CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1991-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 April 1991 on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first five working days of the month of April 1991 under the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86

No L 100/42                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                    2Q . 4. 91
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 15 April 1991
                 on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first
                 five working days of the month of April 1991 under the arrangements provided
                                      for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
                                                         (9 1 /231 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica­
                                                                     tions have been submitted, the quantities available and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Basmati rice price during the first five working days of
Economic Community,                                                  the month of April 1991 , licences may be issued subject
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86                 to the application of a percentage reduction,
of 16 December 1986 on imports of rice of the long-grain
aromatic Basmati variety falling within subheading ex                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
10.06 B I and II of the Common Customs Tariff ('),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                Article 1
833/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for               Import licences for Basmati rice falling within CN code
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86               1006 may be issued, subject to the application, to the
on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati                quantities applied for, of a reduction of 95,905 % in cases
variety falling within subheading ex 10.01 B I or II of the          where the applications for import licences were
Common Customs Tariff (2), as amended by Regulation                  submitted, under the arrangements provided for in Regu­
(EEC) No 1 546/87 (3), and in particular Article 5 (1 )              lation (EEC) No 3877/86, during the first five working
thereof,
                                                                     days of the month of April 1991 and were the subject of
Whereas under Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 the communication to the Commission provided for in
833/87 the Commission must, not later than the 13th day              Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 833/87.
after the expiry of the time-limit for submitting applica­
tions for licences, notify the Member States :                                                 Article 2
— the licences may be issued in respect of all the quanti­           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
     ties applied for ;
     or
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 15 April 1991 .
— that a standard percentage reduction should be
     applied to those quantities ;                                                                For the Commission
     or
                                                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
— that the conditions for applying the reduced levy have
     not been met ;                                                                          Member of the Commission
0 OJ No L 361 , 20. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 80, 24. 3 . 1987, p. 20 .
0 OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 10.