
Article 1 

1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of July 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced by the percentages set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The available quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 July 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 23 July 2004.
For the Commission
J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General
ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for July 2004 and quantities carried over to the following tranche:


(a)semi-milled and wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30
Origin Reduction percentage for the July 2004 tranche Quantity carried over to the tranche for September 2004 (tonnes)
United States of America 0 4 550,994
Thailand 0 2 917,934
Australia 0 252
Other origins — —
(b)husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20
Origin Reduction percentage for the July 2004 tranche Quantity carried over to the tranche for September 2004 (tonnes)
United States of America 0 390
Thailand 0 5,023
Australia 0 10 083
Other origins — —
