L 384/70 Official Journal of the European Union 29.12.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2022/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for imports of cereals 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 Article 12(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 (3) applies to import licences for tariff quota periods starting from 1 January 2007. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 lays down in particular detailed rules for applications for import licences, the status of applicants and the issue of licences. It limits the period of validity of import licences to the final day of the tariff quota period. (3)  Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002 of 27 December 2002 opening and providing for the adminis- tration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries (?), 2377/2002 of 27 December 2002 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for malting barley from third countries (%), 2305/2003 of 29 December 2003 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for imports of barley from third countries (°), and 969/2006 of 29 June 2006 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for () 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). @ O] L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. (®) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 88. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 971/2006 (O] L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 51). () OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 95. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 777/2004 (O] L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50). () OJ L 342, 30.12.2003, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 970/2006 (O] L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 49). imports of maize from third countries (°) contain provisions which diverge from the common rules laid down by Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. Those regu- lations should therefore be amended with a view to removing the differing rules, specifying the serial numbers of each quota and subquota and redefining where necessary the specific rules which apply, in particular to the drawing up of licence applications, their issue, their period of validity and the notification of information to the Commission. (4)  Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 applies without prejudice to additional conditions or derogations which might be laid down by the sectoral regulations. In particular, in order to ensure fluid supply to the Community market, the intervals at which applications are to be submitted provided for in Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 should be main- tained, and it is therefore necessary to derogate from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 on this point. Likewise, in order to guarantee equal access to operators, the penalty in the event of submission of multiple applications should be maintained. (5) In the interests of simplifying the above regulations, provisions which are already contained in the horizontal or sectoral implementing regulations, that is, apart from Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 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 (), and 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (%), should be deleted, as should provisions which no longer apply. (6)  Regulations (EC) Nos 2375/2002, 2377/2002, 2305/2003 and 969/2006 should therefore be amended. (7)  These measures should be applied from 1 January 2007, which is the date from which the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 apply. () O] L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 44. () OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1713/2006 (O] L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11). () OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 945/2006 (O] L 173, 27.6.2006, p. 12).