26.10.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 282/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2086/2001 of 25 October 2001 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2001 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administra- tion of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/98 (3, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98, within 10 days of the closing date for notification by the Member States of licence applications, the Commission must decide to what extent the applications may be accepted. (2)  Examination of the quantities for which applications have been submitted for under the October 2001 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2001 pursuant to Regula- tion (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appro- priate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 October 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 October 2001. () O] L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. () O] L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 3. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission