Commission Regulation (EC) No 1335/2002 of 23 July 2002 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of July 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2002-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1335/2002

of 23 July 2002

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of July 2002 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 2458/2001 (2), and
in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 licence applications, the Commission
must decide to what extent the applications may be
the
accepted and fix the quantities available under
following tranche;

examination of
the quantities for which applications
have been submitted for under the July 2002 tranche
shows that licences should be issued for the quantities

applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percen-
tages 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 2002 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 24 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 10.

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ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for July 2002 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)

(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 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

—

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

Origin

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Quantity available
for the additional tranche
for September 2002
(in t)

7 115,006

6 626,210

256,500

Quantity available
for the additional tranche
for September 2002
(in t)

0,000

0,000

23,023

117,000

Reduction
(%)

0 (1)

0 (1)

—

76,6063

90,9091