Commission Regulation (EC) No 1652/1999 of 27 July 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of July 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 1999-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, rice, tariff quota, third country

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1652/1999

of 27 July 1999

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of July 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

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 administra-
tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken
rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/98 (2), and in
particular Article 5(2) thereof,

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

(2) Whereas examination of

for which
applications have been submitted shows that licences
should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced,

the quantities

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first 10 working days of July 1999 pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission
shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where
appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.

The quantities available under the following tranche shall

2.
be as set out in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 3.

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ANNEX

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

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

Origin

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

Quantity available for the additional
tranche for September
1999
(in tonnes)

2 742,74

202,21

5,1

(b) quantity referred to in Article 2: husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20

Origin

Reduction
(%)

Quantity available for the additional
tranche for September 1999
(in tonnes)

Australia

United States of America

Thailand

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

—

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0

56

81

0

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

Origin

Reduction (%)

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

0 (1)

0 (1)

0

0 (1)

Other origins

87,7332

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.