Commission Regulation (EC) No 846/2000 of 27 April 2000 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first ten working days of April 2000 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2000-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 846/2000

of 27 April 2000

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first ten working
days of April 2000 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,
within ten days of the closing date for notification by
the Member States of licence applications, the Commis-
sion must decide to what extent the applications may be
accepted and fix the quantities available under
the
following tranche.

Examination of the quantities for which applications
have been submitted for under the April 2000 tranche
shows that licences should be issued for the quantities

applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percent-
ages set out in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first ten working days of April 2000 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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2000.

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 April 2000 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

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

98,2354

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

Origin

Australia

United States of America

Thailand

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

0,5467

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

Quantity available for the
tranche for July 2000
(in tonnes)

21 907,61

9 359,04

190

—

Quantity available for the
tranche for July 2000
(in tonnes)

5 214

1 940

71,03

52,50