Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/1999 of 20 May 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of May 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Date: 1999-05-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, overseas countries and territories, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1039/1999

of 20 May 1999

on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the
overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five
working days of May 1999 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), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1595/98 (2), 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 examination of the quantities for which applica-
tions have been submitted shows that licences should be
reduced, where
issued for

the quantities applied for

appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first five working days of May 1999 pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to the Commis-
sion shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced,
where appropriate, by the percentages set out
in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 208, 24.7.1998, p. 21.

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ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 20 May 1999, on the issue of import licences for rice origin-
ating in the ACP States and the OCTs against applications submitted in the first five
working days of May 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for May 1999 and
quantities available for the following tranche:

Origin

Reduction (%)

Quantity available
for the tranche
for September 1999
(t)

OCT (Article 6)

(cid:190) CN code 1006

ACP (Article 2(1))

(cid:190) CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20

and 1006 30

ACP (Article 3)

(cid:190) CN code 1006 40 00

ACP + OCT (Article 7)

(cid:190) ACP: CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98,

1006 20 and 1006 30
(cid:190) OCT: CN code 1006

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

91,3368

41,666

96,7175

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)