Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2007 of 16 May 2007 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the May 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006
Date: 2007-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 543/2007

of 16 May 2007

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the May 2007
subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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),

The information provided in accordance with Article
17(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 shows that in
the case of the quotas with serial numbers 09.4187,
09.4188 and 09.4189 applications lodged during the
first
five working days of May 2007 in accordance
with the first subparagraph of Article 13 of that Regu-
lation cover a quantity in husked-rice equivalent greater
than the quantity available. As a result, the extent to
which import
issued should be
determined by laying down the award coefficient to be
applied to the quantities applied for under the quota[s] in
question.

licences may be

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

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006
of 22 December 2006 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of import quotas for rice originating in the African,
Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and the overseas
countries and territories (OCTs) (3), and in particular Article
15(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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

(2)

For these quotas, provided for in Article 1(1)(a) and (b) of
Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006, the second subperiod is
the month of May.

(4)

The above information also shows that in the case of the
quotas with serial number 09.4190 applications lodged
during the first
five working days of May 2007 in
accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 13 of
that Regulation cover a quantity in husked-rice equivalent
less than the quantity available.

(5)

In accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 2021/2006,
the total quantities available for the
next subperiod should also be laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For import licence applications for rice under the quotas
1.
with serial numbers 09.4187, 09.4188 and 09.4189 as referred
to in Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 lodged during the first five
working days of May 2007,
licences shall be issued for the
quantities applied for, multiplied by the award coefficients set
out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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

(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 Regulation

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

(3) OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 61.

2.
The total quantities available under the quotas with serial
numbers 09.4187, 09.4188, 09.4189 and 09.4190 as referred
to in Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006 for the next subperiod
shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2007.

For the Commission

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

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ANNEX

Quantities to be awarded for the May 2007 subperiod and quantities available for the next subperiod under
Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006

Origin/product

Serial No

Award coefficient for
May 2007 subperiod

Quantities available for
September 2007
subperiod (kg)
(en kg)

09.4187

29,237747 %

41 666 004

09.4188

91,620043 %

0

ACP States (Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC)
No 2021/2006)

— CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98,

1006 20 and 1006 30

ACP States (Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC)
No 2021/2006)

— CN code 1006 40 00

OCTs (Article 8 and Article 9(1)(a) and (b) of
Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006)

— CN code 1006

(a) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba:

(b) least developed OCTs:

09.4189

09.4190

67,574812 %

8 333 001

— (1)

10 000 000

(1) No award coefficient for this subperiod: no licence applications were sent to the Commission.