Commission Regulation (EC) No 1123/2007 of 27 September 2007 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2007-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1123/2007

of 27 September 2007

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 to
the Regulation.

September is the fourth subperiod for the quota laid
down in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,
the third subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article
1(1)(d) and the first subperiod for the quota laid down in
Article 1(1)(e).

The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with
serial numbers 09.4130, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119
and 09.4168, the applications lodged in the first 10
working days of September 2007 under Article 4(1) of
than that
the Regulation cover a quantity greater

(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).

available. The extent to which import licences may be
issued should therefore be determined by establishing the
to be applied to the quantities
allocation coefficient
requested under the quota[s] in question.

(4)

(5)

(6)

It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas
with serial numbers 09.4127, 09.412, 09.4129 and
09.4112,
first 10
working days of September 2007 under Article 4(1) of
the Regulation (EC) No 327/98, cover a quantity less
than or equal to that available.

lodged in the

applications

the

The quantities not used for the September subperiod of
the quotas with serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128 and
09.4129 are transferred to the quota with serial number
09.4138 for the following subperiod under Article 2 of
Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

The total quantities available for the following subperiod
should therefore be fixed for the quotas with serial
numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168,
in accordance with
the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
No 327/98,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For import licence applications for rice under the quotas
1.
with serial numbers 09.4130, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and
09.4168 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in
the first 10 working days of September 2007, licences shall be
issued for the quantities requested, multiplied by the allocation
coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

The total quantities available under the quotas with serial
2.
numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168 as referred to in Regulation
(EC) No 327/98 for the following subperiod are set out in
the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 27 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 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
September 2007
subperiod

Total quantities available for
September 2007 subperiod
(kg)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

All countries

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

— (2)

— (2)

— (2)

09.4130

83,630141 %

09.4138

16 206 129

(b) Quota for wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 40 provided for in Article 1(1)(d) of

Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for
September 2007 subperiod

Thailand

United States of America

India

Pakistan

Other origins

All countries

09.4112

09.4116

09.4117

09.4118

09.4119

09.4166

— (2)

— (3)

19,261642 %

33,333333 %

20,000000 %

— (3)

(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

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for
September 2007
subperiod

Total quantities available for
October 2007 subperiod
(kg)

All countries

09.4168

1,505425 %

0

(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.