
Article 1 

1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 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 final use of the quotas concerned for 2004, in percentage terms, is set out in the annex hereto.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 October 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 October 2004 and quota use for 2004:


(a)semi-milled and wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30
Origin Reduction percentage for the October 2004 tranche Final use of the quota for 2004 in percentage terms
United States of America — 99,63
Thailand 0 93,14
Australia — 100
Other origins — 100
(b)husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20
Origin Reduction percentage for the October 2004 tranche Final use of the quota for 2004 in percentage terms
United States of America — 94,9
Thailand — 99,72
Australia — 3,32
Other origins — 100
(c)broken rice falling within CN code 1006 40 00
Origin Final use of the quota for 2004 in percentage terms
Thailand 68,37
Australia 6,81
Guyana 0
United States of America 25
Other origins 34,36
