Article 1
Import licence applications for rice falling within CN code 1006 under the quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 955/2005, submitted before 13.00 on 2 January 2006 and notified to the Commission, shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for multiplied by a reduction coefficient of 91,7077 %.
Article 2
Import licence applications for rice falling within CN code 1006 submitted from 13.00 on 2 January 2006 to the end of 2006 shall not give rise to the issue of an import licence for the quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 955/2005.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 January 2006.
For the Commission
J. L. Demarty
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development