Commission Regulation (EC) No 2279/2003 of 22 December 2003 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, rice

L 336/90

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2279/2003

of 22 December 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 1342/2003
laying down special detailed rules for the
of 28 July 2003,
application of the system of import and export licences for
cereals and rice (3), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 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
2224/2003 (4)
the procedure
in the abovementioned paragraph for
provided for
the destinations 064 and 066
4 000 tonnes for all
defined in the Annex to that Regulation.

refunds under

fixes

For all the destinations 064 and 066, quantities applied
for on 19 December 2003 are in excess of the available
quantity. A percentage reduction should therefore be
fixed for export licence applications submitted on 19
December 2003.

(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 064 and 066 defined in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2224/2003, applications for export licences
for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
submitted pursuant to that Regulation on 19 December 2003
shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied
for to which a percentage reduction of 38,77 % has been
applied.

Article 2

For all the destinations 064 and 066 defined in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2224/2003, applications for export licences
for rice and broken rice submitted from 20 December 2003
shall not give rise to the issue of export licences pursuant to
that Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December 2003.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 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 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 332, 19.12.2003, p. 29.