Article 2
United Kingdom
The import licence application and the import licence shall contain the following entries:
in box 8, the country of origin, ‘yes’ being marked by a cross.
in box 20, the serial number of the quota and the words ‘Regulation (EC) No 964/2007’.
Each licence application shall indicate a quantity in kilograms (whole numbers).
Notwithstanding Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, the security relating to the import licences for rice shall be EUR 46 per tonne.
X1Licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authority in the Member State concerned during the first seven days of the marketing year concerned and, where applicable, in the event of an additional period as referred to in paragraph 7, in the first seven days of the month of February of the same marketing year.
The allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall be fixed by the Commission within 10 days of the final day for notification referred to in Article 4(a) of this Regulation.
Where, following the application of the first subparagraph, the quantity for which a licence is to be issued is less than 20 tonnes, while the licence application was for a quantity greater, the licence application may be withdrawn by the operator within two working days following the date of entry into force of the Regulation fixing the allocation coefficient.
The import licence shall be issued on the 20th working day following the last day for the submission of applications.
If the import licences issued in accordance with paragraph 6, for applications submitted in the first seven days of the marketing year, did not cover the total quota concerned, the remaining quantities may be allocated in the additional period starting in the month of February of the current marketing year. Where the Commission decides to open the above additional period, it shall fix and publish the quantities available before 1 November of the current quota year.
Notwithstanding Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, import licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 until the end of the sixth month following.