Commission Regulation (EC) No 1316/2003 of 24 July 2003 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
Date: 2003-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, rice

25.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 186/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1316/2003

of 24 July 2003

concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the
refund

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of
23 May 1995, laying down special detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the system of import and export licences for cereals
and rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2305/
2002 (4), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article
7(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 provides,
where this paragraph is specifically referred to when an
export refund is fixed, for an interval of three working
days between the day of submission of applications and
the granting of export licences with advance fixing of
the refund and provides that the Commission is to fix a
uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if appli-
cations for export licences exceed the quantities which
may be exported. Commission Regulation (EC) No
1109/2003 (5)
the procedure
provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 760
tonnes for all destinations R01, R02, R03, 064, 066 and
A97 defined in the Annex to that Regulation.

refunds under

fixes

For all destinations R01, R02, R03, 064, 066 and A97,
quantities applied for on 23 July 2003 are in excess of
the available quantity; a percentage reduction should
therefore be
applications
submitted on 23 July 2003.

fixed for

licence

export

(3)

In view of its purpose, this Regulation should take effect
from the day of its publication in the Official Journal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For all the destinations R01, R02, R03, 064, 066 and A97
defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1109/2003, appli-
cations for export
licences for rice and broken rice with
advance fixing of the refund submitted under that Regulation
on 23 July 2003 shall give rise to the issue of licences for the
quantities applied for to which a percentage reduction of
16,35 % has been applied.

Article 2

For all the destinations R01, R02, R03, 064, 066 and A97
defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1109/2003, appli-
cations for export licences for rice and broken rice submitted
from 24 July 2003 shall not give rise to the issue of export
licences under that Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 July 2003.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 92.
(5) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 9.