CELEX: 31998R0163
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/98 of 22 January 1998 on applications for import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories submitted in the first five working days of January 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

23. 1. 98            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 18/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/98
                                                    of 22 January 1998
                 on applications for import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and
                 the overseas countries and territories submitted in the first five working days of
                                January 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       application of percentage reductions to be laid down in
                                                                  this Regulation,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/
97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules
                                                                                           Article 1
of application for the import of rice from the ACP States
and for the import of rice from the overseas countries            1. In response to applications for licences to import
and territories (OCT) (1), and in particular Article 9(2)         rice originating in the ACP States and the OCT in
thereof,                                                          respect of the tranche for January 1998, licences shall be
                                                                  issued for the quantities applied for, reduced in accord-
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No           ance with the percentages set out in the Annex to this
2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days of             Regulation.
the final date for notification by the Member States the
extent to which applications can be granted and must fix          2. The quantities available under the tranche for May
the available quantities for the following tranche and,           1998 shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.
where necessary, for the additional tranche for October;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas an examination of the quantities covered by
applications submitted during the first five working days         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
of January 1998, as compared with the quantities avail-           publication in the Official Journal of the European
able, has shown that licences can be issued subject to            Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 22 January 1998.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 22.
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                                                      ANNEX
                                            Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
        Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 1998 and
        quantities available for the following tranche:
                                                                                     Quantity available for the
                                                                 Reduction
                               Origin                                                 tranche for May 1998
                                                                    (%)
                                                                                             (tonnes)
        OCT (Article 6)                                            40,27                        
         CN code 1006
        ACP (Article 2(1))                                          0                        41 666
         CN codes 1006 10 21            to  1006 10 98,
           1006 20 and 1006 30
        ACP (Article 3)                                             3,79                     10 000
         CN code 1006 40 00
        ACP + OCT (Article 7)                                                                 2 321
         ACP: CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98,
           1006 20 and 1006 30
         OCT: CN code 1006