http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2011/742

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 742/2011

of 27 July 2011

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2011 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)1,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences2, and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

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 rice3, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opened and provided 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.

(2)

July is the third subperiod for the quota laid down in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and the second subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(b), (c) and (d).

(3)

The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4154 – 09.4166, the applications lodged in the first ten working days of July 2011 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity greater than that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested under the quotas concerned.

(4)

It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 – 09.4128 – 09.4129 – 09.4148 – 09.4149 – 09.4150 – 09.4152 – 09.4153, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of July 2011 under Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 cover a quantity less than that available.

(5)

The total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 – 09.4128 - 09.4129 - 09.4130 – 09.4148 – 09.4112 – 09.4116 - 09.4117 - 09.4118 – 09.4119 – 09.4166, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.

(6)

In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, the present Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

For import licence applications for rice under the quotas with order numbers 09.4154 – 09.4166 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first ten working days of July 2011, licences shall be issued for the quantities requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.

The total quantities available under the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 – 09.4128 – 09.4129 – 09.4130 – 09.4148 – 09.4112 – 09.4116 – 09.4117 – 09.4118 – 09.4119 – 09.4166 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the next subperiod are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEXQuantities to be allocated for the July 2011 subperiod and quantities available for the following subperiod under Regulation (EC) No 327/98

(a)Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin	Order number	Allocation coefficient for the July 2011 subperiod	Total quantities available for September 2011 subperiod(kg)
United States of America	09.4127	—4	7 298 505
Thailand	09.4128	—4	2 448 174
Australia	09.4129	—4	605 300
Other origins	09.4130	—5	538

Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable

No remaining quantity available for this subperiod

(b)Quota for husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 provided for in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin	Order number	Allocation coefficient for July 2011 subperiod	Total quantities available for October 2011 subperiod(kg)
All countries	09.4148	—6	1 536 000

Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable

(c)Quota for broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 provided for in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin	Order number	Allocation coefficient for July 2011 subperiod
Thailand	09.4149	—7
Australia	09.4150	—8
Guyana	09.4152	—8
United States of America	09.4153	—7
Other origins	09.4154	6,553804 %

Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable

No application of the allocation coefficient for this subperiod: no licence applications were notified to the Commission.

(d)Quota for wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98:

Origin	Order number	Allocation coefficient for July 2011 subperiod	Total quantities available for September 2011 subperiod(kg)
Thailand	09.4112	—9	14 181
United States of America	09.4116	—9	339
India	09.4117	—9	17 040
Pakistan	09.4118	—9	531
Other origins	09.4119	—9	F10
All countries	09.4166	0,84246 %	0

No remaining quantity available for this subperiod