Commission Regulation (EC) No 87/2009 of 28 January 2009 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2009 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Date: 2009-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, rice, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 87/2009

of 28 January 2009

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2009
subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98

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 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin­
istration of
for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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
Regulation.

The January subperiod is the first subperiod for the
(c) and
quotas provided for under Article 1(1)(a),
(d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

(b),

The notification sent in accordance with Article 8(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 shows that, for the quotas
with order numbers 09.4148 — 09.4154 — 09.4112 —
09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 —
first 10
09.4166,
lodged in the
January 2009 under Article 4(1) of
working days of

applications

the

that Regulation cover a quantity greater
than that
available. The extent to which import licences may be
issued should therefore be determined and the allocation
coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for
under the quotas concerned should be laid down.

It is also clear from the notification that, for the quotas
with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4149 —
09.4150 — 09.4152 — 09.4153,
the applications
lodged in the first 10 working days of January 2009
under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity
less than that available.

The total quantities available for the following subperiod
should therefore be set
the quotas with order
for
numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4148 — 09.4149
— 09.4150 — 09.4152 — 09.4153 — 09.4154 —
09.4112 — 09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 —
09.4119 — 09.4166,
in accordance with the first
paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For import licence applications for rice under the quotas
with order numbers 09.4148 — 09.4154 — 09.4112 —
09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4166
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first
10 working days of January 2009, licences shall be issued for
the quantities requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficients
set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.
The total quantities available under the quotas with order
numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4148 — 09.4149 —
09.4150 — 09.4152 — 09.4153 — 09.4154 — 09.4112 —
09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4166
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for
the next
subperiod are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

(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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2009.

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 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

Order number

Allocation coefficient for the January
2009 subperiod

Total quantities available for April
2009 subperiod
(kg)

United States of America

Thailand

Australia

Other origins

09.4127

09.4128

09.4129

09.4130

— (2)

— (2)

— (3)

— (3)

22 545 000

8 738 852

1 019 000

1 805 000

(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 the January
2009 subperiod

Total quantities available for July
2009 subperiod
(kg)

All countries

09.4148

1,690006 %

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

Award coefficient for January 2009
subperiod

Total quantities available for July
2009 subperiod
(kg)

Thailand

Australia

Guyana

United States of America

Other origins

09.4149

09.4150

09.4152

09.4153

09.4154

— (2)

— (1)

— (1)

— (2)

1,449194 %

31 370 790

16 000 000

11 000 000

6 215 000

6 000 010

(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 the January
2009

Total quantities available for July
2009 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

1,298370 %

2,081253 %

1,315789 %

1,072615 %

1,092084 %

1,002539 %

0

0

0

0

0

17 011 012

(1) No award coefficient applied 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 quantity available for this subperiod.