CELEX: 31997R1348
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1348/97 of 15 July 1997 on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the first five working days of July 1997 pursuant to the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96

16. 7. 97            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 186/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1348/97
                                                         of 15 July 1997
                    on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the
                    first five working days of July 1997 pursuant to the arrangements provided for in
                                            Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      July 1997 and the quantities available, licences may be
                                                                    issued for all the quantities applied for,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                            Article 1
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of
  24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administra­            1 . Reduction coefficients to be applied to quantities
 tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken      covered by applications for import licences submitted for
 rice ('), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No             rice and broken rice pursuant to the arrangements
  1 12/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,            provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 in the first
                                                                   five working days of July 1997 and which have been noti­
                                                                   fied to the Commission, shall be as laid down in the
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No          Annex hereto .
  1522/96, the Commission must decide within 10 days of
 the closing date for the submission of licence applications       2. The quantities available under the tranche for
 the extent to which applications can be granted and must          September 1997 shall be as laid down in the Annex
 fix the available quantities for the following tranche;           hereto .
                                                                                           Article 2
 Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica­
 tions are submitted during the first five working days of         This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 July 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 15 July 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 190, 31 . 7. 1996, p. 1 .
h) 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
            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                       reduction
                                                                                        tranche for September 1997
                                                                                                  (tonnes)
                 USA                                              —                                38 721 (')
                 Thailand                                          0                                   436,081
                 Australia                                         0                                  0
                 Other countries                                   0                                  0
                 (') Pursuant to Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96, as amended.
           (b) Quota referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) (b), husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20
                                                                                       Quantity available under the
                                                              Percentage
                                  Origin                       reduction
                                                                                       tranche for September 1997
                                                                                                  (tonnes)
                 Australia                                         0                                    1 6,9
                 USA                                              —                                7 642 (')
                 Thailand                                          0                                  0
                 Other countries                                   0                                  0
                 (') Pursuant to Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96, as amended.
          (c) Quota referred to in Article 2 (1 ) (c), broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
                                                                                       Quantity available under the
                                                              Percentage               tranche for September 1997
                                  Origin                       reduction
                                                                                                  (tonnes)
                 Thailand                                          0                               12 091,15
                 Australia                                         0                                  0
                 Guyana                                            0                                8 503
                 USA                                               0                                  0
                 Other countries                                   0                                9 663