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Language: en
Date: 1988-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 January 1988 on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first five working days of the month of January 1988 under the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86

17. 3 . 88                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 71 /51
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 19 January 1988
                     on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first
                     five , working days of the month of January 1988 under the arrangements
                                    provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
                                                             (88/154/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Common Customs Tariff and the Community s statistics
                                                                      of foreign trade and replacing the previous nomenclature ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                  Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86                 applications have been submitted, the quantities available
of 16 December 1986 on imports of rice of the long grain              and Basmati rice prices during the first five days of the
aromatic Basmati variety falling within subheading ex                 month of January 1988, licences may be issued subject to
 10.06 B I and II of the Common Customs Tariff ('),                   the application of a percentage reduction,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 833/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
on imports of rice of the long grain aromatic Basmati
variety falling within subheading ex 10.06 B I or II of the                                    Article 1
Common Customs Tariff (2), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1546/87 (3), and in particular Article            Import licences for Basmati rice may be issued, subject to
 5 ( 1 ) thereof,                                                     the application, to the quantities applied for, of a standard
                                                                      reduction of 91,298 %, in cases where the applications for
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87                 import licences were submitted, under the . arrangements
of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature            provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86, during the '
and on the Common Customs Tariff (*), and in particular               first five days of the month of January 1988 and where a
Article 15 thereof,                                                   communication was sent to the Commission within the
Whereas under Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   time limit specified in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      833/87.
833/87 the Commission must, not later than the 13th day
after the expiry of the time limit for submitting
applications for licences, notify the Member States :                                          Article 2
— that licences may be issued in respect of all the                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
      quantities applied for, or
—; that the standard percentage reduction should be
      applied to those quantities, or
                                                                      Done at Brussels, 19 January 1988.
— that the conditions for applying the reduced levy have
      not been met ;
                                                                                                 For the Commission
Whereas       Council       Regulation     (EEC)    No   2658/87                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
introduces, from 1 January 1988, a new 'combined
nomenclature' meeting the requirements of both the                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ    No L  361 , 20. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0   OJ    No L  80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 20.
(3) OJ    No L  144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 10.
(«) OJ    No L  256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .