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Language: en
Date: 1988-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 April 1988 on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first five working days of the month of April 1988 under the arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86

5. 5. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 117/27
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 20 April 1988
                      on applications for import licences for Basmati rice submitted during the first
                      five working days of the month of April 1988 under the arrangements provided
                                           for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
                                                             (88/274/EEC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Common Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              of foreign trade and replacing the previous nomenclature ;
    Economic Community,
                                                                       Whereas, in the light of the quantities for which
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86                applications have been submitted, the quantities available
   of 16 December 1986 on imports of rice of the long-grain            and the Basmati rice price during the first five working
   aromatic Basmati variety falling within subheading ex               days of the month of April 1988, licences may be issued
    10.06 B I and II of the Common Customs Tariff ('), ,               subject to the application of a percentage reduction,
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
   833/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
  on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati
  variety falling within subheading ex 10.06 B I or II of the                                  Article 1
  Common Customs Tariff (2), as last amended by
  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1546/87 (3), and in                  Import licences for Basmati rice may be issued, subject to
  particular Article 5 (1 ) thereof,                                  the application, to the quantities applied for, of a standard
                                                                      reduction of 91,527 %, in cases where the applications for
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87                import licences were submitted, under the arrangements
  of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature          provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86, during the
  and on the Common Customs Tariff (4), and in particular             first five working days of the month of April 1988 and
  Article 15 thereof,                                                 where a communication was sent to the Commission
  Whereas under Article 5 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 within the time limit specified in Article 7 of Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 833/87.
  833/87 the Commission must, not later than the 13th day
  after the expiry of the time limit for submitting
  applications for licences, notify the Member States :                                        Article 2
 — that licences may be issued in respect of all the                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
       quantities applied for, or
 — that the standard percentage reduction should be
       applied to those quantities, or
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 20 April 1988.
 — that the conditions for applying the reduced levy have
       not been met ;
                                                                                                 For the Commission
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
                                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
 introduced from 1 January 1988, a new 'combined
 nomenclature' meeting the requirements of both the                                                  Vice-President
(')  OJ  No  L  361 , 20. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L  80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 20.
0    OJ  No  L  144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 10.
(4)  OJ  No  L  256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .