Commission Regulation (EC) No 135/2006 of  26 January 2006  on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of January 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2006-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, rice, tariff quota, third country

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27.1.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 135/2006

of 26 January 2006

on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of January
2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

and the quantities available for carry-over to the following
tranche should be fixed,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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

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 (2), and
in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

1.
Import licence applications for the tariff quotas for rice
opened by Regulation (EC) No 327/98, submitted in the first 10
working days of January 2006 and notified to the Commission
shall be subject to percentage reduction coefficients as set out in
the Annex to this Regulation.

2.
The quantities available under the January 2006 tranche,
to be carried over to the following tranche, shall be as set out in
the Annex to this Regulation.

An examination of the quantities for which rice import licence
applications have been lodged for the January 2006 tranche
shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied
for, multiplied, where appropriate, by a percentage reduction

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(2) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2152/2005 (OJ L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 30).

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ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 2006 and quantities available
for the following tranche:

(a) Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(a):

Origin

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

Serial No

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

Reduction percentage for the
January 2006 tranche

Quantity carried over to the
tranche for April 2006
(tonnes)

0 (1)

0 (1)
—

—

1 729

4 262,005
—

—

(b) Quota of husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 provided for in Article 1(1)(b):

Origin

Australia

United States of America

Thailand

Other origins

Serial No

09.4139

09.4140

09.4144

09.4145

Reduction percentage for the
January 2006 tranche

Quantity carried over to the
tranche for April 2006
(tonnes)

0 (1)

0 (1)
—

—

2 608

1 911
—

—

(c) Quota of broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00 provided for in Article 1(1)(c):

Origin

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

Serial No

09.4149

09.4150

09.4152

09.4153

09.4154

Reduction percentage for the
January 2006 tranche

Quantity carried over to the
tranche for July 2006
(tonnes)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

98,3454

17 318,2

8 395,7

5 866

4 277,46
—

(d) Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(d):

Origin

Thailand

United States of America

India

Pakistan

Other origins

Serial No

09.4112

09.4116

09.4117

09.4118

09.4119

(1) To be issued for the quantity in the application.

Reduction percentage for the
January 2006 tranche

Quantity carried over to the
tranche for July 2006
(tonnes)

98,1478

98,0399

98,5571

98,6080

98,2978

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