CELEX: 31997R0717
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 717/97 of 23 April 1997 on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the first five working days of April 1997 pursuant to the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96

24. 4. 97             EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 106/ 13
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 717/97
                                                        of 23 April 1997
                   on applications for import licences for rice and broken rice submitted in the
                   first five working days of April 1997 pursuant to the arrangements provided for
                                          in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       issued subject to the application of a percentage reduc­
                                                                   tion ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                            Article 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 of
 24 July 1996 opening and providing for the administra­            1 . Reduction coefficients to be applied to quantities
 tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken      covered by applications for import licences submitted for
 rice ('), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No             rice and broken rice pursuant to the arrangements
 11 2/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,             provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 in the first
                                                                   five working days of April 1997 and which have been
                                                                   notified to the Commission, shall be as laid down in the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No          Annex hereto .
 1522/96, the Commission must decide within 10 days of
 the closing date for the submission of licence applications       2.     The quantities available under the tranche for July
 the extent to which applications can be granted and must          1997 shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto .
 fix the available quantities for the following tranche;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which applica­        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
tions are submitted during the first five working days of         publication in the Official Journal of the European
April 1997 and the quantities available, licences may be           Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 23 April 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 190, 31 . 7. 1996, p. 1 .
 2 OJ No L 20, 23. 1 . 1997, p. 23.
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                                                                  ANNEX
                                         Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96
            Reduction coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for and the quantities available under the
            following tranche:
           (a) Quota referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) (a), wholly-milled and semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30
                                                                                     Quantity available under the
                                                           Percentage
                               Origin                       reduction
                                                                                        tranche for July 1997
                                                                                                (tonnes)
                 USA                                           —
                                                                                                38 721
                 Thailand                                       0                                 9 249
                 Australia                                      0                                   804
                 Other countries                            97,2765                                 0
           (b) Quota referred to in Article 1 (2) (b), husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20
                                                                                     Quantity available under the
                                                           Percentage
                               Origin                       reduction
                                                                                        tranche for July 1997
                                                                                               (tonnes)
                Australia                                       0                               10 429
                 USA                                           —                                  7 642
                Thailand                                    33,8927                                 0
                 Other countries                            90,9722                                 0
           (c) Quota referred to in Article 1 (2) (c), broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
                                                                                     Quantity available under the
                                                           Percentage                   tranche for July 1997
                               Origin                       reduction
                                                                                               (tonnes)
                Thailand                                        0                              22 612
                Australia                                       0                                 5 450
                Guyana                                          0                                 8 503
                 USA                                           —                                  7 281
                Other countries                                 0                                 9 663