COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/98 of 22 January 1998 on applications for import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories submitted in the first five working days of January 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Date: 1998-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, overseas countries and territories, rice, tariff reduction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/98

of 22 January 1998

on applications for import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and
the overseas countries and territories submitted in the first five working days of
January 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/
97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules
of application for the import of rice from the ACP States
and for the import of rice from the overseas countries
and territories (OCT) (1), and in particular Article 9(2)
thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No
2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days of
the final date for notification by the Member States the
extent to which applications can be granted and must fix
the available quantities for the following tranche and,
where necessary, for the additional tranche for October;

Whereas an examination of the quantities covered by
applications submitted during the first five working days
of January 1998, as compared with the quantities avail-
able, has shown that licences can be issued subject to

application of percentage reductions to be laid down in
this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
In response to applications for licences to import
rice originating in the ACP States and the OCT in
respect of the tranche for January 1998, licences shall be
issued for the quantities applied for, reduced in accord-
ance with the percentages set out in the Annex to this
Regulation.

The quantities available under the tranche for May

2.
1998 shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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, 22 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 22.

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ANNEX

Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 1998 and
quantities available for the following tranche:

Origin

Reduction
(%)

Quantity available for the
tranche for May 1998
(tonnes)

OCT (Article 6)

 CN code 1006

ACP (Article 2(1))

 CN codes

1006 10 21

to

1006 10 98,

1006 20 and 1006 30

ACP (Article 3)

 CN code 1006 40 00

ACP + OCT (Article 7)

 ACP: CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98,

1006 20 and 1006 30

 OCT: CN code 1006

40,27

0

3,79





41 666

10 000

2 321