# L_2006175EN.01005401.xml

| 29.6.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 175/54 |
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29.6.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/54

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 959/2006

of 28 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the markets in the rice sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 (3) sets the reduction percentages to apply to the quantities for April 2006 and the quantities carried over to July 2006 for the quota of semi-milled or milled rice under the CN code 1006 30. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 (3) sets the reduction percentages to apply to the quantities for April 2006 and the quantities carried over to July 2006 for the quota of semi-milled or milled rice under the CN code 1006 30.

| (2) | Following an administrative error made by a Member State, the quantity of quota 09.4128 to be carried over to July 2006 does not correspond to the actual quantity carried over. |
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(2)

Following an administrative error made by a Member State, the quantity of quota 09.4128 to be carried over to July 2006 does not correspond to the actual quantity carried over.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Point (a) in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 is replaced by the table contained in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 June 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).

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(2)  
  OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2152/2005 (OJ L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 30).

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(3)  
  OJ L 115, 28.4.2006, p. 18.

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ANNEX

| ‘(a) | Quota of milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.








  Origin | Serial No | Reduction percentage for April 2006 | Quantity carried over to July 2006
  (t) |
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| United States of America | 09.4127 | 0  (1) | 11 635 |
| Thailand | 09.4128 | 0  (1) | 1 161,419 |
| Australia | 09.4129 | 0  (1) | 531,5 |
| Other origins | 09.4130 | 98,7985 | 0 |

‘(a)

Origin

Serial No

Reduction percentage for April 2006

Quantity carried over to July 2006

(t)

United States of America

09.4127

0  (1)

11 635

Thailand

09.4128

0  (1)

1 161,419

Australia

09.4129

0  (1)

531,5

Other origins

09.4130

98,7985

0

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(1)  To be issued for the quantity in the application.’

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