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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 78/2007of 26 January 2007on 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 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the markets in riceOJ 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).,Having 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 licencesOJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13., and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98OJ 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). 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.(2)January 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.(3)It 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.(4)The total available quantities for the following sub-period should also be fixed,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 11.Applications for an import licence for rice covered by quotas bearing serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4148, 09.4149, 09.4150, 09.4152, 09.4153, 09.4154, 09.4112, 09.4116, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4166 specified in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and lodged between 1 and 17 January 2007 shall be issued certificates for the quantities applied for subject to coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.2.The total available quantities for the following sub-period are set out in the Annex.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 January 2007.For the CommissionJean-Luc DemartyDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentANNEXAllocation coefficients to be applied to quantities applied for in respect of the January 2007 sub-period, quantities carried over to the following sub-period and total available quantities for the following sub-period:(a)Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 100630 provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:
"—"no allocation coefficient for this sub-period.
OriginSerial numberAllocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-periodTotal quantities available for the April 2007 sub-period(t)
United States of America09.4127100 %28107,000
Thailand09.4128100 %9219,519
Australia09.4129—1019,000
Other origins09.4130—1805,000
(b)Quota for husked rice falling within CN code 100620 provided for in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:
"—"no quota for this sub-period.
OriginSerial numberAllocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-periodTotal quantities available for the July 2007 sub-period(t)
All countries09.41488,206106 %—
(c)Quota for broken rice falling within CN code 10064000 provided for in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:
OriginSerial numberAllocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-periodTotal quantities available for the July 2007 sub-period(t)
Thailand09.4149100 %41517,399
Australia09.41500 %16000,000
Guyana09.41520 %11000,000
United States of America09.4153100 %8600,000
Other origins09.41541,810418 %6000,000
(d)Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 100630 provided for in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:
"—"no quota for this sub-period.
OriginSerial numberAllocation coefficient for the January 2007 sub-periodTotal quantities available for the July 2007 sub-period(t)
Thailand09.41121,537475 %—
United States of America09.4116100 %2107,000
India09.41171,41304 %—
Pakistan09.41181,444223 %—
Other origins09.41191,515957 %—
All countries09.41661,264717 %17011,000