CELEX: 31999R2040
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2040/1999 of 24 September 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of September 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

25. 9. 1999             EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 252/39
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2040/1999
                                                          of 24 September 1999
                on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working
                                days of September 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the
                                                                                 Annex hereto,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken                                          Article 1
rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/98 (2), and in
particular Article 5(2) thereof,                                          1.    Import licences for rice against applications submitted
                                                                          during the first 10 working days of September 1999 pursuant
(1)      Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No          to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission
         327/98, within 10 days of the closing date for noti-             shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where
         fication by the Member States of licence applications, the       appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.
         Commission must decide to what extent the applications
         may be accepted and fix the quantities available under           2.    The quantities available under the following tranche shall
         the following tranche;                                           be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(2)      Whereas examination of the quantities for which                                              Article 2
         applications have been submitted shows that licences
         should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced,         This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 1999.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 24 September 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 3.
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                                                                     ANNEX
         Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for September 1999 and quantities
         available for the following tranche:
         (a) quantity referred to in Article 2: semi-milled and wholly-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30
                                                                                              Quantity available for the additional
                                                                           Reduction                 tranche for October
                                       Origin
                                                                              (%)                            1999
                                                                                                          (in tonnes)
             United States of America                                        0 (1)                              64,74
             Thailand                                                        0 (1)                            157,32
             Australia                                                       0 (1)                               5,1
             (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.
         (b) quantity referred to in Article 2: husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20
                                                                                              Quantity available for the additional
                                                                           Reduction
                                       Origin                                                     tranche for October 1999
                                                                              (%)
                                                                                                          (in tonnes)
             United States of America                                        0 (1)                           56
             Thailand                                                        0()1
                                                                                                             39,01
             (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.