Commission Regulation (EC) No 1021/2004 of 26 May 2004 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2004-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1021/2004

of 26 May 2004

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of concessions set out in
the conclusion of
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake 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 administration of
certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2458/2001, and in
particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

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

Import

1.
licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first 10 working days of May 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.

Examination of the quantities for which applications have been
submitted under the May 2004 tranche shows that licences

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 May 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. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2296/2003 (OJ L 340, 24.12.2003, p. 35).

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Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for May 2004 and quantities carried over
to the following tranche:

(a)

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

ANNEX

Origin

Reduction percentage for the May 2004
tranche

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

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

98,937

(b)

husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20

803,994

1 656,673

355
—

Origin

Reduction percentage for the May 2004
tranche

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

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

(c)

broken rice CN code 1006 40 00

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

78,8618

5

112,523

7 476

—

Origin

Reduction percentage for the May 2004 tranche

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

(1)

Issue for the quantity applied for.

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)