CELEX: 31998R1642
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1642/98 of 27 July 1998 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of July 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

L 210/48           ¬ EN ¬              Official Journal of the European Communities                               28. 7. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1642/98
                                                        of 27 July 1998
                 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during
                    the first 10 working days of July 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                                          Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98
of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the ad-             1. Import licences for rice against applications
ministration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and     submitted during the first 10 working days of July 1998
broken rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to
648/98 (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,               the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied
                                                                  for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No           in the Annex hereto.
327/98, within 10 days of the closing date for notification
by the Member States of licence applications, the
                                                                  2. The quantities available under the following tranche
Commission must decide to what extent the applications
                                                                  shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
may be accepted and fix the quantities available under the
following tranche;
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 the day of its
appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex              publication in the Official Journal of the European
hereto,                                                           Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 July 1998.
                                                                           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 July 1998 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
                                                                 Reduction                  Quantity available for the
                                  Origin                                                    September 1998 tranche
                                                                    (%)                            (in tonnes)
              United States of America                              0 (1)                              284
              Thailand                                              0 (1)                              109,71
              Australia                                             0() 1
                                                                                                       761
              (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
                                  Origin                         Reduction                  September 1998 tranche
                                                                    (%)
                                                                                                   (in tonnes)
              Australia                                             0 (1)                          10 364,50
              United States of America                              0() 1
                                                                                                       100
              Thailand                                              0 (1)                              153,50
              Other origins                                         0() 1
                                                                                                       116
              (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.
          (c) quantity referred to in Article 2: broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
                                                                 Reduction
                                  Origin
                                                                    (%)
              Thailand                                             0 ( 1)
              Australia                                           75
              Guyana                                               0 (1)
              United States of America                             0 ( 1)
              Other origins                                       13,5109
              (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.