28.9.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 269(7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1422/2006 of 27 September 2006 on the issue of rice import licences for applications lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2006 under 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 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), 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 rice (3), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof, Whereas: Examination of the quantities for which rice import licence applications have been lodged for the September 2006 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied, where appropriate, by a percentage reduction and that the quantities available for carry-over to the following tranche and the total quantities available for the various quotas should be fixed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Import licence applications for the tariff quotas for rice opened by Regulation (EC) No 327/98, submitted in the first 10 working days of September 2006 and notified to the Commission, shall be subject to percentage reduction coeffi- cients as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 2. The quantities available under the September 2006 tranche, to be carried over to the following tranche, and the total quantities available for the October 2006 tranche shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 September 2006. () OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 (O] L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 1). (®» O] L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 965/2006 (O] L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 12). For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development