Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 993/2012

of 25 October 2012

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the October 2012 subperiod by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011

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,

Whereas:

(1)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 of 7 December 2011 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice3 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 I to that Implementing Regulation.
(2)

October is the only subperiod for the quota with order number 09.4138 provided for under Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011. This quota comprises the balance of the unused quantities from the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4130 in the previous subperiod. October is the last subperiod for the quotas provided for under Article 1(1)(b) and (e) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011, which comprise the balance of the unused quantities from the previous subperiod.

(3)

The notifications sent in accordance with point (a) of Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 show that, for the quota with order number 09.4138, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2012 under Article 4(1) of that Implementing Regulation cover a quantity greater than that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantity requested under the quota concerned.

(4)

The notifications also show that, for the quota with order number 09.4148, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2012 under Article 4(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 cover a quantity less than that available.

(5)

The final percentage take-up for 2012 of each quota provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 should also be made known.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.

For import licence applications for rice under the quota with order number 09.4138 referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2012, licences shall be issued for the quantity requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.

The final percentage take-up for 2012 of each quota provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 is given 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.

Done at Brussels, 25 October 2012.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

José Manuel Silva Rodríguez

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

ANNEXQuantities to be allocated for the October 2012 subperiod under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 and final percentage take-up for 2012

(a)Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for October 2012 subperiod

Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2012

United States

09.4127

96,41 %

Thailand

09.4128

98,94 %

Australia

09.4129

64,72 %

Other origins

09.4130

100 %

All countries

09.4138

1,109158 %

100 %

(b)Quota of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 as provided for in Article 1(1)(b) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for October 2012 subperiod

Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2012

All countries

09.4148

—4

0 %

4

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

(c)Quota of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

Origin

Order number

Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2012

Thailand

09.4149

23,81 %

Australia

09.4150

0 %

Guyana

09.4152

0 %

United States

09.4153

39,39 %

Other origins

09.4154

100 %

(d)Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in Article 1(1)(d) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

Origin

Order number

Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2012

Thailand

09.4112

100 %

United States

09.4116

100 %

India

09.4117

100 %

Pakistan

09.4118

100 %

Other origins

09.4119

100 %

All countries

09.4166

100 %

(e)Quota of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(e) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

Origin

Order number

Allocation coefficient for October 2012 subperiod

Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2012

All countries

09.4168

—5

100 %

5

No quantity available for this subperiod.