CELEX: 31997R0232
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 232/97 of 7 February 1997 on the issue of import licences for broken rice originating in Thailand

No L 39/2          I en                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 8 . 2 . 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 232/97
                                                       of 7 February 1997
                       on the issue of import licences for broken rice originating in Thailand
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica­
                                                                   tions were submitted in the first three working days fol­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             lowing the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 112/97
 Community,                                                        and the quantities available, licences can be issued for all
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of            the quantities applied for,
 24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administra­
 tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 rice ('), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
 1 1 2/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
 provides for the opening of an additional tranche of              Import licences for quantities covered by applications
 12 498,9 tonnes of broken rice for which import licences          submitted for broken rice originating in Thailand
were not issued under the tranche for September 1996;              pursuant to the arrangements provided for in Regulation
whereas import licence applications for that additional            (EC) No 1522/96 in the first three working days following
 tranche are to be submitted in accordance with the                the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 112/97 and
                                                                   which have been notified to the Commission shall be
second subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC)
 No 1522/96 in the first three working days following the          issued for the full quantity.
entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 112/97;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No
 1522/96, the Commission must decide within 10 days of             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
the closing date for the submission of licence applications        publication in the Official Journal of the European
the extent to which applications can be granted;                   Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 7 February 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 190, 31 . 7. 1996, p. 1 .
 2 OJ No L 20, 23. 1 . 1997, p. 23.