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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-470/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/470",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 470/2007 of 26 April 2007 on the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the April 2007 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-470",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 470/2007\nof 26 April 2007\non the issue of import licences for rice within the framework of the tariff quotas opened for the April 2007 sub-period by Regulation (EC) No 327/98\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the markets in rice,\nHaving 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, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,\nHaving 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 rice, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 5 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 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 to the Regulation.\n(2)\nApril is the second sub-period for the quotas provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.\n(3)\nIt follows from the notifications received under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 that in the case of quota[s] bearing serial numbers 09.4130, applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 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 the quotas concerned.\n(4)\nIt also follows from those notifications that in the case of quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128 and 09.4129, applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2007, in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Regulation relate to a quantity less than that available.\n(5)\nThe total available quantities for the following sub-period should also be fixed in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2019/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 48)."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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