Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2008 of 25 September 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2008-09-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 950/2008

of 25 September 2008

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

than Thailand, Australia and the United States laid down
in Article 1(1)(a) and the fifth subperiod for the quota of
laid down in
rice originating in the United States
Article 1(1)(a).

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

(3)

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

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,

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

(2)

The September subperiod is the third subperiod for the
rice quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation
(EC) No 327/98, the fourth subperiod for the quotas of
rice originating in Thailand, Australia and origins other

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 6.

(4)

(5)

(6)

the

applications

The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regu­
lation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with
order numbers 09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4119 —
09.4168,
first 10
working days of September 2008 under Article 4(1) of
than that
the Regulation cover a quantity greater
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.

lodged in the

It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas
with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 —
09.4112 , the applications lodged in the first 10 working
days of September 2008 under Article 4(1) of the Regu­
lation cover a quantity less
to that
available.

than or equal

The quantities not used for the September subperiod of
the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4129 —
09.4130 are transferred to the quota bearing the order
number 09.4138 for
the following subperiod under
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

The total quantities available for the following subperiod
should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order
numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168, in accordance with the
first paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
327/98,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For import licence applications for rice under the quotas
1.
with order numbers 09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4119 —
09.4168 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged
in the first 10 working days of September 2008, licences shall
be issued for the quantities requested, multiplied by the allo­
cation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

The total quantities available under the quotas with order
2.
numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168 as referred to in Regulation
(EC) No 327/98 for the following subperiod are set out in
the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 25 September 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 September 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 laid down in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation

(EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for
the September 2008
subperiod

Total quantities available for the
October 2008 subperiod
(kg)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

All countries

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

09.4138

— (1)

— (1)

— (1)

— (2)

589 630

(b) Quota for wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 laid down in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation

(EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for the
September 2008 subperiod

Thailand

United States of America

India

Pakistan

Other origins

All countries

09.4112

09.4116

09.4117

09.4118

09.4119

09.4166

— (1)

50 %

2,214916 %

— (2)

2,041132 %

— (2)

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

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for
the
September 2008
subperiod

Total quantities available for the October
2008 subperiod
(kg)

All countries

09.4168

1,45509 %

0

(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.