CELEX: 31998R0144
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-21 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 144/98 of 21 January 1998 on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the first five working days of January 1998 pursuant to the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 144/98
                                                     of 21 January 1998
                 on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the
                 first five working days of January 1998 pursuant to the arrangements provided
                                      for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      January 1998 and the quantities available, licences may
                                                                 be issued subject to the application of a reduction per-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            centage,
Community,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of
24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken                             Article 1
rice (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No            Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities covered
112/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,             by applications for import licences submitted for rice and
                                                                 broken rice pursuant to the arrangements provided for in
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No         Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 in the first five working days
1522/96, the Commission must decide within 10 days of            of January 1998 and which have been notified to the
the closing date for the submission of licence applications      Commission shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.
the extent to which applications can be granted and must
fix the available quantities for the following tranche;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica-       This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January
tions are submitted during the first five working days of        1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 21 January 1998.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 190, 31. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 20, 23. 1. 1997, p. 23.
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                                                                      ANNEX
                                             Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
          Percentage reductions to be applied to the quantities applied for and the quantities available under the
          following tranche:
          (a) Quota referred to in Article 2 (1) (a), wholly-milled and semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30
                                                                                               Quantity available under the
                                                               Percentage
                                 Origin                                                          tranche for April 1998
                                                                reduction
                                                                                                         (tonnes)
               Thailand                                             0                                        ( 1)
               Australia                                           —                                      1 019
               Other countries                                     —                                      1 805
               (1) To be fixed as part of the decision on the issue of licences for the additional tranches for January 1998 to be opened
                   shortly.
          (b) Quota referred to in Article 2 (1) (b), husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20
                                                                                               Quantity available under the
                                                               Percentage
                                 Origin                                                          tranche for April 1998
                                                                reduction
                                                                                                         (tonnes)
               Australia                                            0                                     7 822
               Thailand                                            —                                      1 812
               Other countries                                     —                                         117
          (c) Quota referred to in Article 2 (1) (c), broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
                                                                                               Quantity available under the
                                                               Percentage
                                 Origin                                                          tranche for April 1998
                                                                reduction
                                                                                                         (tonnes)
               Thailand                                             0                                        ( 1)
               Australia                                          11,51                                      ( 1)
               Guyana                                               0                                        ( 1)
               USA                                                  0                                        ( 1)
               Other countries                                      0                                        ( 1)
               (1) To be fixed as part of the decision on the issue of licences for the additional tranches for January 1998 to be opened
                   shortly.