Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1896

of 27 October 2016

on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the October 2016 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 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/20071, and in particular Article 188 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/20112 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 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 and 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 2016 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 quantities requested under the quota concerned, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/20063.
(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 2016 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 2016 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 2016, 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 2016 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, 27 October 2016.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Jerzy Plewa

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

ANNEXQuantities to be allocated for the October 2016 subperiod under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 and final percentage take-up for 2016

  1. (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 2016 subperiod

    Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2016

    United States

    09.4127

    94,85 %

    Thailand

    09.4128

    99,27 %

    Australia

    09.4129

    99,21 %

    Other origins

    09.4130

    100,00 %

    All countries

    09.4138

    0,990060 %

    100,00 %

  2. (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 2016 subperiod

    Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2016

    All countries

    09.4148

    —4

    64,63 %

    4

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

  3. (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 2016

    Thailand

    09.4149

    7,55 %

    Australia

    09.4150

    0,00 %

    Guyana

    09.4152

    0,00 %

    United States

    09.4153

    17,96 %

    Other origins

    09.4154

    100,00 %

  4. (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 2016

    Thailand

    09.4112

    100,00 %

    United States

    09.4116

    100,00 %

    India

    09.4117

    100,00 %

    Pakistan

    09.4118

    100,00 %

    Other origins

    09.4119

    100,00 %

    All countries

    09.4166

    100,00 %

  5. (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 2016 subperiod

    Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2016

    All countries

    09.4168

    —5

    100 %

    5

    No quantity available for this subperiod.