L 365/82 Official Journal of the European Union 21.12.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1917/2006 of 19 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 17842003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 12(1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (3), and in particular Articles 10(2) and 13(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin- istration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences () applies to import licences for import tariff quota periods starting from 1 January 2007. (2) In the cereals and rice sector, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 (¥ establishes rules further to or derogating from Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (°), which differ from the common rules laid down by Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. In the interests of greater legibility and simplification for economic operators, Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 should be adapted to take account of the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and it should be stated that Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000 and 1301/2006 apply to the import tariff quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, except where that Regulation provides otherwise. (3) It should also be indicated which specific provisions or derogations apply in the case of import tariff quotas managed under an import licence system, and which specific management and administration procedures apply. Thus it is necessary to fix the specific conditions () O] L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (O] L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11). (®» OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 797/2006 (O] L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1). () O] L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. () OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1713/2006 (O] L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11). (®) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1713/2006. applicable to the forwarding of applications from operators to the Commission, the validity period of the import licences issued, the non-transferable nature of the licences and the issue date for import licences, which must correspond to the date laid down in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000. (4)  These measures should apply from 1 January 2007, the date from which the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 apply. (5)  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 1342/2003 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Article 1, the following subparagraph is added: ‘The provisions of Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000 and 1301/2006 (*) shall apply except where this Regulation provides otherwise. (*) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13’ 2. Article 6 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. Import licences for the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) 1785/2003 are valid from their actual date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 until the expiry of the periods laid down in Annex 1 to this Regulation. However, for import tariff quotas opened in the cereals and rice sectors, managed under an import licence system, the import licences issued shall cease to be valid after the last day of the quota period in question, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.