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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1559/2005 of 23 September 2005 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of September 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98

EU Regulation No 1559/2005 · Adopted 23 September 2005 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1559/2005

of 23 September 2005

on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of September 2005 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 September 2005 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 September 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced by the percentages set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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 24 September 2005.

Signature

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

Done at Brussels, 23 September 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. Silva Rodríguez

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for September 2005 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 September 2005 trancheQuantity carried over to the tranche for October 2005 (tonnes)
United States of America0f1 17,927
Thailand0 423,088
Australia0 135,82
Other origins——
(b) husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20

Issue for the quantity applied for.
OriginReduction percentage for the September 2005 trancheQuantity carried over to the tranche for October 2005 (tonnes)
Australia0 10 429
United States of America0 7 642
Thailand0 1 812
Other origins0 77