Tariff quota under order number 09.0139
Article 12
1. All rice imported within the tariff quota under order number 09.0139 shall be placed under the end-use procedure in accordance with Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. All rice imported within the tariff quota under order number 09.0139 shall be processed within 6 months of the date of release for free circulation. 2. On the request of authorisation for the end-use, the importer shall indicate the place of processing, which is either the name of a processing undertaking and a Member State or not more than five different processing plants. 3. The amount of the security to be lodged by operators to ensure that the requirement laid down in paragraph 1 has been met is set out in Annex I. 4. The security shall be released where proof has been presented that the product has been processed within 6 months of the date of release for free circulation. Where the requirement of processing is not met within this deadline, the security released shall be reduced by 2 % for each day by which the time limit is exceeded. 5. The competent authority shall receive a proof of processing within 6 months following the time limit for processing. Otherwise, the security shall be further reduced by 2 % for each day by which the time limit is exceeded.