Commission Regulation (EC) No 892/2009 of 25 September 2009 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2009 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
Commission Regulation (EC) No 892/2009of 25 September 2009on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2009 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having 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)OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, 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,Having 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 riceOJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5., and in particular the first paragraph of Article 5 thereof,Whereas:(1)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 subperiods in accordance with Annex IX to that Regulation.(2)September is the fourth subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98, the third subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(d) and the first subperiod for the quota laid down in Article 1(1)(e).(3)The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4117 – 09.4168, the applications lodged in the first ten working days of September 2009 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 in question.(4)It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 – 09.4128 – 09.4129, the applications lodged in the first ten working days of September 2009 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity less than that available(5)The quantities not used for the September subperiod of the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 – 09.4128 – 09.4129 – 09.4130 are transferred to the quota bearing the order number 09.4138 for the following subperiod under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.(6)The total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 11.For import licence applications for rice under the quotas with order numbers 09.4117 – 09.4168 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first ten working days of September 2009, licences shall be issued for the quantities requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.2.The total quantities available under the quotas with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the following subperiod are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 25 September 2009.For the CommissionJean-Luc DemartyDirector-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentANNEXto be allocated for the September 2009 subperiod and quantities available for the following subperiod under Regulation (EC) No 327/98
(a)Quota for wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 100630 laid down in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable.No quantity remaining available for this subperiod.
OriginOrder numberAllocation coefficient for the September 2009 subperiodTotal quantities available for the October 2009 subperiod(kg)
United States of America09.4127—
Thailand09.4128—
Australia09.4129—
Other origins09.4130—
All countries09.41381740236
(b)Quota for wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 100630 laid down in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:No quantity remaining available for this subperiod.
OriginOrder numberAllocation coefficient for the September 2009 subperiod
Thailand09.4112—
United States of America09.4116—
India09.41179,352543 %
Pakistan09.4118—
Other origins09.4119—
All countries09.4166—
(c)Quota for broken rice falling within CN code 100640 laid down in Article 1(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:
OriginOrder numberAllocation coefficient for the September 2009 subperiodTotal quantities available for the October 2009 subperiod(kg)
All countries09.41681,305472 %0