Article 1U.K.

1.The following annual global tariff quotas are hereby opened on 1 January each year:

(a)63 000 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30, at zero duty;

(b)1 634 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 at an ad valorem duty fixed at 15 %;

(c)100 000 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00, with a reduction of 30,77 % in the duty fixed in Article 140 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007(1);

(d)40 216 tonnes of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30, at zero duty;

(e)31 788 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00, at zero duty.

Those overall import tariff quotas shall be broken down into import tariff quotas by country of origin and divided among a number of subperiods in accordance with Annex I.

Regulations (EC) No 1342/2003, (EC) No 1301/2006 and (EC) No 376/2008 shall apply to the quotas referred to in the first subparagraph, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

2.An annual quota of 7 tonnes of paddy rice covered by CN code 1006 10, at an ad valorem duty fixed at 15 %, shall be opened on 1 January each year under order number 09.0083.

It shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(2).