CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 January 1991 on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first five working days of the month of January 1991 under the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86

29 . 1 . 91                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 23/31
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 15 January 1991
                  on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first
                  five working days of the month of January 1991 under the arrangements
                                 provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
                                                          (91 /43/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica­
                                                                    tions have been submitted, the quantities available and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Basmati rice price during the first five working days of
Economic Community,                                                 the month of January 1991 , licences may be issued
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86                subject to the application of a percentage reduction,
of 16 December 1986 on imports of rice of the long-grain
aromatic Basmati variety falling within subheading ex               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
10.06 B I and II of the Common Customs Tariff ('),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                               Article 1
833/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for
                                                                    Import licences for Basmati rice falling within CN code
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86              1006 may be issued, subject to the application, to the
on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati               quantities applied for, of a reduction of 95,462 % in cases
variety falling within subheading ex 10.01 B I or II of the         where    the  applications for import licences were
Common Customs Tariff (2), as amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1546/87 (3), and in particular Article 5 (1 )
                                                                    submitted, under the arrangements provided for in Regu­
thereof,                                                            lation (EEC) No 3877/86, during the first five working
                                                                    days of the month of January 1991 and were the subject
Whereas under Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                of the communication to the Commission provided for in
833/87 the Commission must, not later than the 13th day             Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 833/87.
after the expiry of the time-limit for submitting applica­
tions for licences, notify the Member States :                                                Article 2
— the licences may be issued in respect of all the quanti­          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
     ties applied for ;
     or
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 15 January 1991 .
— that a standard percentage reduction should be
     applied to those quantities ;                                                              For the Commission
     or
                                                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
— that the conditions for applying the reduced levy have
     not been met :                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 361 , 20 . 12. 1986, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 20.
(3) OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 10.