Commission Regulation (EC) No 79/2007 of 26 January 2007 on the issue of import licences against applications lodged from 15 to 19 January 2007 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
Date: 2007-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 79/2007

of 26 January 2007

on the issue of import licences against applications lodged from 15 to 19 January 2007 under the
tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 for rice originating in the ACP States and the
overseas countries and territories (OCTs)

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)

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) 1301/2006 of
31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the adminis-
tration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed
by a system of import licences (2) and in particular Article 7(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 (3) opens an
annual overall tariff quota for the import of 160 000
in husked-rice equivalent, comprising
tonnes of rice,
125 000 tonnes originating in the ACP States (serial
number 09.4187), 25 000 tonnes originating in the
Netherlands Antilles
number
09.4189) and 10 000 tonnes originating in the least
and an
(serial number 09.4190),
developed OCTs
annual
tariff quota of 20 000 tonnes of broken rice
(serial number 09.4188).

and Aruba

(serial

For the quota with serial number 09.4187, Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 sets
the quantity
available for the sub-period January at 41 668 tonnes.
For the quota with serial number 09.4188, Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 sets
the quantity
available for the sub-period January at 10 000 tonnes.
the quota with serial number 09.4189, Article
For
the
9(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 sets

quantity available for the sub-period January at 8 334
tonnes. For
the quota with serial number 09.4190,
Article 9(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 sets
the quantity available for
the sub-period January at
3 334 tonnes.

(3)

The information provided in accordance with Article
17(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 shows that, in
the case of the quota with serial number 09.4187, appli-
cations
lodged from 15 to 19 January 2007 in
accordance with Article 13 of that Regulation cover a
than the
quantity in husked-rice equivalent greater
quantity available. As a result,
to which
the extent
import licences may be issued should be determined by
laying down the award coefficient to be applied to the
quantities applied for.

(4)

In the case of the quotas with serial numbers 09.4188,
09.4189 and 09.4190, the quantities carried over to the
next sub-period and the total quantities available for each
quota should also be laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For import licence applications for rice originating in the
ACP States/OCTs covered by quota serial numbers 09.4187,
09.4188, 09.4189 and 09.4190 as referred to in Regulation
(EC) No 2021/2006 lodged from 15 to 19 January 2007,
licences shall be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied
by the award coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regu-
lation.

2.
The quantities available for the sub-period January 2007
to be carried over to the next sub-period and the total quantities
available for the sub-period May 2007 shall be as set out in the
Annex.

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

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

(2) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 61.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

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Award coefficients to be applied to quantities applied for under the sub-period January 2007 and quantities carried over
to the next sub-period

ANNEX

Origin/product

Quota or serial No

Award coefficient

Quantity carried over to
the sub-period May 2007
(t)

Total quantities available
for the sub-period May
2007
(t)

09.4187

64,522364 %

—

41 666

09.4188

100 %

4 902

14 902

ACP States (Article 2 of
Regulation (EC) No 2021/
2006)
— CN codes 1006 10 21

to 1006 10 98,
1006 20 and1006 30

ACP States (Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 2021/
2006)
— CN code 1006 40 00

OCTs (Article 8 and Article
9(1)(a) and (b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2021/2006)
— CN code 1006

(a) Netherlands
and Aruba

Antilles

09.4189

100 %

1,001

8 334,001

(b) least developed OCTs

09.4190

0 %

3 334

6 667