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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1021/2004 of 26 May 2004 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 in Wales

EU Regulation No 1021/2004 · Adopted 26 May 2004 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1021/2004

of 26 May 2004

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of GATT XXIV.6 negotiationsf1,

Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with Thailand under GATT Article XXIIIf2,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken ricef3, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2458/2001, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Examination of the quantities for which applications have been submitted under the May 2004 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages not covered and fixing the quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.

f2

OJ L 122, 22.5.1996, p. 15.

f3

OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2296/2003 (OJ L 340, 24.12.2003, p. 35).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex Annex

1

1.

Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.

2.

The available quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.

2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 May 2004.

Signature

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

Done at Brussels, 26 May 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. Silva Rodríguez

Agriculture Director-General

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for May 2004 and quantities carried over to the following tranche:

(a) semi-milled and wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30
OriginReduction percentage for the May 2004 trancheQuantity carried over to the tranche for July 2004 (tonnes)
United States of America0f1 803,994
Thailand0 1 656,673
Australia0 355
Other origins98,937—
(b) husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20
OriginReduction percentage for the May 2004 trancheQuantity carried over to the tranche for July 2004 (tonnes)
United States of America0 5
Thailand0 112,523
Australia0 7 476
Other origins78,8618—
(c) broken rice CN code 1006 40 00

Issue for the quantity applied for.
OriginReduction percentage for the May 2004 tranche
Thailand0
Australia0
Guyana0
United States of America0
Other origins0