Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2008 of 24 January 2008 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 327/98 as regards the breakdown into sub-periods for 2008 of an import tariff quota for wholly milled and semi-milled rice
Date: 2008-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, export licence, import, import licence, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 60/2008

of 24 January 2008

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 327/98 as regards the breakdown into sub-periods for 2008 of
an import tariff quota for wholly milled and semi-milled rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,

an additional sub-period for the month of February for
the quota of rice originating in the USA. Out of that
to attain the objective
quota, a quantity sufficient
referred to above should be transferred from the April
and July 2008 sub-periods to the February 2008 sub-
period, without
on the
Community market or imports from other countries of
origin, and within the limit of the total annual quantity
of 38 721 tonnes laid down for this quota.

disturbing

situation

the

(4)

Due to the abovementioned disturbances to imports, it
was not possible to use certain export licences in 2007.
Those licences should therefore not be prevented from
being used in 2008.

Whereas:

(5)

A derogation from Regulation (EC) No 327/98 should
therefore be introduced for 2008.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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) provides for a division into sub-periods of the
quotas referred to in Article 1 thereof to spread out
imports of rice over the year.

rice

Due to disturbances in the flows of imports into the
Community of rice originating in the United States of
America in 2006 and 2007, following the appearance on
the American market of
contaminated with
genetically modified rice, known as ‘LL RICE 601’, the
quota of 38 721 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled
rice originating in that country covered by the overall
import quota of 63 000 tonnes of wholly milled or
semi-milled rice under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
could not be used in full
in 2007 for imports of rice
originating in the USA.

Since the USA is a regular supplier of rice to the
Community, normal import flows of rice originating in
that country should be restored as quickly as possible. To
that end, the division into sub-periods for 2008 of the
overall import quota of 63 000 tonnes of wholly milled
and semi-milled rice should be amended by providing for

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For 2008, the quantity of 38 721 tonnes of wholly milled
or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30, covered by
the quota with serial No 09.4127, originating in the United
States of America and listed in point (a) of Annex IX to Regu-
lation (EC) No 327/98, shall be broken down as laid down in
the Annex hereto.

2.
The export licences referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
(EC) No 327/98 issued by the third countries referred to in that
Article in 2007 may be used for applications for
import
licences submitted for the 2008 quota year.

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) 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).

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

(EC) No 1538/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 49).

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, 24 January 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Breakdown into sub-periods for 2008 of the quota of 63 000 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice provided for in
Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Country of origin

Quantity in
tonnes

Serial
number

Sub-periods (quantities in tonnes)

January

February

April

July

September

October

United States of America

38 721

09.4127

9 681

13 813

10 151

5 076

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

All countries

21 455

09.4128

10 727

5 364

5 364

1 019

09.4129

1 805

09.4130

0

0

1 019

1 805

—

—

Total

63 000

09.4138

—

20 408

13 813

18 339

10 440

—

—

—

—

—

(1)

(1) Remaining quantity not used in previous sub-periods published by Commission Regulation.

The quantities amended for 2008 only concern the country of origin United States of America and the totals by sub-period.