for issuing import licences for certain products covered by CN codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 and qualifying as ACP/OCT originating products (%), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2001 allows EC/OCT cumulation of origin for products covered by CN codes 1701, 1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90 for up to 3 878 tonnes of sugar during the period of validity of that Regulation. An import licence was issued for 3 878 tonnes of sugar in March 2001. (2  Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2001, in conjunc- tion with Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2553/97, provides that where licence applications cover quantities in excess of 3 878 tonnes of sugar, the Commission is to suspend the submission of further applications during the period of validity of that Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The submission of further applications during the period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 396/2001 is hereby suspended. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 May 2001. 1 () O] L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1. () O] L 58, 28.2.2001, p. 21. () O] L 58, 28.2.2001, p. 13. (% O] L 349, 19.12.1997, p. 26. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission