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,
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, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opens and provides 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 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2008, which opens a specific subperiod in February 2008 for the import tariff quota for wholly milled and semi-milled rice originating in the United States of America.
(2)
The February subperiod is the second subperiod in 2008 for the quota with the number 09.4127 provided for under Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.
(3)
The notification sent in accordance with Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 shows that, for the quota with serial number 09.4127, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of February 2008 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity less than (or equal to) that available.
(4)
The total quantity available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quota with serial number 09.4127, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: