
Article 1 

1. Import licence applications for the tariff quotas for rice opened by Regulation (EC) No 327/98, submitted in the first 10 working days of April 2006 and notified to the Commission shall be subject to percentage reduction coefficients as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The quantities available under the April 2006 tranche, to be carried over to the following tranche, shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 April 2006.
For the Commission
J. L. DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
ANNEX

Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for April 2006 and quantities available for the following tranche:


(a)Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 provided for in Article 1(1)(a):
Origin Serial No Reduction percentage for the April 2006 tranche Quantity carried over to the tranche for July 2006(tonnes)
United States of America 09.4127 0 11 635
Thailand 09.4128 0 1 230,404
Australia 09.4129 0 531,5
Other origins 09.4130 98,7985 0

(b)Quota of husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 provided for in Article 1(1)(b):
Origin Serial No Reduction percentage for the April 2006 tranche Quantity carried over to the tranche for July 2006(tonnes)
Australia 09.4139 0 7 822
United States of America 09.4140 0 5 732
Thailand 09.4144 0 1 812
Other origins 09.4145 0 117
