CELEX: 31999R0116
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 116/1999 of 19 January 1999 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund

20. 1. 1999           EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 15/3
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 116/1999
                                                       of 19 January 1999
                 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance
                                                      fixing of the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          for export licence applications submitted on 18 January
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                1999;
Community,
                                                                     Whereas, in view of its purpose, this Regulation should
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of               take effect from the day of its publication in the Official
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the                   Journal of the European Communities,
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export
                                                                                               Article 1
licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 444/98 (4), and in particular the second              Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
subparagraph of 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 109/1999 on 18 January 1999 shall give
provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to           rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for
when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three             to which a percentage reduction of 12,84 %.
working days between the day of submission of applica-
tions and the granting of export licences with advance                                         Article 2
fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is
to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if           Applications for export licences for rice and broken rice
applications for export licences exceed the quantities               submitted from 19 January 1999 shall not give rise to the
which may be exported; whereas Commission Regulation                 issue of export licences pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
(EC) No 109/1999 (5) fixes refunds under the procedure               109/1999.
provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 2 000
tonnes;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas the quantities applied for on 18 January 1999
are in excess of the available quantity of 2 000 tonnes;             This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 January
whereas a percentage reduction should therefore be fixed             1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 19 January 1999.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 56, 26. 2. 1998, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 11, 16. 1. 1999, p. 23.