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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-78/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/78",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-78",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 78/2007\nof 26 January 2007\non 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\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,\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 of the Regulation.\n(2)\nJanuary 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.\n(3)\nIt 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.\n(4)\nThe total available quantities for the following sub-period should also be fixed,\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 amended by Commission 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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)."
    }
  ],
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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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