CELEX: 31998R2315
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2315/98 of 27 October 1998 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund

28. 10. 98            EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 289/3
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2315/98
                                                       of 27 October 1998
                 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance
                                                      fixing of the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          for export licence applications submitted on 23 October
                                                                     1998;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                           Whereas, in view of its purpose, this Regulation should
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of               take effect from the day of its publication in the Official
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the                   Journal of the European Communities,
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2),                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/
95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for                                       Article 1
the application of the system of import and export
                                                                     Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Regu-
                                                                     with advance fixing of the refund submitted under Regu-
lation (EC) No 444/98 (4), and in particular the second
                                                                     lation (EC) No 2290/98 on 23 October 1998 shall give
subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
                                                                     rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for
Whereas Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95                   to which a percentage reduction of 35,30 % for rice
provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to           destined for Switzerland and 41,99 % for rice for destina-
when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three             tions 02, 03 and 05 in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
working days between the day of submission of applica-               2290/98 has been applied.
tions and the granting of export licences with advance
fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is                                       Article 2
to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if
applications for export licences exceed the quantities               Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
which may be exported; whereas Commission Regulation                 submitted from 24 October 1998 shall not give rise to the
(EC) No 2290/98 (5) fixes refunds under the procedure                issue of export licences pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 8 000               2290/98.
tonnes;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas the quantities applied for on 23 October 1998
are in excess of the available quantity of 8 000 tonnes;             This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October
whereas a percentage reduction should therefore be fixed             1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 October 1998.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 56, 26. 2. 1998, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 286, 23. 10. 1998, p. 31.