
Article 1 
For applications for import licences for rice originating in the least developed countries referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001, submitted during the first five working days of September 2004 pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1401/2002 and notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 5(1) of the said Regulation licences shall be issued for the quantities given in the applications submitted multiplied by a reduction percentage of 91,8620 %.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 September 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 September 2004.
For the Commission
J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General