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of 10 February 1998
opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and
broken rice
(OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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NB: ThisconsolidatedversioncontainsreferencestotheEuropeanunitofaccountand/ortheecu,whichfrom1January1999
shouldbeunderstoodasreferencestotheeuro—CouncilRegulation(EEC)No3308/80(OJL345,20.12.1980,p.1)andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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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
THE COMMISSIONOF THE EUROPEANCOMMUN ITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No1095/96of18June1996
on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXLdrawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV(6) nego-tiations(
1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996
concerningtheconclusionoftheresultsoftheconsultationswithThai-land pursuant to GATT Article XXIII(
2), and in particular Article 3
thereof,
Whereas, under the negotiations conducted pursuant to GATT Article
XXIV(6) in the wake of the accession of Austria, Finland and SwedentotheEuropeanCommunity,itwasagreedtoopenfrom1January1996annual import quotas for 63000 tonnes of semi-milled and whollymilled rice covered by CNcode 100630 at zero duty and for 20000tonnes of husked rice covered by CNcode 100620 at a fixed duty ofECU88pertonne;whereasthesequotaswereincludedintheEuropeanCommunitylistprovidedforinArticleII(1)(a)ofGATT1994;whereasduringthenegotiationsitwasagreedwiththeUnitedStatesofAmericathat further consultations should take place on how to implement theagreedquotas;whereastheseconsultationshavenotyetbeenbroughttoanend;whereasimportsofricefromtheUnitedStatesunderthetariffquotasshouldoccuronlywhentheconsultationshavebeenconcluded;
Whereas, under the consultations with Thailand pursuant to GATT
ArticleXXIII,itwasagreedtoopenanannualquotafor80000tonnesof broken rice covered by CNcode 10064000 at an import dutyreduced by ECU 28 per tonne;
Whereas the aforementioned commitments provide that the administra-
tion of those quotas is to take account of traditional suppliers;
Whereas, with a view to preventing imports under those quotas from
causingdisturbanceinthenormalmarketingofCommunity-grownrice,suchimportsshouldbestaggeredovertheyearsotheycanbeabsorbedmore easily by the Community market;
Whereas,withaviewtothesoundadministrationoftheaforementioned
quotas and in particular in order to ensure that the quantities fixed arenot exceeded, special detailed rules must be laid down to cover thesubmission of applications and the issue of licences; whereas suchdetailed rules must either supplement or derogate from CommissionRegulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1998 laying downcommon detailed rules for the application of the system of import andexport licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural prod-ucts(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1404/97(4);
Whereas it should be stipulated that Commission Regulation (EC) No
1162/95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for theapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesforcerealsandrice(
5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 932/97(6), applies
under this Regulation;
(1) OJ L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 22. 5. 1996, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(6) OJ L 135, 27. 5. 1997, p. 2.
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WhereastheCommissionadoptedmeasuresconcerningtheopeningand
administration of these tariff quotas on 5 July 1996; whereas thesemeasures were not in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommitteeforCereals;whereastheCommissiondeferredtheirapplica-tion and communicated them to the Council; whereas, in accordancewithArticle23(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92(
1),aslastamended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96(2), the Council took a
differentdecisionwithinonemonth;whereasthatdecisionrelatestothemonitoring by the Commission of traditional trade flows to theCommunity, particularly in terms of imports in small packages, and tothe possible risk of subsidisation; whereas, therefore, the provisionsintroduced by the Council in this respect in Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of 24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administration ofcertain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice(
3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 112/97(4), should be
included;
Whereas, under the consultations with Thailand pursuant to GATT
Article XXIII, it was agreed to adapt certain provisions of Regulation(EC)No1522/96,inparticularthoserelatingtotheperiodofvalidityofimport licences and the distribution of quota quantities for whollymilledriceandbrokenrice;whereas,inordertoabidebytheoutcomeof these consultations, the January 1998 tranche for semi-milled andwholly milled rice originating in Thailand and for broken rice of allcountries of origin should be completed by an additional tranche to beopened as from the entry into force of this Regulation;
Whereas,forthesakeofclarityandsimplification,Regulation(EC)No
1522/96 should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an
opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Annual tariff quotas are hereby opened for imports into the
Community of:
(a) 63000tonnesofsemi-milledandwhollymilledricecoveredbyCN
code 100630 at zero duty (quota serial number 09.4076), brokendown by country of origin as follows:
— 38721 tonnes from the United States of America,
— 21455 tonnes from Thailand,— 1019 tonnes from Australia,— 1805 tonnes from other countries;
(b) 20000tonnesofhuskedricecoveredbyCNcode100620ataduty
of ECU 88 per tonne (quota serial number 09.4077), broken downby country of origin as follows:
— 10429 tonnes from Australia,
— 7642 tonnes from the United States of America,— 1812 tonnes from Thailand,— 117 tonnes from other countries;
(c) 80000tonnesofbrokenricecoveredbyCNcode10064000with
areductionofECU28pertonneinthedutyfixedintheCombinedNomenclature (quota serial number 09.4078), broken down bycountry of origin as follows:
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 190, 31. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 20, 23. 1. 1997, p. 23.
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— 41600 tonnes from Thailand,
— 12913 tonnes from Australia,— 8503 tonnes from Guyana,— 7281 tonnes from the United States of America,— 9703 tonnes from other countries.
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Article 2
1. Importlicencesshallbeissuedforthequotaquantitiesreferredto
in Article 1 under the following tranches, expressed in tonnes:
(a) in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1(1)(a):
January AprilJulySeptember
UnitedStates 9681193609680 —
Thailand 1072753645364 —
Australia —1019——
Othercountries —1805——
204082754815044 —
(b) in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1(1)(b):
January April JulySeptember
Australia 260852142607 —
UnitedStates 191138211910 —
Thailand —1812——
Othercountries —117——
4519109644517—
(c) in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1(1)(c):
January July
Thailand 29120 12480
Australia 6456 6457
Guyana 4251 4252
UnitedStates 3640 3641
Othercountries 4851 4852
48318 31682
2. However,inordertoallowtheissueforJanuary1998oflicences
for the quantities set out in paragraph 1(a) in respect of the productsoriginatinginThailand,andinparagraph1(c)inrespectofallcountriesof origin, a tranche shall be opened up to a maximum of:
(i) semi-milled and wholly milled rice covered by CNcode 100630
Origin Quantity
Thailand 5363
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(ii) broken rice covered by CNcode 10064000
Origin Quantity
Thailand 18720
Australia 3227
Guyana 2125
United States of America 1820
Othercountries 2426
Licence applications shall be lodged in the first 10 working days
following the entry into force of this Regulation.
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2a. For the years 1998, 1999 and 2000, the quantities of milled riceandhuskedriceoriginatingintheUnitedStatesandfixedinparagraph1(a) and (b) shall be broken down as follows:
(i) for 1998:
— semi-milled and wholly-milled rice covered by CNcode
100630:
April July September
19361 19360 —
— husked rice covered by CNcode 100620:
April July September
4776 4776 —
(ii) for 1999:
— semi-milled and wholly-milled rice covered by CNcode
100630:
January April July September
19361 19360 19360 —
— husked rice covered by CNcode 100620:
January April July September
3821 3821 3821 —
(iii) for 2000:
— semi-milled and wholly-milled rice covered by CNcode
100630:
January April July September
19362 19360 19360 —
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— husked rice covered by CNcode 100620:
January April July September
3822 3821 1910 —
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3. Quantities not covered by import licences issued in respect of atranche shall be carried over to the following tranche of the relevantquota.
For quantities not covered by import licences issued under the
September tranche, import licence applications may be submitted inrespectofallcountriesoforigincoveredbytherelevantquotaunderanadditionaltrancheinOctoberpursuanttoArticle4(1),exceptasregardsthe quantities set out in paragraph 1(c) above.
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Article 3
Whereasimportlicenceapplicationsaresubmittedinrespectofriceand
broken rice originating in Thailand and rice originating in Australia ortheUnitedStatesunderthequantitiesreferredtoinArticle2,theyshallbe accompanied by the original of the export licence drawn up inaccordancewithAnnexesI,IIandIVandissuedbythecompetentbodyin the countries indicated therein.
The entries shall be optional for Sections 7, 8 and 9 of Annex I.ExportlicencesissuedinrespectofthequantitieslaiddowninArticle2
shall be valid for the year concerned only.
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Article 4
1. Licenceapplicationsshallbelodgedwiththecompetentauthority
in the Member State concerned in the first 10 working days of themonth corresponding to each tranche.
2. Notwithstanding Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95, the
security for the import licences shall be:
— ECU 46 per tonne for the quotas provided for in Article 1(1)(a),
— ECU 22 per tonne for the quotas provided for in Article 1(1)(b),— ECU 5 per tonne for the quotas provided for in Article 1(1)(c).
3. The country of origin shall be entered in section 8 of licence
applications and of the import licences and the word ‘yes' shall bemarked with a cross.
4. Section24ofthelicencesshallbearoneofthefollowingentries:
(a) in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1(1)(a):
— Exención del derecho de aduana hasta la cantidad indicada en
lascasillas17y18delpresentecertificado[Reglamento(CE)n
o
327/98]
— Toldfri op til den mængde, der er angivet i rubrik 17 og 18 i
denne licens (Forordning (EF) nr. 327/98)
— Zollfrei bis zu der in den Feldern 17 und 18 dieser Lizenz
angegebenen Menge (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 327/98)
—Ατελώς µέχρι την ποσότητα που ορίζεται στα τετρα -
γωνίδια17και18του παρόντος πιστοποιητικού [κανο-
νισµός(ΕΚ)αριθ. 327/98]
— Exemption from customs duty up to the quantity indicated in
sections17and18ofthislicence(Regulation(EC)No327/98)
— Exemptiondudroitdedouanejusqu’àlaquantitéindiquéedans
les cases 17 et 18 du présent certificat [Règlement (CE) no
327/98]
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— Esenzione dal dazio doganale limitatamente alla quantità indi-
catanellecaselle17e18delpresentetitolo[regolamento(CE)n. 327/98]
— Vrijgesteld van douanerecht voor ten hoogste de in de vakken
17en18vanditcertificaatvermeldehoeveelheid(Verordening(EG) nr. 327/98)
— Isençãodedireitoaduaneiroatéàquantidadeindicadanascasas
17 e 18 do presente certificado [Regulamento (CE) n.
o327/98]
— Tullivapaa tämän todistuksen kohdissa 17 ja 18 esitettyyn
määrään asti (asetus (EY) N:o 327/98)
— Tullfri upp till den mängd som anges i fält 17 och 18 i denna
licens (Förordning (EG) nr 327/98);
(b) in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1(1)(b):
— Derecho de aduana reducido a 88 ecus/t hasta la cantidad indi-
cadaenlascasillas17y18delpresentecertificado[Reglamento(CE) n
o327/98]
— Nedsattold88ECU/toptildenmængde,dererangivetirubrik
17 og 18 i denne licens (Forordning (EF) nr. 327/98)
— ErmäßigterZollsatzvon88ECU/tbiszuderindenFeldern17
und 18 dieser Lizenz angegebenen Menge (Verordnung (EG)Nr. 327/98)
—Μειωµένος δασµός σε 88 Ecu ανά τόνο µέχρι την
ποσότητα που ορίζεται στα τετραγωνίδια 17και18του
παρόντος πιστοποιητικού [κανονισµός (ΕΚ)αριθ. 327/98]
— ReduceddutytoECU88pertonneuptothequantityindicated
in sections 17 and 18 of this licence (Regulation (EC) No327/98)
— Droit réduit à 88 écus par tonne jusqu’à la quantité indiquée
danslescases17et18duprésentcertificat(Règlement(CE)n
o
327/98)
— Dazio ridotto a 88 ECU/t limitatamente alla quantità indicata
nelle caselle 17 e 18 del presente titolo (regolamento (CE) n.327/98)
— Verminderddouanerechtvan88ECU/tonvoortenhoogstedein
de vakken 17 en 18 van dit certificaat vermelde hoeveelheid(Verordening (EG) nr. 327/98)
— Direitoreduzidoa88ecus/tatéàquantidadeindicadanascasas
17 e 18 do presente certificado [Regulamento (CE) n.
o327/98]
— Tulli, joka on alennettu 88 ecuun/t tämän todistuksen kohdissa
17 ja 18 esitettyyn määrään asti (asetus (EY) N:o 327/98)
— Tullsatsen nedsatt till 88 ecu/t upp till den mängd som anges i
fält 17 och 18 i denna licens (Förordning (EG) nr 327/98);
(c) in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1(1)(c):
— Derecho de aduana reducido de 28 ecus/t hasta la cantidad
indicadaenlascasillas17y18delpresentecertificado[Regla-mento (CE) n
o327/98]
— Reduceret afgift med 28 ECU/t op til den mængde, der er
angivet i rubrik 17 og 18 i denne licens (Forordning (EF) nr.327/98)
— Um28ECU/termäßigterZollsatzbiszuderindenFeldern17
und 18 dieser Lizenz angegebenen Menge (Verordnung (EG)Nr. 327/98)
—Μειωµένος δασµός κατά 28 Ecu ανά τόνο µέχρι την
ποσότητα που ορίζεται στα τετραγωνίδια 17και18του
παρόντος πιστοποιητικού [κανονισµός (ΕΚ)αριθ. 327/98]
— ReduceddutybyECU28pertonneuptothequantityindicated
in sections 17 and 18 of this licence (Regulation (EC) No327/98)
— Droit réduit de 28 écus par tonne jusqu’à la quantité indiquée
danslescases17et18duprésentcertificat(Règlement(CE)n
o
327/98)
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— Dazio ridotto di 28 ECU/t limitatamente alla quantità indicata
nelle caselle 17 e 18 del presente titolo (regolamento (CE) n.327/98)
— Douanerecht verminderd met 28 ECU/ton voor ten hoogste de
indevakken17en18vanditcertificaatvermeldehoeveelheid(Verordening (EG) nr. 327/98)
— Direito reduzido em 28 ecus/t até à quantidade indicada nas
casas 17 e 18 do presente certificado [Regulamento (CE) n.
o
327/98]
— Tulli,jotaonalennettu28ecua/ttämäntodistuksenkohdissa17
ja 18 esitettyyn määrään asti (asetus (EY) N:o 327/98)
— Tullsatsennedsattmed28ecu/tupptilldenmängdsomangesi
fält 17 och 18 i denna licens (Förordning (EG) nr 327/98).
5. Import licence applications shall be admissible only where the
following conditions are fulfilled:
— applicationsmustbesubmittedbynaturalorlegalpersonswho,inat
leastoneofthethreeyearsprecedingthedataofsubmissionoftheapplication, were engaged in trade in rice or submitted importlicence applications covering rice and were entered in a publicregister of a Member State,
— applicantsmustsubmittheirapplicationsintheMemberStatewhere
they are entered in a public register. Where applications aresubmittedbythesamepersonintwoormoreMemberStates,noneof those applications shall be admissible,
— wherenoexportcertificateisrequired,applicantsmustsubmitonly
one application within the maximum quantity provided for inrespect of each tranche and country of origin.
Article 5
1. Withintwoworkingdaysoftheclosingdateforthesubmissionof
licence applications, the Member State shall notify the Commission byfaxortelexandinaccordancewithAnnexIIItothisRegulationofthequantities,brokendownbyeight-figureCNcodeandcountryoforigin,covered by import licence applications, with details of the number ofthe licence applied for and the name and address of the applicant.
Such notification shall also be made where no application has been
submitted in a Member State.
Theaboveinformationmustbenotifiedseparatelyfromthatrelatingto
other import licence applications covering rice and in accordance withthe same procedure.
2. Within10daysoftheclosingdatefornotificationbytheMember
States, the Commission shall:
— decide to what extent the applications may be accepted. Where the
quantities applied for exceed those available in respect of thetranche and country of origin in question, it shall set a percentagereduction to be applied to each application,
— fix the quantities available under the following tranche and, where
appropriate, under the additional tranche in October.
3. Ifthereductionreferredtointhefirstindentofparagraph2results
in one or more quantities of less than 20 tonnes per application, theMemberStateshallallocatethetotalofthesequantitiesbydrawinglotsin 20 tonne lots and, where applicable, the remaining lot.
Article 6
1. Within three working days of the date of publication of the
Commission’s decision, import licences shall be issued for the quant-ities resulting from the application of Article 5(2).
Where the quantities covered by import licences issued are lower than
those applied for, the security fixed in Article 4(2) shall be reducedproportionately.
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2. NotwithstandingArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No3719/88,rights
accuring under import licences shall not be transferable.
Article 7
1. ThefourthindentofArticle5(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3719/88
shall not apply.
2. The benefits in terms of customs duties provided for in Article
1(1)shallnotapplytoquantitiesimportedunderthetolerancespecifiedin Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88.
3. Article 33(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.4. Notwithstanding Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 and
under Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88:
— importlicencesforhusked,semi-milledandwhollymilledriceshall
be valid from their actual day of issue until the end of the thirdmonth thereafter,
— import licences for broken rice shall be valid from their actual day
of issue until 31 December of the year of issue of the licence.
However, the period of validity of import licences may not extend
beyond 31 December of the year of issue.
Article 8
ThecompetentbodiesshallnotifytheCommissionbyfaxortelexand
in accordance wtih Annex III to this Regulation:
— within two working days of their issue, of the quantities, broken
downbyeight-figureCNcodeandcountryoforigin,coveredbytheimport licences issued, with details of the date of issue, licencenumber and the name and address of the holder,
— within two months of the expiry of the period of validity of each
licence, of the quantities, broken down by eight-figure CNcode,packageandcountryoforigin,actuallyreleasedforfreecirculation,withdetailsofthedateofreleaseforfreecirculation,thenumberofthe licence used and the name and address of the holder.
Suchnotificationsmustalsobemadewherenolicencehasbeenissued
and no imports have taken place.
Article 9
1. The Commission shall monitor the quantities of goods imported
under this Regulation, with a view in particular to establishing:
— the extent to which traditional trade flows, in terms of volume and
presentation, to the enlarged Community are significantly changed,and
— whether there is subsidisation between exports benefiting directly
from this Regulation and exports subject to the normal importcharge.
2. Ifeitherofthecriteriasetoutintheindentsinparagraph1ismet,
andinparticulariftheimportsofriceinpackagesoffivekilogramsorlessexceedthefigureof33428tonnes,andinanyeventonanannualbasis, the Commission shall submit a report to the Council accompa-nied, if necessary, by appropriate proposals to avoid disruption of theCommunity rice sector.
3. Quantities imported in packages of the kind referred to in para-
graph 2 and released for free circulation shall be indicated in therelevant import licence in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation(EC) No 3719/88.
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Article 10
1. Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 is replaced.2. This Regulation shall not apply to licences issued pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 1522/96.
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
all Member States.
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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ Ι — ANNEXI — ANNEX E I — ALLEGATO I —
BĲLAGE I — ANEXO I — LIITE I — BILAGA I

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ANNEXII
‘ANEXOII—BILAGII—ANHANGII— ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II—ANNEXII—ANNEXEII—ALLEGATO
I I—B ĲLAGE II — ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II

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ANNEXIII

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ANEXO IV — BILAG IV — ANHANG IV — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ IV — ANNEXIV — ANNEX E IV —
ALLEGATO IV — B ĲLAGE IV — ANEXO IV — LIITE IV — BILAGA IV

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