Commission Regulation (EC) No 726/2008 of 25 July 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 726/2008

of 25 July 2008

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 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
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 subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

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
that Regulation and with Commission Regulation (EC)
No 60/2008 (4) opening
in
February 2008 for the import tariff quota for wholly
milled and semi-milled rice originating in the United
States of America.

subperiod

specific

a

(1)

(2)

The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regu­
lation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with
order numbers 09.4154 — 09.4166, the applications
lodged in the first 10 working days of
July 2008
under Article 4(1) 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 allocation coefficient to be applied to the
quantities requested under the quotas concerned.

It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas
with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 —
09.4149, the applications lodged in the first 10 working
days of July 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 also be fixed for the quotas with order numbers
09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4130 —
09.4148 — 09.4112 — 09.4116 — 09.4117 —
09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4166,
in accordance with
the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
No 327/98,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

July is the second subperiod for the quotas laid down in
Article 1(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98
for rice, the third subperiod for the quotas laid down in
Article 1(1)(a) for rice originating in Thailand, Australia
and countries other than Thailand, Australia and the
United States and the fourth subperiod for the quota
laid down in Article 1(1)(a) for rice originating in the
United States.

Article 1

1.
For import licence applications for rice under the quotas
with order numbers 09.4154 — 09.4166 as referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first 10 working
days of July 2008,
licences shall be issued for the quantities
requested, 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 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 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.

The total quantities available under the quotas with order
2.
numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4130 —
09.4148 — 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 July 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 July 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

Order number

Allocation coefficient for July 2008
subperiod

Total quantities available for
September 2008 subperiod
(kg)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

— (2)

— (2)

— (2)

— (3)

2 158 640

6 119

448 500

0

(b) Quota for husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 provided for in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for July 2008
subperiod

Total quantities available for
October 2008 subperiod
(kg)

All countries

09.4148

— (3)

0

(c) Quota for broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 provided for in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for July 2008 subperiod

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

09.4149

09.4150

09.4152

09.4153

09.4154

— (2)

— (1)

— (1)

— (1)

1,754388 %

(d) 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

Order number

Allocation coefficient for July 2008
subperiod

Total quantities available for
September 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

— (3)

— (3)

— (3)

— (3)

— (3)

1,170606 %

22 509

1 880

107 912

0

105 802

0

(1) No application of the allocation coefficient for this subperiod: no licence applications were notified to the Commission.
(2) Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable.
(3) No remaining quantity available for this subperiod.