COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 144/98 of 21 January 1998 on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the first five working days of January 1998 pursuant to the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
Date: 1998-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 144/98

of 21 January 1998

on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the
first five working days of January 1998 pursuant to the arrangements provided
for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of
24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken
rice (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
112/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No
1522/96, the Commission must decide within 10 days of
the closing date for the submission of licence applications
the extent to which applications can be granted and must
fix the available quantities for the following tranche;

January 1998 and the quantities available, licences may
be issued subject to the application of a reduction per-
centage,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities covered
by applications for import licences submitted for rice and
broken rice pursuant to the arrangements provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 in the first five working days
of January 1998 and which have been notified to the
Commission shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica-
tions are submitted during the first five working days of

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 190, 31. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 20, 23. 1. 1997, p. 23.

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ANNEX

Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96

Percentage reductions to be applied to the quantities applied for and the quantities available under the
following tranche:

(a) Quota referred to in Article 2 (1) (a), wholly-milled and semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30

Origin

Percentage
reduction

Quantity available under the
tranche for April 1998
(tonnes)

Thailand

Australia

Other countries

0

—

—

(1)

1 019

1 805

(1) To be fixed as part of the decision on the issue of licences for the additional tranches for January 1998 to be opened

shortly.

(b) Quota referred to in Article 2 (1)

(b), husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20

Origin

Percentage
reduction

Quantity available under the
tranche for April 1998
(tonnes)

Australia

Thailand

Other countries

0

—

—

7 822

1 812

117

(c) Quota referred to in Article 2 (1)

(c), broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00

Origin

Percentage
reduction

Quantity available under the
tranche for April 1998
(tonnes)

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

USA

Other countries

0

11,51

0

0

0

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1) To be fixed as part of the decision on the issue of licences for the additional tranches for January 1998 to be opened

shortly.