Article 1

Import licence applications for the tariff quotas for rice opened by Regulation (EC) No 327/98, submitted in the first 10 working days of April 2006 and notified to the Commission shall be subject to percentage reduction coefficients as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

The quantities available under the April 2006 tranche, to be carried over to the following tranche, shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.