CELEX: 31999R0877
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/1999 of 28 April 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of April 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

L 111/8               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               29. 4. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 877/1999
                                                     of 28 April 1999
                 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the
                   first 10 working days of April 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 April 1999
                                                                  pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No           the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied
327/98, within 10 days of the closing date for notification       for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out
by the Member States of licence applications, the                 in the Annex hereto.
Commission must decide to what extent the applications
may be accepted and fix the quantities available under the        2.    The quantities available under the following tranche
following tranche;                                                shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas examination of the quantities for which applica-                                   Article 2
tions have been submitted shows that licences should be
issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where              This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 April 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 April 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 July
                                    Origin
                                                                        (%)                             1999
                                                                                                     (in tonnes)
                United States of America                               0 (1 )                        19 978,84
                Thailand                                               0 (1 )                          6 050,53
                Australia                                              0()1                              890
                Other origins                                        98,2459                               
                (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 July 1999
                                                                        (%)
                                                                                                     (in tonnes)
                Australia                                                                             10 386
                United States of America                               0()1                             3 877
                Thailand                                               0()1
                                                                                                           102
                Other origins                                          0 (1 )                               76
                (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.