No L 137/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 6. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1031/96 of 7 June 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3015/95 opening and providing for the administration of certain import quotas for sweet potatoes and manioc starch intended for certain uses for 1996 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (?), and in particular Articles 9 (2) and 12 (4) thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consulta- tions with Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (%), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas Decision 96/317/EC approves an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Kingdom of Thailand and the European Community which by its nature amends the import arrangements for manioc starch falling within CN code 1108 14 00 provided for in Commission Regulation (BEC) No 3015/95 of 19 December 1995 opening and providing for the adminis- tration of certain import quotas for sweet potatoes and manioc starch intended for certain uses for 1996 (%) whereas that Regulation must be amended accordingly; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 3015/95 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the following subparagraph is added to Article 1: ‘As rtegards manioc starch falling within CN code 1108 14 00, from 1 April until 31 December 1996: — the quota laid down in 3 above shall no longer be subject to the conditions on use laid down in this o L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. o L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37. o L 122, 22. 5. 1996, p. 15. o L 314, 28. 12. 1995, p. 29. Article under (a), (b) and (c) and the import duty applicable thereon shall be equal to the import duty in force, reduced by ECU 100/tonne, — an additional quota subject to the same level of import duty is hereby opened; it shall amount to 7 875 tonnes, of which 7 500 tonnes are reserved for the Kingdom of Thailand.; . the heading of Title II is replaced by the following: ‘TITLE 1I Manioc starch’; . Article 10 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 10 1. Section 24 of licence applications and licences shall show the following: “Import duty reduced by ECU 100 per tonne (Regula- tion (EC) No 1031/96).” 2. Where the licence applications relate to a product originating in Thailand and exported from that country as part of the 7 500 tonnes reserved for it as referred to in the second indent of the last subpara- graph of Article 1, it must be accompanied by an export certificate conforming to the model in Annex II. The export certificate shall be drawn up in English and issued by the competent authority in that country, i.e. the “Ministry of Commerce, Department of Foreign Trade”. In such cases, the words “origin Thailand” shall appear in section 8 of the licence applications and licences.’; . Article 12 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 12 By 1 p.m. (Brussels time) at the latest on the day follo- wing the submission of the application as provided for in Article 9, the Member States shall send the Commission details of the licence applications as regards: — the applicant’s name, — the quantities applied for, — the country of origin; imports of products origina- ting in Thailand are to be covered by a Thai export certificate.’;