CELEX: 31999R0165
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 165/1999 of 22 January 1999 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of January 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

L 18/58              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              23. 1. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 165/1999
                                                   of 22 January 1999
                 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the
                 overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five
                      working days of January 1999 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            hereto,
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules of
application for the import of rice from the ACP States
and for the import of rice from the overseas countries and                               Article 1
territories (OCT) (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1595/98 (2), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,             Import licences for rice against applications submitted
                                                                 during the first five working days of January 1999
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No          pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to
2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days of            the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied
the final date for notification by the Member States the         for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out
extent to which applications can be granted and must fix         in the Annex hereto.
the available quantities for the following tranche and,
where necessary, for the additional tranche for October;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas examination of the quantities for which applica-
tions have been submitted shows that licences should be          This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January
issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where             1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 22 January 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 208, 24. 7. 1998, p. 21.
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                                                          ANNEX
                                                Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
            Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 1999 and
            quantities available for the following tranche:
                                                                                         Quantity available for the
                                   Origin                          Reduction (%)          tranche for May 1999
                                                                                                 (tonnes)
            OCT (Article 6)                                          61,08                          —
            — CN code 1006
            ACP (Article 2(1))                                       78,1219                     41 666
            — CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20
               and 1006 30
            ACP (Article 3)                                          94,7366                     10 000
            — CN code 1006 40 00
            ACP + OCT (Article 7)                                       —                           —
            — ACP: CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98,
               1006 20 and 1006 30
            — OCT: CN code 1006