CELEX: 31997D0133
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 31 January 1997 on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the first five working days of January 1997 pursuant to the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96

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                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 31 January 1997
                    on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the
                    first five working days of January 1997 pursuant to the arrangements provided
                                         for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
                                                            (97/ 133/EC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                              Article 1
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                          1 . Reduction coefficients to be applied to quantities
                                                                     covered by applications for import licences submitted for
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of             rice and broken rice pursuant to the arrangements
  24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administra­             provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 in the first
  tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken       five working days of January 1997 and which have been
  rice ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 12/97 (2), and        notified to the Commission, shall be as laid down in the
                                                                     Annex hereto .
  in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
                                                                     2.    The quantities available under the tranche for April
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No            1997 shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto .
  1522/96, the Commission must decide within 10 days of
 the closing date for the submission of licence applications                                 Article 2
 the extent to which applications can be granted and must
                                                                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
 fix the available quantities for the following tranche;
 whereas the Commission must notify the Member States
 of its decision as soon as possible;                                Done at Brussels, 31 January 1997.
 Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica­                                     For the Commission
 tions are submitted during the first five working days of                                         Franz FISCHLER
 January 1997 and the quantities available, licences may
 be issued for all the quantities applied for,                                             Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 190, 31 . 7. 1996, p. 1 .
 2 OJ No L 20, 23. 1 . 1997, p. 23 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
                                           Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
             Reduction coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for and the quantities available under the fol­
             lowing 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                        reduction                   tranche for April 1997
                                                                                                   (tonnes)
                 USA                                              0                             29 041
                 Thailand                                         0                             11 820,15
                 Australia                                        0                               1 019
                 Other countries                                  0                               1 805
            (b) Quota referred to in Article 1 (2) (b), husked nee falling within CN code 1006 20
                                                                                     Quantity available under the
                                                            Percentage
                               Origin                        reduction                   tranche for April 1997
                                                                                                  (tonnes)
                 Australia                                        0                                7 822
                 USA                                              0                                5 732
                 Thailand                                        0                                  1 812
                 Other countries                                 0                                    117
           (c) Quota referred to in Article 1 (2) (c), broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
                                                                                     Quantity available under the
                                                            Percentage
                               Origin                       reduction
                                                                                        tranche for April 1997
                                                                                                 (tonnes)
                Thailand                                         0                             24 247,74
                Australia                                        0                               7 722
                Guyana                                           0                               6 377
                USA                                              0                              5 460
                Other countries                                  0                              7 238