Commission Regulation (EC) No 31/2009 of 16 January 2009 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2009 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
Date: 2009-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 31/2009

of 16 January 2009

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2009
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 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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
of 21 December 2007 opening and providing for the admin­
istration of import quotas for rice originating in the ACP States
which are part of the CARIFORUM region and the overseas
countries
particular
Article 4(1) thereof,

(OCTs) (2),

territories

and

and

in

(2)

(3)

(4)

January is the first subperiod for these quotas laid down
in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007.

The notification sent in accordance with Article 6(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 shows that,
the
quotas with order numbers 09.4220 — 09.4189 —
09.4190, the applications lodged in the first seven days
of January 2009 under Article 2(1) of the Regulation
cover a quantity,
lower than
or equal to that available.

in husked-rice equivalent,

for

The total quantities available for the following subperiod
should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order
numbers 09.4220 — 09.4189 — 09.4190,
in
accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1529/2007,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

rice,

Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 opens and provides for
the administration of an annual import tariff quota for
in husked-rice
2009 of 250 000 tonnes of
the
equivalent, originating in States that are part of
CARIFORUM region (order number 09.4220),
an
in
rice,
tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes of
import
husked-rice equivalent, originating in the Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba (order number 09.4189) and an
in
import
tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes of
least
in
husked-rice
developed OCTs (order number 09.4190).

originating

equivalent,

rice,

the

Article 1

The total quantities available for the following subperiod under
the quotas with order numbers 09.4220 — 09.4189 —
09.4190 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 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, 16 January 2009.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 348, 31.12.2007, p. 155.

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ANNEX

Quantities to be allocated for the January 2009 subperiod and quantities available for the following subperiod
under Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007

Origin/product

Order number

Allocation coefficient for
the January 2009 subperiod

Total quantities available
for the May 2009
subperiod
(kg)

forming

States
the CARIFORUM
region (Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1529/2007)

part

of

09.4220

— (2)

112 436 747

— CN codes 1006, except CN code 1006 10 10

OCTs (Article 1(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)

15 167 000

6 667 000

(1) No allocation coefficient applied 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.