Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2004 of 28 January 2004 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 152/2004

of 28 January 2004

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of January 2004 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1),

Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996
concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with
Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (2),

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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2458/2001 (4),
and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Examination of the quantities for which applications have been
submitted under the January 2004 tranche shows that licences
should be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced, where
appropriate, by the percentages not covered and fixing the
quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first 10 working days of January 2004 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 carried over to the subsequent

2.
tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Whereas:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 22.5.1996, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5.
(4) 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 2004 and quantities carried
over to the following tranche:

(a) semi-milled and wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30

Origin

Reduction percentage for the
January 2004 tranche

Quantity carried over to the tranche for
May 2004 (tonnes)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

(1)

Issue for the quantity applied for.

(b) husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20

0 (1)

0 (1)

—

—

199,994

2 904,686

—

—

Origin

Reduction percentage for the
January 2004 tranche

Quantity carried over to the tranche for
May 2004 (tonnes)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

(1)

Issue for the quantity applied for.

(c) broken rice CN code 1006 40 00

0 (1)

—

0 (1)

—

11

—

2 608

—

Origin

Reduction percentage for the January
2004 tranche

Quantity carried over to the tranche for
July 2004 (tonnes)

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

(1)

Issue for the quantity applied for.

11,63

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

75

—

3 796

2 834

607

—