CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 October 1988 on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first five working days of the month of October 1988 under the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86

4. 11 . 88                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 301 /75
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 18 October 1988
                   on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first
                   five working days of the month of October 1988 under the arrangements
                                 provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
                                                        (88/543/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     of the month of October 1988, licences may be issued
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          subject to the application of a percentage reduction,
  Economic Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 of 16 December 1986 on imports of rice of the long-grain
 aromatic Basmati variety falling within subheading ex
  10.06 B I and II of the Common Customs Tariff ('),                                       Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 833/87 of          Import licences for Basmati rice fallilng within CN code
 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for the                1006 may be issued, subject to the application, to the
 application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86 on           quantities applied for, of a standard reduction of 91,87 % ,
 imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati variety      in cases where the applications for import licences were
 falling within subheading ex 10.06 B I or II of the             submitted, under the arrangements provided for in
 Common Customs Tariff (2), as amended by Regulation             Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86, during the first five
 (EEC) No 1546/87 (3), and in particular Article 5 (1 )          working days of the month of October 1988 and where a
 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, 18 October 1988 .
 — that the conditions for applying the reduced levy have
     not been met ;
                                                                                             For the Commission
 Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
 applications have been submitted, the quantities available
 and Basmati rice price during the first five working days                                       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.