L 329/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 11. 97 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2382/97 of 28 November 1997 opening tariff quotas under one year for imports of rice originating in the United States of America as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/95 of 22 December 1995 laying down the rates of duty to be applied by the Community resulting from negotiations under GATT Article XXIV.6 consequent upon the acces- sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union ('), and in particular Article § thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 (3, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 112/97 (3, provides for the opening of tariff quotas for imports of rice from the United States of America; whereas, however, the opening of two of those quotas was postponed until the consultations with the United States of America were brought to an end; whereas, without waiting for those consultations to be concluded, with the agreement of the exporting country, two tariff quotas should be opened under one year for imports of milled or semi-milled rice and husked rice; Whereas special rules should be adopted for managing those tariff quotas; Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For 1997 the following tariff quotas for rice originating in the United States of America as laid down in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1522/96 shall be opened for imports into the Community: (a) 38 721 tonnes of milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 at zero duty. Quota order number 09.4076; (b) 7 642 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 at a duty of ECU 88 per tonne. () OJ L 334, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1. () OJ L 190, 31. 7. 1996, p. 1. () OJ L 20, 23. 1. 1997, p. 23. Quota order number 09.4077. Article 2 1. Licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authority in the Member State concerned during the first five working days following the entry into force of this Regulation. 2. Licence applications in respect of the quantities for which no application for licences was made during the period laid down in paragraph 1 may be lodged during a further period beginning 20 working days after the date of publication of this Regulation and expiring five working days later. Article 3 1. Notwithstanding Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95, the security for the import licences shall be: — ECU 46 per tonne for the quota provided for in Article 1 (a), — ECU 22 per tonne for the quota provided for in Article 1 (b). 2. The country of origin shall be entered in Section 8 of licence aplications and of the import licences and the word ‘yes’ shall be marked with a cross. 3. Section 24 of the licences shall bear one of the fol- lowing entries: (a) in the case of the quota referred to in Article 1 (a): — Exencién del derecho de aduana [Reglamento (CE) n° 2382/97) — Toldfri (Forordning (EF) nr. 2382/97) — Zollfrei (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2382/97) — Atchig [Kavoviopdg (EK) aptd. 2382/97] — Exemption from customs duty (Regulation (EC) No 2382/97) — Exemption du droit de douane [Réglement (CE) n° 2382/97] — Esenzione dal dazio doganale [Regolamento (CE) n. 2382/97] — Vrijgesteld van douanerecht (Verordening (EG) nr. 2382/97) — Isencdo do direito aduaneiro [Regulamento (CE) n® 2382/97] — Tullivapaa (asetus (EY) N:o 2382/97) — Tullfri (forordning (EG) nr 2382/97);