CELEX: 32000R0846
Language: en
Date: 2000-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 846/2000 of 27 April 2000 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first ten working days of April 2000 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

28.4.2000              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 103/3
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 846/2000
                                                            of 27 April 2000
               on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first ten working
                                   days of April 2000 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percent-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           ages set out in the Annex hereto,
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
rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/98 (2), and in                                        Article 1
particular Article 5(2) thereof,                                         1.    Import licences for rice against applications submitted
Whereas:                                                                 during the first ten working days of April 2000 pursuant to
(1)      Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,          Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission
         within ten days of the closing date for notification by         shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where
         the Member States of licence applications, the Commis-          appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.
         sion must decide to what extent the applications may be         2.    The quantities available under the following tranche shall
         accepted and fix the quantities available under the             be as set out in the Annex hereto.
         following tranche.
(2)      Examination of the quantities for which applications                                        Article 2
         have been submitted for under the April 2000 tranche
         shows that licences should be issued for the quantities         This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 27 April 2000.
                                                                                     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 April 2000 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
                                                                          Reduction
                                      Origin                                                         tranche for July 2000
                                                                             (%)
                                                                                                           (in tonnes)
            United States of America                                        0 (1)                         21 907,61
            Thailand                                                        0()1
                                                                                                             9 359,04
            Australia                                                       0 (1)                              190
            Other origins                                                 98,2354                               —
            (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
                                                                          Reduction
                                      Origin                                                         tranche for July 2000
                                                                             (%)
                                                                                                           (in tonnes)
            Australia                                                      0,5467                             5 214
            United States of America                                        0()1                              1 940
            Thailand                                                        0 (1)                                 71,03
            Other origins                                                   0()1                                  52,50
            (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.