L 100/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 20.4.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 820/2000 of 19 April 2000 on the issuing of import licences for certain sugar sector products with EC/OCT cumulation of 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 97/803/EC (3, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 465/2000 of 29 February 2000 introducing safeguard measures for imports from the overseas countries and territories of sugar sector products with EC/JOCT cumulation of origin (}), and in partic- ular Article 2(2) thereof, in conjunction with Commission 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 465/2000 allows EC/OCT cumulation of origin for products covered by CN codes 1701, 1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90 for up to 3 340 tonnes of sugar during the period of validity of that Regulation. Import licences were issued for 3 000 tonnes of sugar in March 2000. Three applications were submitted to the national authorities in April 2000 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 465/2000 for import licences covering a total quantity exceeding the available balance of 340 tonnes. Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 465/2000, in conjunc- tion with Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2553/97, provides that where licence applications cover annual origin quantities in excess of 3 340 tonnes of sugar, the Commission is to adopt a regulation fixing a single reducing coefficient to be applied to the applications submitted and suspend the submission of further applications during the year of validity of that regula- tion. The Commission must accordingly fix a reducing coeffi- cient for the import licences issued and suspend the submission of further licence applications pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 465/2000, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The import licences applied for under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 465/2000 on 7 April 2000 for 2 500 tonnes, 750 tonnes and 340 tonnes of sugar covered by CN code 1701 99 10 shall be issued for 9,47075 % of the quantity applied for. Article 2 The submission of further applications during the period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 465/2000 is hereby suspended. Article 3 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, 19 April 2000. 1 () O] L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1. () O] L 329, 29.11.1997, p. 50. () O] L 56, 1.3.2000, p. 39. (% O] L 349, 19.12.1997, p. 26. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission