AI-assisted research summary: This Regulation sets how rice import licences are issued for quota 09.4130 in the first 10 working days of April 2012 and gives the allocation coefficients and available quantities for the listed quotas.
27.4.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 115/19 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 365/2012 of 26 April 2012 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the April 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 licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof, Having regard to 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 rice (3), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 5 thereof, Whereas: (1) | Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 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) | April is the second subperiod for the quota provided for under Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011. ---|--- (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 09.4130, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 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) | Those notifications also show that, for the quotas with order number 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2012 under Article 4(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 cover a quantity less than that available. ---|--- (5) | The total quantity available for the following subperiod should also be fixed for the quotas with order number 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4130, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011. ---|--- (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 09.4130 referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 lodged in the first 10 working days of April 2012, licences shall be issued for the quantity requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 2\. The total quantity available for the following subperiod under the quotas with order number 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4130, referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011, is 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. Done at Brussels, 26 April 2012. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development * * * (1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. (2) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. (3) OJ L 325, 8.12.2011, p. 6. * * * ANNEX Quantities to be allocated for the April 2012 subperiod and quantities available for the following subperiod under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 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 the April 2012 subperiod | Total quantity available for the July 2012 subperiod (kg) ---|---|---|--- United States | 09.4127 | (1) | 27 865 684 Thailand | 09.4128 | (1) | 8 627 076 Australia | 09.4129 | (1) | 916 000 Other origins | 09.4130 | 0,988521 % | 0 * * * (1) Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable. * * *