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Document 32007R0078

Commission Regulation (EC) No 78/2007 of 26 January 2007 on the issue of import licences against applications lodged between 1 and 17 January 2007 within the framework of the tariff quota opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 on rice

SL L 20, 27.1.2007, p. 10–12 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2007/78/oj

27.1.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 20/10


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 78/2007

of 26 January 2007

on the issue of import licences against applications lodged between 1 and 17 January 2007 within the framework of the tariff quota opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 on rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the markets in rice (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 (3) opened and provided for the administration of certain import tariff quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country of origin and split into several sub-periods in accordance with Annex IX of the Regulation.

(2)

January is the first sub-period for the quotas provided for in points (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

(3)

It follows from the communications received under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 that in the case of quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4148, 09.4154, 09.4112, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4166 applications lodged between 1 and 17 January 2007 in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Regulation relate to a quantity exceeding that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for.

(4)

The total available quantities for the following sub-period should also be fixed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   Applications for an import licence for rice covered by quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4148, 09.4149, 09.4150, 09.4152, 09.4153, 09.4154, 09.4112, 09.4116, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4166 specified in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and lodged between 1 and 17 January 2007 shall be issued certificates for the quantities applied for subject to coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.   The total available quantities for the following sub-period are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development


(1)   OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).

(2)   OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

(3)   OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2019/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 48).


ANNEX

Allocation coefficients to be applied to quantities applied for in respect of the January 2007 sub-period, quantities carried over to the following sub-period and total available quantities for the following sub-period:

(a)

Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-period

Total quantities available for the April 2007 sub-period

(t)

United States of America

09.4127

100  %

28 107,000

Thailand

09.4128

100  %

9 219,519

Australia

09.4129

1 019,000

Other origins

09.4130

1 805,000

‘—’

:

no allocation coefficient for this sub-period.

(b)

Quota for husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 provided for in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-period

Total quantities available for the July 2007 sub-period

(t)

All countries

09.4148

8,206106  %

‘—’

:

no quota for this sub-period.

(c)

Quota for broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00 provided for in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-period

Total quantities available for the July 2007 sub-period

(t)

Thailand

09.4149

100  %

41 517,399

Australia

09.4150

0  %

16 000,000

Guyana

09.4152

0  %

11 000,000

United States of America

09.4153

100  %

8 600,000

Other origins

09.4154

1,810418  %

6 000,000

(d)

Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin

Serial number

Allocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-period

Total quantities available for the July 2007 sub-period

(t)

Thailand

09.4112

1,537475  %

United States of America

09.4116

100  %

2 107,000

India

09.4117

1,41304  %

Pakistan

09.4118

1,444223  %

Other origins

09.4119

1,515957  %

All countries

09.4166

1,264717  %

17 011,000

‘—’

:

no quota for this sub-period.


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