{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-31/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/31",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 31/2009 of 16 January 2009 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2009 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-31",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 31/2009\nof 16 January 2009\non the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the January 2009 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation),\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 of 21 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration of import quotas for rice originating in the ACP States which are part of the CARIFORUM region and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EC) No 1529/2007 opens and provides for the administration of an annual import tariff quota for 2009 of 250 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in States that are part of the CARIFORUM region (order number 09.4220), an import tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (order number 09.4189) and an import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the least developed OCTs (order number 09.4190).\n(2)\nJanuary is the first subperiod for these quotas laid down in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007.\n(3)\nThe notification sent in accordance with Article 6(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 shows that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4220 — 09.4189 — 09.4190, the applications lodged in the first seven days of January 2009 under Article 2(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity, in husked-rice equivalent, lower than or equal to that available.\n(4)\nThe total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4220 — 09.4189 — 09.4190, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 348, 31.12.2007, p. 155."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}