Commission Regulation (EC) No 193/2000 of 27 January 2000 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2000 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
28. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 23/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 193/2000 of 27 January 2000 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2000 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 (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) 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 and fix the quantities available under the following tranche; examination of the quantities for which applications have been submitted for under the January 2000 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percent- ages set out in the Annex hereto, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2000 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto. The quantities available under the following tranche shall 2. be as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 January 2000. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 37, 11. 2. 1998, p. 5. (2) OJ L 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 3. L 23/8 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 1. 2000 ANNEX Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for January 2000 and quantities available for the following tranche: (a) quantity referred to in Article 2: semi-milled and wholly-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 Origin United States of America Thailand Australia Other origins (1) Issue for the quantity applied for. Reduction (%) 0 (1) 0 (1) — — Quantity available for the additional tranche for April 2000 (in t) 22 365 9191,02 1 019 1 805 (b) quantity referred to in Article 2: husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 Origin Reduction (%) Quantity available for the additional tranche for April 2000 (in t) Australia United States of America Thailand Other origins (1) Issue for the quantity applied for. 0 (1) 0 (1) — — 7 822 4 221 1 812 117 (c) quantity referred to in Article 2: broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00 Origin Thailand Australia Guyana United States of Amerika Other origins (1) Issue for the quantity applied for. Reduction (%) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 88,8889 87,8749 Quantity available for the tranche for July 2000 (in t) 16 548,83 6 457 8 453 3 641 4 852