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  "legislation": "eur/2008/726",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 726/2008 of 25 July 2008 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2008 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-726",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 726/2008\nof 25 July 2008\non the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2008 subperiod 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 subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (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 subperiods in accordance with Annex IX to that Regulation and with Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2008 opening a specific subperiod in February 2008 for the import tariff quota for wholly milled and semi-milled rice originating in the United States of America.\n(2)\nJuly is the second subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for rice, the third subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(a) for rice originating in Thailand, Australia and countries other than Thailand, Australia and the United States and the fourth subperiod for the quota laid down in Article 1(1)(a) for rice originating in the United States.\n(3)\nThe notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4154 — 09.4166, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of July 2008 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity greater than that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested under the quotas concerned.\n(4)\nIt is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4149, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of July 2008 under Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 cover a quantity less than that available.\n(5)\nThe total quantities available for the following subperiod should also be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4130 — 09.4148 — 09.4112 — 09.4116 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4166, in accordance with the first subparagraph 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). Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 is to be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 September 2008."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1538/2007 (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 49)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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