Commission Regulation (EC) No 1103/2005 of 13 July 2005 on import licence applications for rice originating in Egypt under the tariff quota for 2005 provided for in Regulation (EC) No 955/2005
Date: 2005-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Egypt, import licence, originating product, rice, tariff quota

14.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 183/67

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1103/2005

of 13 July 2005

on import licence applications for rice originating in Egypt under the tariff quota for 2005 provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 955/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of
the
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
market in rice (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 955/2005 of
23 June 2005 opening a Community import quota for rice
originating in Egypt (2), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Euro-Mediterranean Agreement

The import licence applications for rice falling within CN
code 1006 lodged from 1 July 2005 to 13.00 on 4 July
2005 and notified to the Commission cover an amount
of 59 135 tonnes, whereas the maximum amount of
such rice that can be imported under the Protocol to
the
the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other
the Czech
part,
the Republic of
Republic,
the Republic of
Cyprus,
Lithuania,
the Republic of
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia,
and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (3),
attached to Council Decision 2005/89/EC (4),
is 9 342
tonnes.

the Republic of Estonia,
the Republic of Latvia,

the Republic of Hungary,

to take account of

the accession of

between

2005 and benefiting from a 100 % reduction in customs
duty calculated in accordance with Article 11 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1785/2003.

(3)

(4)

No further import licences allowing a 100 % reduction in
the customs duty should be issued for 2005.

Given its purpose, this Regulation should enter into force
on the day of its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licence applications for rice falling within CN code 1006
under the quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 955/2005,
submitted before 13.00 on 4 July 2005 and notified to the
Commission, shall give rise to the issue of
licences for the
quantities applied for multiplied by a reduction coefficient of
84,202249 %.

Article 2

Import licence applications for rice falling within CN code 1006
submitted from 13.00 on 4 July 2005 to the end of 2005 shall
not give rise to the issue of an import licence for the quota
opened by Regulation (EC) No 955/2005.

Article 3

(2)

A reduction percentage should therefore be fixed for
import licence applications lodged by 13.00 on 4 July

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(2) OJ L 164, 24.6.2005, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 31, 4.2.2005, p. 31.
(4) OJ L 31, 4.2.2005, p. 30.