CELEX: 31998R2516
Language: en
Date: 1998-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2516/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund

24. 11. 98            EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 314/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2516/98
                                                     of 23 November 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   20
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                November 1998;
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export
                                                                                               Article 1
licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 444/98 (4), and in particular the second              Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,                                with advance fixing of the refund submitted under Regu-
Whereas Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95                   lation (EC) No 2506/98 on 20 November 1998 shall give
provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to           rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for
when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three             to which a percentage reduction of 54,95 %.
working days between the day of submission of applica-
tions and the granting of export licences with advance                                         Article 2
fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is
to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if           Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
applications for export licences exceed the quantities               submitted from 23 November 1998 shall not give rise to
which may be exported; whereas Commission Regulation                 the issue of export licences pursuant to Regulation (EC)
(EC) No 2506/98 (5) fixes refunds under the procedure                No 2506/98.
provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 2 000
tonnes;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas the quantities applied for on 20 November 1998
are in excess of the available quantity of 2 000 tonnes;             This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 November
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, 23 November 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 311, 20. 11. 1998, p. 15.