Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2006 of  27 April 2006  on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 647/2006

of 27 April 2006

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 April 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 April 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 April 2006 tranche shows
that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for,
multiplied, where appropriate, by a percentage reduction and

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2006.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 247/2006 (OJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 1).

(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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Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for April 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):

ANNEX

Origin

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

Serial No

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

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

Reduction percentage for the
April 2006 tranche

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

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

98,7985

11 635

1 230,404

531,5

0

(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

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

Reduction percentage for the
April 2006 tranche

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

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

0 (1)

7 822

5 732

1 812

117