CELEX: 31997R1668
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-26
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1668/97 of 26 August 1997 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund

No L 236/4             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 8 . 97
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1668/97
                                                        of 26 August 1997
                  concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with
                                                  advance fixing of the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, in view of its purpose, this Regulation should
                                                                    take effect from the day of its publication in the Official
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Journal of the European Communities,
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
market in rice ('),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                                               Article 1
 1 162/95 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
932/97 (3), and in particular the second subparagraph of            Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
Article 7 (4) thereof,                                              with advance fixing of the refund submitted under Regu­
Whereas Article 7 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95                 lation (EC) No 1544/97 on 22 August 1997 shall give rise
                                                                    to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for to
provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to          which a percentage reduction of 67,274 % has been
when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three
                                                                    applied.
working days between the day of submission of applica­
tions and the granting of export licences with advance
fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is                                    Article 2
to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if
applications for export licences exceed the quantities              Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
which may be exported; whereas Commission Regulation                submitted from 23 August 1997 shall not give rise to the
(EC) No 1 544/97 (4) fixes refunds under the procedure              issue of export licences under Regulation (EC) No
provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 5 000              1544/97.
tonnes ;
Whereas the quantities applied for on 22 August 1997 are                                    Article 3
in excess of the available quantity of 5 000 tonnes;
whereas a percentage reduction should therefore be fixed            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
for export licence applications submitted on 22 August              publication in the Official Journal of the European
1997;                                                               Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 26 August 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ritt BJERREGAARD
                                                                          Member of the Commission
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