CELEX: 31998R1063
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-25
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1063/98 of 25 May 1998 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 May 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97

L 152/6               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                26. 5. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1063/98
                                                        of 25 May 1998
                 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 May 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
                                                                   hereto,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/
                                                                                           Article 1
97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules of
application for the import of rice from the ACP States             1. Import licences for rice against applications
and for the import of rice from the overseas countries and         submitted during the first five working days of May 1998
territories (OCT) (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,     pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to
                                                                   the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No            for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out
2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days of              in the Annex hereto.
the final date for notification by the Member States the
                                                                   2. The quantities available under the following tranche
extent to which applications can be granted and must fix
                                                                   shall be as set out 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-           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
tions have been submitted shows that licences should be            publication in the Official Journal of the European
issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where               Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 25 May 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 22.
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                  Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
          Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for May 1998 and
          quantities available for the following tranche:
                                                                                      Quantity available for
                                                                    Reduction            the tranche for
                                    Origin
                                                                       (%)              September 1998
                                                                                            (tonnes)
          ACP (Article 2(1))                                           0 (1 )               41 666
           CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20
               and 1006 30
          ACP (Article 3)                                            84,4363                    
           CN code 1006 40 00
          ACP + OCT (Article 7)                                      90,0737                  8 683
           ACP: CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98,
               1006 20 and 1006 30
           OCT: CN code 1006
          (1) Issue for the quantity applied for.