Commission Regulation (EC) No 1672/2004 of 24 September 2004 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of September 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2004-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice

25.9.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1672/2004

of 24 September 2004

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
days of September 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:

Examination of the quantities for which applications have been
submitted under
that
the quantities applied for,
licences

the September 2004 tranche shows

should be issued 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 September 2004 pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission
shall be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced by the
percentages set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

The available quantities carried over to the subsequent

2.
tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 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 September 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 September
2004 tranche

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

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

0 (1)

0 (1)

0,1980
—

142,994

1 574,488
—

—

(b) husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20

Origin

Reduction percentage for the September
2004 tranche

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

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

(1)

Issue for the quantity applied for.

—

—

—

—

390,000

5,023

10 083,000

—