Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2008 of 5 March 2008 laying down the allocation coefficient to be applied to import licence applications lodged from 22 to 29 February 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007 for rice originating in and coming from Egypt
Date: 2008-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Egypt, import licence, originating product, rice, tariff quota

6.3.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2008

of 5 March 2008

laying down the allocation coefficient to be applied to import licence applications lodged from
22 to 29 February 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007 for rice
originating in and coming from Egypt

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
the
29 September 2003 on the common organisation of
market in rice (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
for agricultural products
istration of
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

import

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007 (3) opens an
annual import tariff quota, per marketing year, of 32 000
tonnes of rice falling within CN code 1006 originating in
and coming from Egypt (serial No 09.4094).

The notification made in accordance with Article 5(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007 shows that the appli-
cations lodged between 22 February 2008 at 13:00
(Brussels
and 29 February 2008 at 13:00
(Brussels time) in accordance with Article 2(3) of that
Regulation exceed the quantities available. The extent to

time)

which import licences may be issued should therefore be
determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied to
the quantities applied for should be laid down.

(3)

The submission of new import licence applications under
Regulation (EC) No 1002/2007 should also be suspended
until the end of the current quota period in accordance
with the first subparagraph of Article 3(3) of that Regu-
lation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for rice originating in and
coming from Egypt under the quota referred to in Regulation
(EC) No 1002/2007 lodged between 22 February 2008 at
time) and 29 February 2008 at 13:00
13:00 (Brussels
(Brussels time) shall be accepted for the quantities applied for
multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 22,728704 %.

The submission of new import

2.
licence applications is
suspended from 29 February 2008 at 13:00 (Brussels time)
until the end of the current quota period.

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, 5 March 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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006,
p. 1). Regulation (EC) 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 226, 30.8.2007, p. 15.