Commission Regulation (EC) No 1092/2007 of 20 September 2007 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006
Date: 2007-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, import policy, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1092/2007

of 20 September 2007

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 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 quota with serial number 09.4187 appli-
cations lodged during the first
five working days of
September 2007 in accordance with the first subpara-
graph of Article 13 of that Regulation cover a quantity
in husked-rice equivalent greater
than the quantity
available. The extent 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 quota in question.

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 (OCT) (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 third subperiod is
the month of September.

(4)

The above information also shows that in the case of the
quotas with serial numbers 09.4189 — 09.4190 appli-
cations lodged during the first
five working days of
September 2007 in accordance with the first subpara-
graph 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 therefore be laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For import licence applications for rice under the quota[s]
1.
with serial number 09.4187 as referred to in Regulation (EC)
No 2021/2006 lodged during the first five working days of
September 2007,
licences shall be issued for the quantities
applied for, multiplied by the allocation 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 — 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, 20 September 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 September 2007 subperiod and quantities available for the next subperiod
under Regulation (EC) No 2021/2006

Origin/product

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for
September 2007
subperiod

Total quantities available
for October 2007
subperiod
(kg)

09.4187

22,998530 %

0

09.4188

— (3)

348 241

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

— (2)

— (1)

6 133 001

10 000 000

(1) No allocation coefficient for this subperiod: no licence applications were sent to the Commission.
(2) Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable.
(3) No quantity available for this subperiod.