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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 172/97 by Glyn FORD to the Commission. Substandard rice from Thailand within the GATT agreement
Date: 1997-02-03
Institutions: European Parliament, FORD
Subjects: GATT, Thailand, import, originating product, product quality, rice, tariff quota













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91997E0172

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 172/97 by Glyn FORD to the Commission. Substandard rice from Thailand within the GATT agreement  


Official Journal C 319 , 18/10/1997 P. 0031 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0172/97 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission (3 February 1997)Subject: Substandard rice from Thailand within the GATT agreementFollowing urgent discussions with the European Rice Millers' Association about their concerns at the quality of rice from Thailand at the end of last year and their lack of redress, what steps is the Commission taking to identify the problem, and to avoid a recurrence?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (26 February 1997)The Commission has been informed that the European rice millers considered some quantities of parboiled rice shipped within the Thai tariff quota (Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of 24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice ((OJ L 190, 31.7.1996. ))) were of bad quality.The Regulation does not establish any quality requirement but only provides tariff quotas for imports and the respective duty reduction. The Commission cannot take any measure regarding conditions of contracts of private law.