Commission Regulation (EC) No 442/2008 of 22 May 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the May 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
Date: 2008-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, rice, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 442/2008

of 22 May 2008

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the May 2008
subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007

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
market 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 1529/2007
of 21 December 2007 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of import quotas for rice originating in the States that
make up the Cariforum region and the overseas countries and
territories (OCT) (3), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

For these quotas, provided for in Article 1(1) and 2 of
Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007, the second subperiod is
the month of May.

The information provided in accordance with Article 6(a)
of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 shows that in the case
of the quota with serial number 09.4219 applications
lodged during the first seven days of May 2008 in
accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 2(1)
that Regulation cover a quantity in husked-rice
of
equivalent greater
than the quantity available. The
extent to which import licences may be issued should
therefore be determined by establishing the allocation
to be applied to the quantities requested
coefficient
under the quota in question.

The above information also shows that in the case of the
quotas with serial numbers 09.4189 — 09.4190 appli-
cations lodged during the first seven days of May 2008
in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 2(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1529/0007 cover a quantity in
husked-rice equivalent less than the quantity available.

In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2021/2006,
the next
the quantities
subperiod should therefore be laid down,

available

for

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 opened an annual import
tariff quota for 2008 of 187 000 tonnes of rice,
in
husked-rice equivalent, originating in States that are
part of the Cariforum region (serial number 09.4219),
in
an import
the
husked-rice
Netherlands Antilles
number
09.4189) and an import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes
of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the least-
developed OCTs (serial number 09.4190).

tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes of rice,

and Aruba

originating

equivalent,

(serial

in

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For import licence applications for rice under the quota(s)
1.
with serial number 09.4219 as
referred to in Regulation
(EC) No 1529/2007 lodged during the first seven days of
licences shall be issued for the quantities applied
May 2008,
for, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out
in the
Annex to this Regulation.

(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 348, 31.12.2007, p. 155.

The quantities available under

2.
the quotas with serial
numbers 09.4219 — 09.4189 — 09.4190 as referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 for the next subperiod shall
be as 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, 22 May 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 May 2008 subperiod and quantities available for the next subperiod under
Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007

Origin/product

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for
May 2008 subperiod

Total quantities available
for September 2008
subperiod
(kg)

09.4219

96,24216 %

62 333 003

States forming part of the Cariforum region
(Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1529/2007)

— CN codes 1006 with the exception of CN

code 1006 10 10

OCTs (Article 8 (2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1529/2007)

— CN code 1006

(a) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba:

(b) least developed OCTs:

09.4189

09.4190

— (2)

— (1)

22 260 871

10 000 000

(1) No allocation coefficient 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.