Commission Regulation (EC) No 114/2003 of 22 January 2003 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2003-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, originating product, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 114/2003

of 22 January 2003

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of January 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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
accepted and must fix the available quantities for the
following tranche.

Examination of
the quantities for which applications
have been submitted for under the January 2003 addi-
tional tranche shows that licences should be issued for
the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by
the percentages set out in the Annex hereto,

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first 10 working days of January 2003 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 available quantities for the subsequent tranche are set

2.
out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2003.

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 January 2003 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

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

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

(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.

Reduction
(%)

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.

Reduction
(%)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

90,9091

90,9295

Quantity available
for the tranche
for April 2003
(in t)

3 755,992

10 727,000

Quantity available
for the tranche
for April 2003
(in t)

2 586,500

511,000

Quantity available
for the tranche
for July 2003
(in t)

29 120,000

6 456,000

4 251,000

0,000

0,000