Commission Regulation (EC) No 1682/2002 of 24 September 2002 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of September 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2002-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Australia, Thailand, United States, import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1682/2002

of 24 September 2002

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of September 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 last 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 September 2002
tranche shows that licences should be issued for the

quantities applied for reduced, 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 September 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 additional tranche for

2.
October 2002 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 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 September 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)

50

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

0,006

860,450

0,500

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

0,000

0,000

23,023

0,000