
Article 1 

1. The following annual import tariff quotas shall be opened on 1 January each year for rice originating in Egypt:
(a) 57 600 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20, at 11 EUR/tonne, with order number 09.1780;
(b) 19 600 tonnes of semi-milled or wholly milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30, at 33 EUR/tonne, with order number 09.1781;
(c) 5 000 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00, at 13 EUR/tonne, with order number 09.1782.
2. These quotas shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Article 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in 2007 the quotas referred to in that paragraph shall be opened on the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 2 
Release for free circulation within the quotas referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation shall be subject to the presentation of a transport document and proof of preferential origin, issued in Egypt and relating to the consignments in question, in accordance with Protocol 4 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 10 December 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission