Commission Regulation (EC) No 1601/2006 of 26 October 2006 on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2006-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1601/2006

of 26 October 2006

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

percentage, and the final percentage take-up of each quota in
2006 should be communicated,

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 market 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 October 2006 and notified to the Commission,
shall be subject to percentage reduction coefficients as set out in
the Annex to this Regulation.

The final use of

2.
percentage terms, is set out in the annex hereto.

the quotas concerned for 2006,

in

Examination of the quantities for which import licence appli-
cations for rice have been submitted for the October 2006
tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities
applied for multiplied, where appropriate, by a reduction

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc 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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 965/2006 (OJ L 176, 30.6.2006,
p. 12).

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ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for October 2006 and quota use for
2006:

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

Regulation (EC) No 327/98

Origin

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

All countries

Serial No

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

09.4138

Reduction percentage for the
October 2006 tranche

Final use of the quota for 2006
in percentage terms

87,70

98,79

98,53

100

100

92,33339

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

Origin

All countries

Serial No

09.4148

Reduction percentage for the
October 2006 tranche

Final use of the quota for 2006
in percentage terms

—

100

(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

Final use of the quota for 2006 in percentage
terms

71,01

0,80

0

5,44

100

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(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

All countries

Serial No

09.4112

09.4116

09.4117

09.4118

09.4119

09.4166

Final use of the quota for 2006 in percentage
terms

100

100

100

100

100

100

(e) Quota of broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00 provided for in Article 1(1)(e) of Regulation (EC)

No 327/98:

Origin

All countries

Serial No

09.4168

Reduction percentage for the
October 2006 tranche

Final use of the quota for 2006
in percentage terms

—

100