Commission Regulation (EC) No 175/2008 of 27 February 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quota opened for the February 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2008-02-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, import, import licence, originating product, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 175/2008

of 27 February 2008

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quota opened for the February 2008
subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98

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),

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 (2),
and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,

The notification sent in accordance with Article 8(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 shows that, for the quota
with serial number 09.4127, the applications lodged in
the first 10 working days of February 2008 under
Article 4(1) of
the Regulation cover a quantity less
than (or equal to) that available.

(4)

The total quantity available for the following subperiod
should therefore be fixed for
the quota with serial
number 09.4127, in accordance with the first subpara-
graph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opens and
provides 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 that Regulation and Commission Regu-
specific
lation (EC) No 60/2008, which opens
subperiod in February 2008 for the import tariff quota
for wholly milled and semi-milled rice originating in the
United States of America (3).

a

(2)

The February subperiod is the second subperiod in 2008
for the quota with the number 09.4127 provided for
under Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

Article 1

The total quantity available under the quota with serial number
09.4127 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the
next subperiod shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regu-
lation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2008.

For the Commission

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

(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 is to be replaced by Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 September
2008.

(2) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

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

(3) OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 6.

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ANNEX

Quantity to be allocated for the February 2008 subperiod and quantity available for the following subperiod
under Regulation (EC) No 327/98

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
February 2008 subperiod

United States of America

09.4127

— (1)

Total quantity available
for April 2008
subperiod
(kg)

12 365 684

(1) Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable.