CELEX: 31999R0209
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/1999 of 28 January 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

29. 1. 1999          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               L 22/59
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 209/1999
                                                    of 28 January 1999
                 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the
                 first 10 working days of January 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
                                                                  hereto,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/
98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the                                      Article 1
administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice
and broken rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No             1. Import licences for rice against applications
648/98 (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,               submitted during the first 10 working days of January
                                                                  1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No           to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities
327/98, within 10 days of the closing date for notification       applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percent-
by the Member States of licence applications, the                 ages set out in the Annex hereto.
Commission must decide to what extent the applications            2. The quantities available under the following tranche
may be accepted and fix the quantities available under the        shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
following tranche;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas examination of the quantities for which applica-
tions have been submitted shows that licences should be           This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where              1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 January 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 January 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 April
                                Origin
                                                                    (%)                            1999
                                                                                               (in tonnes)
            United States of America                               0 (1 )                     20 870
            Thailand                                               0 (1 )                        6 011,01
            Australia                                                —                           1 019
            Other origins                                            —                           1 805
            (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 April 1999
                                                                    (%)
                                                                                               (in tonnes)
            Australia                                              0 (1 )                         7 779
            United States of America                               0()1                           3 881
            Thailand                                                 —                            1 812
            Other origins                                            —                              117
            (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.
        (c) quantity referred to in Article 2: broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
                                                                                       Quantity available for the
                                                                 Reduction
                                Origin                                                     July 1999 tranche
                                                                    (%)
                                                                                               (in tonnes)
            Thailand                                               0 (1 )                     24 034,54
            Australia                                              0()1                          6 457
            Guyana                                                 0                             8 503
            United States of America                               0 (1 )                        3 640
            Other origins                                          0                             9 703
            (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.