Commission Regulation (EC) No 892/2007 of 26 July 2007 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2007-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 892/2007

of 26 July 2007

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2007
subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98

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
markets in rice (1),

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 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 subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

serial numbers 09.4154, 09.4116 and 09.4166,
the
applications lodged in the first 10 working days of July
the Regulation cover a
2007 under Article 4(1) of
quantity greater
to
which import licences may be issued should therefore
be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient
to be applied to the quantities requested under the quotas
in question.

than that available. The extent

It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas
with serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129,
the appli-
09.4149, 09.4150, 09.4152 and 09.4153,
July
cations lodged in the first 10 working days of
2007 under Article 4(1) of
the Regulation cover a
quantity less than that available.

The total quantities available for the following subperiod
should therefore be fixed for the quotas with serial
09.4130,
09.4128,
numbers
09.4148,
09.4118,
09.4116,
09.4119 and 09.4166, in accordance with the first sub-
paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,

09.4127,
09.4112,

09.4129,
09.4117,

(4)

(5)

(1)

(2)

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 subperiods in accordance with Annex IX of
the Regulation.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

July is the third subperiod for the quota laid down in
Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98, and the
second subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article
1(1)(b), (c) and (d).

Article 1

1.
For import licence applications for rice under the quotas
with serial numbers 09.4154, 09.4116 and 09.4166 as referred
to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first 10 working
days of July 2007,
licences shall be issued for the quantities
requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the
Annex to this Regulation.

(3)

The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with

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

amended by
Commission 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 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as

(EC) No 2019/2006 (OJ

last amended by
L 384,

Commission Regulation
29.12.2006, p. 48).

2.
The total quantities available under the quotas with serial
numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129, 09.4130, 09.4148,
09.4112, 09.4116, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4166
as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the following
subperiod are 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, 26 July 2007.

For the Commission

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

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ANNEX

Quantities to be allocated for the July 2007 subperiod and quantities available for the following subperiod under
Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

(a) quota for 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
July 2007 subperiod

Total quantities available for
September 2007 subperiod
(kg)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

— (2)

— (2)

— (2)

— (3)

19 578 285

1 233 332

305 500

7 319

(b) quota for husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 provided for in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for
July 2007 subperiod

Total quantities available for
October 2007 subperiod
(kg)

All countries

09.4148

— (3)

60 728

(c) quota for broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 provided for in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for July
2007 subperiod

09.4149

09.4150

09.4152

09.4153

09.4154

— (2)

— (1)

— (1)

— (2)

1,809392 %

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

Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Thailand

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for
July 2007 subperiod

Total quantities available for
September 2007 subperiod
(kg)

09.4112

— (3)

United States of America

09.4116

3,329173 %

India

Pakistan

Other origins

All countries

09.4117

09.4118

09.4119

— (3)

— (3)

— (3)

09.4166

1,218315 %

7 344

0

36 522

4 521

58 099

0

(1) No application of the allocation coefficient for this subperiod: no licence applications were notified to the Commission.
(2) No application of the allocation coefficient for this subperiod: applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities

available.

(3) No remaining quantity available for this subperiod.