Commission Regulation (EC) No 470/2007 of 26 April 2007 on the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the April 2007 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2007-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 470/2007

of 26 April 2007

on the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the
April 2007 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2007, in
accordance with Article 4(1) of the Regulation relate to a
quantity exceeding that available. The extent to which
import
licences may be issued should therefore be
determined and the allocation coefficient laid down to
be applied to the quantities applied for
the quotas
concerned.

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

(4)

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of
for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

import

It also follows from those notifications that in the case of
quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128 and
09.4129, applications lodged in the first 10 working
days of April 2007, in accordance with Article 4(1) of
the Regulation relate to a quantity less
than that
available.

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 (3), and
in particular the first paragraph of Article 5 thereof,

(5)

The total available quantities for the following sub-period
should also be fixed in accordance with the first
paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opened and
provided for the administration of certain import tariff
quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country
of origin and split into several sub-periods in accordance
with Annex IX to the Regulation.

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for rice under the quotas
bearing serial numbers 09.4130 specified in Regulation (EC) No
327/98, submitted during the first 10 working days of April
2007 shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities
applied for subject to the coefficients set out in the Annex.

April is the second sub-period for the quotas provided
for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

It follows from the notifications received under Article
8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 that in the case of
quota[s] bearing serial numbers 09.4130, applications

2.
The total available quantities under the quotas bearing
serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128 and 09.4129 specified in
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the following sub-period are
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. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 2019/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 48).

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 April 2007.

For the Commission

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

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ANNEX

Quantities to be allocated in respect of the April 2007 sub-period and available quantities for the following
sub-period under Regulation (EC) No 327/98

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

Serial number

Allocation coefficient
for the April 2007
sub-period

Total quantities
available for the July
2007 sub-period
(kg)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

— (1)

— (1)

— (1)

34 170 000

8 419 801

613 000

Other origins

09.4130

1,329728 %

0

(1) No allocation coefficient for this sub-period, the applications being less than or equal to the quantities available.