Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/98 of 12 March 1998 on the issue of import licences for rice and broken rice against applications submitted under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 (additional tranche for January 1998)
Date: 1998-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 575/98

of 12 March 1998

on the issue of import licences for rice and broken rice against applications
submitted under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 (additional tranche for
January 1998)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98
of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the ad-
ministration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and
broken rice (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98
provides for the opening of an additional tranche for the
issue of import licences for January 1998; whereas licence
applications
to be
additional
submitted during the first 10 working days following the
entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 327/98;

tranche

this

are

for

Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No
327/98, within 10 days of the closing date for notification
by the Member States of
the
Commission must decide to what extent the applications
may be accepted and fix the quantities available under the
following tranche;

licence applications,

Whereas examination of the quantities for which applica-
tions have been submitted shows that licences should be

issued for the quantities applied for multiplied, where
appropriate, by a percentage reduction in accordance with
the provisions of the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import

licences for rice and broken rice against
1.
applications submitted under Article 2(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be
issued for the quantities applied for multiplied, where
appropriate, by the percentage reductions set out in the
Annex hereto.

The quantities available under the following tranche

2.
shall be as set out 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, 12 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 37, 11. 2. 1998, p. 5.

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ANNEX

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

(i) quantity referred to in Article 2(2)(i): semi-milled and wholly-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30

Origin

% reduction

Quantity available
for the April 1998 tranche
(in tonnes)

Thailand

0 (1)

7 875

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

(ii) quantity referred to in Article 2(2)(ii): broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00

Origin

% reduction

Quantity available
for the July 1998 tranche
(in tonnes)

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

0 (1)

75

0 (1)

0 (1)

90,7616

28 240

6 457

8 503

3 641

7 240