Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/98 of 6 January 1998 on the issuing of import licences for broken rice originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90
Date: 1998-01-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, originating product, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota

7. 1. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 3/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 9/98
of 6 January 1998
on the issuing of import licences for broken rice originating in the African,
Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No
715/90

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul-
tural products and certain goods
resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (2), and in
particular Article 13 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
999/90 of 20 April 1990 laying down detailed imple-
menting rules for imports of rice originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), and the over-
seas countries and territories (OCT) (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 (4), and in particular Article 3
(4) thereof,

Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90
provides that the reduction in the customs duty is to
apply to up to a quantity of 20 000 tonnes of broken rice
falling within CN code 1006 40 00 per calendar year;
whereas the Commission is to suspend the application of
the measure for
the year when it
the remainder of
observes that imports qualifying under the provisions in
force during the year in progress have reached the quant-
ities specified;

Whereas, in order to avoid an overrun in the tariff quota,
Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 999/90 provides that
when the quantities applied for exceed those for which a
reduced levy is granted, the Commission is to fix a single
percentage reduction to be applied to the quantities
covered by applications submitted on the day those
quantities are exceeded;

Whereas quantities applied for on 30 December 1997
exceed those available for broken rice originating in the

ACP States; whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
999/90 should accordingly be applied to applications
submitted on the abovementioned date and provision
should be made for applications submitted subsequently
to be rejected;

Whereas the quantities of broken rice originating in the
ACP States and available for importing under the tariff
quota in question for
the period 1 January to 31
December 1997 have been exhausted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences shall be issued in response to applications
relating to broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
originating in the ACP States, submitted on 30 December
1997 under the arrangements provided for in Article 13 of
Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 after a single reduction
percentage of 16,87 % has been applied to the quantities
applied for.

Article 2

Import licences shall not be issued in response to applica-
tions relating to broken rice falling within CN code
1006 40 00 originating in the ACP States, submitted on
31 December 1997 under the tariff quota provided for in
Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication 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, 6 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(2) OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 101, 21. 4. 1990, p. 20.
(4) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 22.