Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2008 of 25 April 2008 on the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the April 2008 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2008-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 378/2008

of 25 April 2008

on the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the
April 2008 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

than Thailand, Australia and the United States. April is
the third sub-period for
in
Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for rice
originating in the United States.

the quota provided for

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 admi-
nistration of
tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

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 paragraph of Article 5 thereof,

(3)

(4)

follows

from the notifications

It
received under
Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 that, in the
case of the quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127 —
09.4130, the applications lodged in the first 10 working
days of April 2008 in accordance with Article 4(1) of the
Regulation relate to a quantity exceeding that available.
The extent
licences may be issued
should therefore be determined and the allocation coef-
ficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied
for under the quotas concerned.

to which import

It also follows from those notifications that, in the case
the quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4128 —
of
09.4129,
first 10
working days of April 2008 in accordance with
Article 4(1) of the Regulation relate to a quantity less
than that available.

lodged in the

applications

the

Whereas:

(1)

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 sub-periods in accordance with Annex IX to
that Regulation and with Commission Regulation (EC)
No 60/2008 opening a specific sub period in February
2008 for the import tariff quota for wholly milled and
semi milled rice originating in the United States of
America (4).

(2)

April is the second sub-period for the quotas provided
for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for
rice originating in Thailand, Australia and countries other

(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 of 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).

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

(5)

The available quantities for the following quota sub-
period should also be fixed in accordance with the first
paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Applications submitted during the first 10 working days
of April 2008 for import licences for rice under the quotas
bearing serial numbers 09.4127 — 09.4130, as referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 327/98, shall give rise to the issue of
licences for the quantities applied for, subject to the coefficients
set out in the Annex.

2.
The total quantities available for the following sub-period
under the quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128
— 09.4129 — 09.4130, as referred to in Regulation (EC) No
327/98, are set out in the Annex.

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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 April 2008.

For the Commission

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

ANNEX

Quantities to be allocated for the April 2008 sub-period and quantities available for the following sub-period
under Regulation (EC) No 327/98

Quota of 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 the April
2008 sub-period

Quantities available for the July
2008 sub-period
(kg)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

90,214372 %

— (2)

— (2)

1,204963 %

5 076 005

7 157 037

874 500

0

(1) No allocation coefficient for this sub-period: 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.