Commission Regulation (EC) No 965/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import (EU), rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 965/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff
quotas for imports of rice and broken rice

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 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), and in particular Articles 10(2) and 11(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Hungary,

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Thailand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the
schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia,
the
the Republic of Cyprus,
Republic of Lithuania,
the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic
of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of
their accession to the European Union (2), approved by
Council Decision 2006/324/EC (3), provides
an
increase in the current annual global
tariff quota at
zero duty for wholly milled and semi-milled rice
covered by CN code 1006 30 of 25 516 tonnes for all
origins and of 1 200 tonnes for Thailand. It also provides
for the opening of a new zero-duty tariff quota of
31 788 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code
1006 40 for all origins.

for

(4)

(5)

that quota

2006/324/EC,
should be managed in
accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (4).

The quota of 20 000 tonnes of husked rice covered by
CN code 1006 20 at a duty of EUR 88 per tonne
provided for in Article 1 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 327/98 (5) has become obsolete as a result of
the amendment of the duty applicable to husked rice laid
down in Article 11a of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003.
That quota should therefore be abolished.

In order not to disturb the normal marketing of rice
produced in the Community the quotas
should be
opened in such a way that the imports can be better
absorbed by the Community market.
In particular,
where the application of a reduction percentage would
give rise to the allocation of licences for quantities of less
than 20 tonnes and Member States organise that allo-
cation by drawing lots, provision should be made for the
redistribution by the competent national authorities of
the remaining quantities with a view to utilising the
quota to the maximum possible extent and avoiding
the allocation of very small quantities. For the same
reasons, provision should also be made for redistribution
in cases where the application of a reduction percentage
fails to result in the constitution of a lot of 20 tonnes.

(6)

To ensure the proper management of
the quotas,
provision should be made for the compulsory presen-
tation of a certificate of origin when the quota is
opened for a specific country and an export
licence
issued by that country is not required.

(2)

The above Decision also provides for new quotas at 15 %
duty valid for all origins of 7 tonnes of paddy rice
covered by CN code 1006 10 and 1 634 tonnes of
husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20.

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 327/98 should be
accordingly.

amended

(3)

For the sake of simplification and given the small volume
in Decision
of

the paddy rice quota provided for

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

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

(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 17.

lation (EC) No 402/2006 (OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 35).

(5) 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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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

3. Article 4 is amended as follows:

Article 1

(a)

In the third indent of paragraph 2,
replaced by ‘Article 1(1)(c) and (e)’;

‘Article 1(1)(c)’

is

Regulation (EC) No 327/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

(b) In paragraph 4, the following point (e) is added:

‘(e)

in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1(1)(e),
one of the indications in Annex XI’;

The following annual global tariff quotas are hereby

1.
opened on 1 January each year:

(c)

In paragraph 5,
following:

the third indent

is replaced by the

(a) 63 000 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice

covered by CN code 1006 30, at zero duty;

‘— if no export

licence is required applicants may
submit a single application up to the maximum
quantity laid down for each tranche and serial
number.’

(b) 1 634 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code

1006 20 at an ad valorem duty fixed at 15 %;

4. Article 5(3) is replaced by the following:

(c) 100 000 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code
1006 40 00, with a reduction of 30,77 % in the duty
fixed in Article 11d of Council Regulation (EC) No
1785/2003 (*);

(d) 40 216 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice

covered by CN code 1006 30, at zero duty;

(e) 31 788 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code

1006 40 00, at zero duty.

These quotas shall be managed in accordance with this Regu-
lation and broken down by country of origin and by peri-
odical tranches in accordance with Annex IX. However, for
2006 they shall be broken down in accordance with
Annex X.

2.
An annual quota of 7 tonnes of paddy rice covered by
CN code 1006 10, at an ad valorem duty fixed at 15 %, shall
be opened on 1 January each year under serial number
09.0083.

It shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with
Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (**).

___________
(*) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96.
(**) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.’

2. In Article 3, ‘Article 1(1)(a), (b) and (c)’ is replaced by ‘Article

1(1)(a) and (c)’.

If

‘3.
indent of
the reduction referred to in the first
paragraph 2 results in one or more quantities of less than
20 tonnes per application, Member States shall allocate the
total of such quantities by drawing lots for each lot of 20
tonnes, plus
the remaining quantity equally distributed
between the 20-tonne lots.

However, where adding together the quantities of less than
20 tonnes does not result in the constitution of a 20-tonne
the remaining quantity shall be distributed by the
lot
Member State equally between the operators whose licence
is for 20 tonnes or more.’

5. In the first subparagraph of Article 6(1),

replaced by ‘Article 5(2) and (3)’.

‘Article 5(2)’

is

6. Article 7 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4.
Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1342/2003 (*) and pursuant
to Article 23(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (**), import licences for
husked, semi-milled and wholly milled rice shall be valid
from the date of their actual issue until the end of the
third month following that date.

However, the duration of validity of the import licences
may not exceed 31 December of the year of issue.

___________
(*) OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 12.
(**) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.’

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(b) The following paragraph 5 is added:

7. Annex VI is replaced by the text of Annex I to this Regu-

lation.

‘5.
Under the quotas referred to in Article 1(1), the
the products into free circulation in the
release of
Community shall be subject to the presentation of a
certificate of origin issued by the competent national
authorities of
in accordance with
countries
Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

those

8. Annexes IX and X are replaced by the text of Annex II to

this Regulation.

9. The text of Annex III

to this Regulation is added as

Annex XI.

Article 2

However, in respect of those parts of the quotas relating
to countries for which a certificate of origin is required
in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation or in
respect of quotas the origin of which is described as
“all countries”, a certificate of origin is not required.’

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

shall apply from 1 July 2006, with the exception of

It
Article 1(6), which shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX VI

Indications referred to in Article 4(4)(b)

— Spanish:

— Czech:

— Danish:

— German:

— Estonian:

— Greek:

— English:

— French:

— Italian:

— Latvian:

— Lithuanian:

— Hungarian:

— Maltese:

— Dutch:

— Polish:

— Portuguese:

— Slovak:

— Slovene:

— Finnish:

— Swedish:

Derechos de aduana limitados al 15 % ad valorem hasta la cantidad indicada en las casillas 17 y 18 del
presente certificado [Reglamento (CE) no 327/98]

Cla omezená na valorickou sazbu ve výši 15 % až do množství uvedeného v kolonkách 17 a 18 této
licence (nařízení (ES) č. 327/98)

Toldsatsen begrænses til 15 % af værdien op til den mængde, der er angivet i rubrik 17 og 18 i denne
licens (forordning (EF) nr. 327/98)

Zollsatz beschränkt auf 15 % des Zollwerts bis zu der in den Feldern 17 und 18 dieser Lizenz
angegebenen Menge (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 327/98)

Väärtuseline tollimaks piiratud 15 protsendini käesoleva sertifikaadi
kogusteni (määrus (EÜ) nr 327/98)

lahtrites 17 ja 18 märgitud

Τελωνειακός δασμός κατ’ ανώτατο όριο 15 % κατ’ αξία έως την ποσότητα που ορίζεται στα τετραγωνίδια
17 και 18 του παρόντος πιστοποιητικού [κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 327/98]

Customs duties limited to 15 % ad valorem up to the quantity indicated in boxes 17 and 18 of this
licence (Regulation (EC) No 327/98)

Droits de douane limités à 15 % ad valorem jusqu'à la quantité indiquée dans les cases 17 et 18 du
présent certificat [règlement (CE) no 327/98]

Dazio limitato al 15 % ad valorem fino a concorrenza del quantitativo indicato nelle caselle 17 e 18
del presente titolo [regolamento (CE) n. 327/98]

Muitas nodoklis 15 % ad valorem par daudzumu, kas norādīts šīs atļaujas (Regula (EK) Nr. 327/98)
17. un 18. ailē

Ne didesnis nei 15 % muitas ad valorem neviršijant šios licencijos 17 ir 18 langeliuose nurodyto kiekio
(Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 327/98)

15 %-os értékvám az ezen engedély 17. és 18. rovatában feltüntetett mennyiségig (327/98/EK
rendelet)

Id-dazji doganali huma stipulati għal 15 % ad valorem sal-kwantità indicata fil-kaxxi 17 u 18 ta' din il-
liċenzja (Regolament (KE) Nru 327/98)

Douanerecht beperkt tot 15 % ad valorem voor hoeveelheden die niet groter zijn dan de in de
vakken 17 en 18 van dit certificaat vermelde hoeveelheid (Verordening (EG) nr. 327/98)

Cło ograniczone do 15 % ad valorem do ilości wskazanej w polach 17 i 18 niniejszego pozwolenia
(rozporządzenie (WE) nr 327/98)

Direito aduaneiro limitado a 15 % ad valorem até à quantidade indicada nas casas 17 e 18 do presente
certificado [Regulamento (CE) n.o 327/98]

Clá znížené na 15 % ad valorem až po množstvo uvedené v kolónkach 17 a 18 tejto licencie
[nariadenie (ES) č. 327/98]

Carinska dajatev, omejena na 15 % ad valorem do količine, navedene v rubrikah 17 in 18 tega
dovoljenja (Uredba (ES) št. 327/98)

Arvotulli rajoitettu 15 prosenttiin tämän todistuksen 17 ja 18 artiklassa ilmoitettuun määrään asti
(asetus (EY) N:o 327/98)

Tull begränsad till 15 % av värdet upp till den kvantitet som anges i fält 17 och 18 i den här licensen
(förordning (EG) nr 327/98)’

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ANNEX II
‘ANNEX IX

Quotas and tranches with effect from 2007

(a) Quota of 63 000 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in

Article 1(1)(a):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

January

April

July

September October

United States of
America

Thailand

Australia

38 721

09.4127

9 681

19 360

9 680

21 455

09.4128

10 727

5 364

5 364

1 019

09.4129

Other origins

1 805

09.4130

All countries

Total

63 000

09.4138

—

0

0

1 019

1 805

—

—

20 408

27 548

15 044

—

—

—

—

—

(1)

(1) Remaining quantity not used in previous tranches published by Commission Regulation.

(b) Quota of 1 634 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 as provided for in Article 1(1)(b):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

All countries

1 634

09.4148

Total

1 634

—

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

January

1 634

1 634

July

—

—

October

(1)

(1) Remaining quantity not used in previous tranches published by Commission Regulation.

(c) Quota of 100 000 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(c):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of
America

52 000

09.4149

16 000

09.4150

11 000

09.4152

9 000

09.4153

Other origins

12 000

09.4154

Total

100 000

—

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

January

36 400

8 000

5 500

4 500

6 000

60 400

July

15 600

8 000

5 500

4 500

6 000

39 600

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(d) Quota of 40 216 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in

Article 1(1)(d):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

Thailand

5 513

09.4112

United States of
America

2 388

09.4116

India

Pakistan

1 769

09.4117

1 595

09.4118

Other origins

3 435

09.4119

All countries

25 516

09.4166

January

5 513

2 388

1 769

1 595

3 435

8 505

Total

40 216

—

23 205

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

July

—

—

—

—

—

17 011

17 011

September

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(e) Quota of 31 788 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(e):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

All countries

31 788

09.4168

Total

31 788

—

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

September

31 788

31 788

October

(1)

(1) Remaining quantity not used in previous tranches published by Commission Regulation.

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ANNEX X

Quotas and tranches for 2006

(a) Quota of 63 000 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in

Article 1(1)(a):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

January

April

July

September October

United States of
America

Thailand

Australia

38 721

09.4127

9 681

19 360

9 680

21 455

09.4128

10 727

5 364

5 364

1 019

09.4129

0

0

1 019

1 805

—

—

Other origins

1 805

09.4130

All countries

09.4138

Total

63 000

—

20 408

27 548

15 044

(1) Remaining quantity not used in previous tranches published by Commission Regulation.

—

—

—

—

—

(1)

(b) Quota of 1 634 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 as provided for in Article 1(1)(b):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

All countries

1 634

09.4148

Total

1 634

—

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

July

1 634

1 634

October

(1)

(1) Remaining quantity not used in previous tranches published by Commission Regulation.

(c) Quota of 106 667 tonnes of broken rice as covered by CN code 1006 40 00 provided for in Article 1(1)(c):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of
America

55 467

09.4149

17 067

09.4150

11 733

09.4152

9 600

09.4153

Other origins

12 800

09.4154

Total

106 667

—

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

January

38 827

8 533

5 866

4 800

6 400

64 426

July

16 640

8 534

5 867

4 800

6 400

42 241

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(d) Quota of 44 716 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in

Article 1(1)(d):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

Thailand

6 950

09.4112

United States of
America

3 184

09.4116

India

Pakistan

2 358

09.4117

2 128

09.4118

Other origins

4 580

09.4119

All countries

25 516

09.4166

January

5 750

3 184

2 358

2 128

4 580

Total

44 716

—

18 000

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

July

1 200

—

—

—

—

25 516

26 716

September

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(e) Quota of 31 788 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(e):

Origin

Quantity
(tonnes)

Serial number

All countries

31 788

09.4168

Total

31 788

—

Tranches (quantities in tonnes)

September

31 788

31 788

October

(1)

(1) Remaining quantity not used in previous tranches published by Commission Regulation.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX XI

Indications referred to in Article 4(4)(e):

— Spanish:

— Czech:

— Danish:

— German:

— Estonian:

— Greek:

— English:

— French:

— Italian:

— Latvian:

— Lithuanian:

— Hungarian:

— Maltese:

— Dutch:

— Polish:

— Portuguese:

— Slovak:

— Slovene:

— Finnish:

— Swedish:

Exención del derecho de aduana hasta la cantidad indicada en las casillas 17 y 18 del presente
certificado [Reglamento (CE) no 327/98, artículo 1, apartado 1, letra e)]

Osvobození od cla až do množství uvedeného v kolonkách 17 a 18 této licence (nařízení
č. 327/98, čl. 1 odst. 1 písm. e))

(ES)

Toldfri op til den mængde, der er angivet i rubrik 17 og 18 i denne licens (forordning (EF)
nr. 327/98, artikel 1, stk. 1, litra e))

Zollfrei bis zu der in den Feldern 17 und 18 dieser Lizenz angegebenen Menge (Verordnung (EG)
Nr. 327/98, Artikel 1 Absatz 1 Buchstabe e)

Tollimaksuvabastus kuni käesoleva litsentsi
nr 327/98 artikli 1 lõike 1 punkt e))

lahtrites 17 ja 18 näidatud koguseni

(määruse (EÜ)

Απαλλαγή από τον τελωνειακό δασμό έως την ποσότητα που αναγράφεται στα τετραγωνίδια 17 και 18 του
παρόντος πιστοποιητικού [κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 327/98, άρθρο 1 παράγραφος 1 στοιχείο ε)]

Exemption from customs duty up to the quantity indicated in boxes 17 and 18 of this licence
(Regulation (EC) No 327/98, Article 1(1)(e))

Exemption du droit de douane jusqu'à la quantité indiquée dans les cases 17 et 18 du présent
certificat [règlement (CE) no 327/98, article 1er, paragraphe 1, point e)]

Esenzione dal dazio doganale fino a concorrenza del quantitativo indicato nelle caselle 17 e 18 del
presente titolo [regolamento (CE) n. 327/98, articolo 1, paragrafo 1, lettera e)]

Atbrīvojumi no muitas nodokļa līdz šīs atļaujas 17. un 18. ailē norādītajam daudzumam (Regulas (EK)
Nr. 327/98 1. panta 1. punkta e) apakšpunkts)

Atleidimas nuo muito mokesčio neviršijant šios licencijos 17 ir 18 langeliuose nurodyto kiekio
(Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 327/98, 1 straipsnio 1 dalies e) punktas)

Vámmentes az ezen engedély 17. és 18. rovatában feltüntetett mennyiségig (327/98/EK rendelet
1. cikk (1) bekezdés e) pont)

Eżenzjoni tad-dazju tad-dwana sal-kwantità indikata fil-każi 17 u 18 taċ-ċertifikat preżenti (Rego-
lament (KE) Nru 327/98, Artikolu 1, paragrafu 1, punt e))

Vrijstelling van douanerecht voor hoeveelheden die niet groter zijn dan de in de vakken 17 en 18 van
lid 1, onder e), van Verordening (EG) nr. 327/98)
dit certificaat vermelde hoeveelheid (artikel 1,

Zwolnienie z cła ilości do wysokości wskazanej w sekcjach 17 i 18 niniejszego pozwolenia (rozpo-
rządzenie (WE) nr 327/98, art. 1 ust. 1 lit. e))

Isenção do direito aduaneiro até à quantidade indicada nas casas 17 e 18 do presente certificado
[Regulamento (CE) n.o 327/98, alínea e) do n.o 1 do artigo 1.o]

Oslobodenie od cla až po množstvo uvedené v kolónkach 17 a 18 tejto licencie [článok 1 ods. 1
písm. e) nariadenia (ES) č. 327/98]

Oprostitev carinske dajatve do količine, navedene v poljih 17 in 18 tega dovoljenja (Uredba (ES)
št. 327/98, člen 1(1)(e))

Tullivapaa tämän todistuksen 17 ja 18 artiklassa ilmoitettuun määrään asti
N:o 327/98 1 artiklan 1 kohdan e) alakohta)

(asetuksen (EY)

Tullfri upp till den mängd som anges i fälten 17 och 18 i denna licens (Förordning (EG) nr 327/98,
artikel 1.1 e))’