Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2008 of 25 January 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2008-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, originating product, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 69/2008

of 25 January 2008

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2008
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:

the

applications

with serial numbers 09.4148 — 09.4154 — 09.4112 —
09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 —
first 10
09.4166,
lodged in the
January 2008 under Article 4(1) of
working days of
the Regulation cover a quantity greater
than that
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 quotas in question.

(4)

(5)

It is also clear from the notification that, for the quotas
with serial numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4149 —
09.4150 — 09.4152 — 09.4153,
the applications
lodged in the first 10 working days of January 2008
under Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 cover
a quantity less than that available.

The total quantities available for the following subperiod
should therefore be fixed for the quotas with serial
numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4148 — 09.4149
— 09.4150 — 09.4152 — 09.4153 — 09.4154 —
09.4112 — 09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 —
09.4119 — 09.4166, in accordance with the first sub-
paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,

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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

The January subperiod is the first subperiod for the
quotas provided for under Article 1(1)(a),
(c) and
(d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

(b),

(3)

The notification sent in accordance with Article 8(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 shows that, for the quotas

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1). Regulation
(EC) No 1785/2003 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 September
2008.

(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 last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1538/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 49) and as derogated
by Regulation (EC) No 60/2008 (OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 6).

Article 1

1.
For import licence applications for rice under the quotas
with serial numbers 09.4148 — 09.4154 — 09.4112 —
09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4166 as
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first 10
working days of January 2008, 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 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4148 — 09.4149 —
09.4150 — 09.4152 — 09.4153 — 09.4154 — 09.4112 —
09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4166 as
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the next 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, 25 January 2008.

For the Commission

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

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ANNEX

Quantities to be allocated for the January 2008 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 January
2008 subperiod

Total quantities available for
February 2008 subperiod
(kg)

United States of America

09.4127

— (2)

15 136 312

b) 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 January
2008 subperiod

Total quantities available for April
2008 subperiod
(kg)

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

— (2)

— (3)

— (3)

7 246 608

1 019 000

1 805 000

c) 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 January
2008 subperiod

Total quantities available for July
2008 subperiod
(kg)

All countries

09.4148

2,160463 %

0

d) 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 January
2008 subperiod

Total quantities available for July
2008 subperiod
(kg)

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

09.4149

09.4150

09.4152

09.4153

09.4154

— (2)

— (1)

— (1)

— (1)

1,746724 %

30 070 765

16 000 000

11 000 000

9 000 000

6 000 008

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e) 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

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for January
2008 subperiod

Total quantities available for July
2008 subperiod
(kg)

Thailand

United States of America

India

Pakistan

Other origins

All countries

09.4112

09.4116

09.4117

09.4118

09.4119

09.4166

1,496205 %

2,627527 %

1,386787 %

1,291686 %

1,388030 %

1,165956 %

0

0

0

0

0

17 011 010

(1) No allocation coefficient applied 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.