L 213/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.8.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1447/2002 of 8 August 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 14082002 as regards the concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas on certain cereal products originating in Hungary THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (6)  To ensure sound management of the quotas, the security Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29 July 2002 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary (), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002, the Community has established for each marketing year, import tariff quotas at a zero rate of duty for 600 000 tonnes of wheat and meslin, wheat or meslin flours, durum wheat groats and meal, common wheat groats and meal and wheat pellets, and 450 000 tonnes of maize (corn), maize (corn) seed, maize (corn) flour, maize groats and meal and maize pellets. (2)  To ensure that imports of the cereal products covered by these tariff quotas are orderly and not speculative, they should be made subject to the issue of import licences. The licences will be issued, within the quantities set, at the request of the interested parties, subject, where appropriate, to the fixing of a reduction coefficient in respect of the quantities applied for. (3)  To ensure the proper management of these quotas, dead- lines for the lodging of licence applications should be laid down and the information to be included in the applications and licences should be specified. (4)  To take account of delivery conditions, the import licences should be valid from the day of their issue until the end of the month following that in which they are issued. (5)  With a view to the sound management of the quotas, provision should be made to derogate 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 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001 (), as regards the transferable nature of the licences and the tolerance relating to the quantities released into free circulation. 0J L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9. () OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. 0J L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 19. on the import licences should be set at a relatively high level, notwithstanding Article 10 of Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 1162/95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1322/2002 (). (7)  Rapid two-way communication must be established between the Commission and the Member States regarding the quantities applied for and imported. (8)  As Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 has been replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2511/2000 (°) laying down the detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 should be repealed. (99 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 1. Imports of wheat and meslin falling within CN code 1001, of wheat or meslin flours falling within CN code 1101, of groats and meal of durum wheat falling within CN code 1103 11 10, of common wheat groats and spelt falling within CN code 1103 11 90 and of wheat pellets falling within CN code 1103 20 60 originating in Hungary and benefiting from a zero rate of import duty under the tariff quota bearing the serial number 09.4779, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002, shall be subject to an import licence issued in accordance with this Regulation. 2. Imports of maize (corn) seed falling within CN code 1005 10 90, of maize falling within CN code 1005 90 00, of maize (corn) flour falling within CN code 1102 20, of groats and meal of maize (corn) falling within CN code 1103 13 and of maize pellets falling within CN code 1103 20 40 originating in Hungary and benefiting from a zero rate of import duty under the tariff quota bearing the serial number 09.4780, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002, shall be subject to an import licence issued in accordance with this Regulation. () OJL 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2. () OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 22. ( OJ L 289, 16.11.2000, p. 18.