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of 29 July 1996
on the detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with regard to
import duties on rice
(OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 71)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1503/96
of 29 July 1996
onthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EC)
No 3072/95 with regard to import duties on rice
THE COMMISSIONOF THE EUROPEANCOMMUN ITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95of22December
1995 on the common organization of the market in rice(1), and in
particular Article 11 (2) and (4) thereof,
WhereasthethirdsubparagraphofArticle11(2)ofRegulation(EC)No
3072/95laysdownthemethodforcalculatingthepercentagebywhichthe intervention price valid on the day of import is to be increased inordertocalculatetheimportdutiesonmilledrice;whereasthatmethodtakes account of the conversion rate, processing costs and the value ofby-products and an amount for the protection of industry; whereas theday of importation should be fixed as the date of acceptance of thedeclaration by the customs authorities as laid down in Article 67 ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2913/92of12October1992establishingthe Community Customs Code(
2), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden;
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the
rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall be levied on theproducts referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation when they areimported; whereas, however, in the case of products referred to inArticle 11 (2) the import duty will be equal to the intervention pricevalid for those products on importation, increased by a certainpercentageaccordingtowhetheritishuskedormilledrice,indicariceorjaponicarice,andminustheimportprice,providedthatdutydoesnotexceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties;
Whereasthereareparticulardifficultiesinthericesectorconcerningthe
verification of the value of imported products; whereas a system offlat-ratevaluesisthereforemostsuitablefortheimplementationoftheresults of the Uruguay Round of negotiations; whereas, however, tech-nical discussions between the partners concerned are still in progress;whereas,pendingtheoutcomeofthosediscussions,thesystemappliedin 1995/96 should be maintained as a precaution;
Whereas in order to classify the consignments imported, the products
referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must besubdividedintoanumberofqualities;whereasthecombinednomencla-turecodestowhichthesequalitiescorrespondmustthereforebespeci-fied;
Whereas, for the purposes of calculating the import duty using the
flat-rate import value, the representative cif import prices should becalculatedforeachofthequalitiesdefined;whereas,forthepurposesofestablishing those prices, price quotations for the different qualities ofrice must be specified; whereas these quotations should therefore bedefined;
Whereas,intheinterestsofclarityandtransparency,thequotationsfor
thedifferenttypesofriceinpublicationsbytheDepartmentofAgricul-ture of the United States of America constitute an objective basis forestablishing representative cif import prices for rice in bulk; whereasrepresentativepricesontheUnitedStatesmarket,theThaimarketorofother origins may be converted into representative cif import prices byadding the maritime freight costs on the charter market between theportsoforiginandtheCommunityport;whereas,takingaccountofthevolume of freight and of trade in the ports of northern Europe, those
(1) OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
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portsconstitutetheCommunitydestinationforwhichthequotationsofmaritime freight prices are best known publicly, are most transparentand most easily available; whereas, therefore, the ports of northernEurope (Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Gent) should be adopted asthe Community destination ports;
Whereas, in order to monitor the trends in representative cif import
prices thus established, it is appropriate to provide for weeklymonitoring of the elements contributing to their calculation;
Whereas,forthepurposesoffixingimportdutiesforthericereferredto
inArticle11(2)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95,aperiodoftwoweeksfor determining representative cif import prices for rice in bulk takesaccount of market trends without introducing elements of uncertainty;whereas, on this basis, import duties for that product should be estab-lished taking account of the average of representative cif import pricesnoted over the abovementioned period, every two weeks on aWednesday, and on the last working day of each month;
Whereas the import duty thus calculated can be applied over a two-
week period without substantially affecting import prices, duties paid;whereas, however, where no quotation is available for a given productover the period of calculation of representative cif import prices orwhere,followingsuddenchangesintheelementsmakingupthecalcu-lation,thoserepresentativecifimportpricesundergomajorfluctuationsduring the period in question, measures must be taken in order tomaintaintherepresentativenatureofthecifimportpricesoftheproductconcerned;
Whereas the price of basmati rice originating in India and Pakistan is
normallyhigheronthemarketthantheestablishedrepresentativeprice;whereas in 1993/94 the difference was of the order of ECU 250 pertonne in the case of basmati rice originating in India and ECU 50 pertonneinthecaseofbasmatiriceoriginatinginPakistan;whereas,asaresult,theimportdutyonthosericevarietiesshouldbereducedbytheaforementioned amounts in order to comply with the principle laiddowninArticle11ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95andtheCommuni-ty’s international commitments;
Whereas, where there is no quotation, it is appropriate to continue to
applytheamountofdutyfixedfortheprecedingperiodand,inthecaseofmajorfluctuationsinthequotation,thecostofmaritimefreightortheexchange rate used for the calculation of the representative cif importprice of the product concerned, the representative nature of that pricemustberestored,takingaccountofthosechanges,byadjustingthedutyfixed in line with the difference noted; whereas, even where suchadjustments are made, the regular dates for fixing duties will not beaffected;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an
opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import duties referred to in Article 11 (1) and (2) of Regulation
(EC) No 3072/95 shall be those applicable at the time laid down inArticle 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
Article 2
TheimportdutyformilledricefallingwithinCNcode100630shallbe
equaltotheinterventionpricevalidatthemomentofimportincreasedby:
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— 163% in the case of indica rice,
— 167% in the case of japonica rice,
minus the import price.
However, that duty must not exceed the rates of duty in the Common
Customs Tariff.
Article 3
1. ForthepurposesofthisRegulationindicariceshallbedeemedto
be rice falling within CNcodes 10062017, 10062098, 10063027,10063048, 10063067 and 10063098.
2. AnyotherproductsfallingwithinCNcodes100620and100630
shall be deemed to be japonica rice.
Article 4
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1. TheimportdutiesfortheproductsreferredtoinArticle3shallbecalculatedeveryweekbutshallbefixedbytheCommissioneverytwoweeks on a Wednesday and on the last working day of the months ofMarch, April, May, June and August, in accordance with the methodprovided for in Article 5 and shall apply from the first working dayfollowingtheirfixingandthefirstdayofthefollowingmonth,respec-tively.
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However,ifthecalculationoftheweekfollowingthisfixingshowsthattheimportdutyishigherorlowerbyECU10pertonnethanthedutyinforce, a corresponding adjustment shall be made by the Commission.
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ThefixingcarriedoutonthelastworkingdayofthemonthsofMarch,April, May and June shall be based on the intervention price for thefollowingmonthwhichshallbesubjecttomonthlyincreasesinaccord-ance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
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Where the Wednesday on which import duties would be fixed is not aworking day for the Commission, the duties shall be fixed on the firstworking day following that Wednesday.
2. Thepricevalidontheworldmarkettobeusedforthecalculation
oftheimportdutyshallbetheaverageoftheweeklyrepresentativecifimportpricesforriceinbulkdeterminedusingthemethodprovidedforinArticle5andestablishedovertheperiodofthetwoprecedingweeks.
3. The import duties fixed in accordance with this Regulation shall
apply until new duties are fixed and enter into force.
However,wherenoquotationisavailableforagivenproductfromthe
referencesourceprovidedforinArticle5overthetwoweeksprecedingthenextperiodicfixing,theimportdutypreviouslyfixedshallremaininforce.
Everytimethedutyisfixedoradjusted,theCommissionshallpublish
theimportdutiesandthefactorsusedfortheircalculationinthe Official
Journal of the European Communities .
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Article 4 a
1. BasmatiriceoriginatinginIndiaandBasmatiriceofthevarieties
‘Kernel Basmati'and ‘Super Basmati'originating in Pakistan fallingwithinCNcodesex 10062017andex 10062098maybenefitfromareduction in the import duty of ECU 250 per tonne.
Thisamountmayberevisedinresponsetomarkettrends,inparticular
as regards the quantities imported.
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2. Import licence applications and import licences for Basmati rice
shall include:
(a) in box 8, indication of the country of origin and the word ‘yes'
marked with a cross;
(b) in box 20, one of the following:
— Arroz aromático de la variedad Basmati del código NC
10062017/10062098
— Aromatisk ris af sorten Basmati henhørende under KN-kode
10062017/10062098
— Aromatischer Reis der Sorte Basmati des KN-Codes
10062017/10062098
—Αρωµατικό ρύζι της ποικιλίας Basmati του κωδικού ΣΟ
10062017/10062098
— Aromatic rice of the Basmati variety falling within CNcode
10062017/10062098
— Riz aromatique de la variété Basmati du code NC 10062017/
10062098
— RisoaromaticodellavarietàBasmatidelcodiceNC10062017/
10062098
— Aromatische Basmati-rijst van GN-code 10062017/10062098— Arroz aromático da variedade Basmati do código NC
10062017/10062098
— CN-koodiin 10062017/10062098 kuuluvan Basmati-lajikkeen
aromaattinen riisi
— AromatisktrisavsortenBasmatimedKN-nummer10062017/
10062098;
(c) in box 24, one of the following:
— Derechodeaduanareducidode250Ecu/t[Reglamento(CE)n
o
2131/96]
— Told nedsat med 250 ECU/ton (Forordning (EF) nr. 2131/96)— Um250Ecu/termäßigterZollsatz(Verordnung(EG)Nr.2131/
96)
—Μειωµένος δασµός κατά 250 Ecu ανά τόνο[κανονισµός
(ΕΚ)αριθ. 2131/96]
— Reduced duty by 250 Ecu/t (Regulation (EC) No 2131/96)— Droit réduit de 250 Ecu/t [Règlement (CE) n
o2131/96]
— Dazio ridotto di 250 Ecu/t [Regolamento (CE) n. 2131/96]— Douanerecht verminderd met 250 ecu/t (Verordening (EG) nr.
2131/96)
— Direito reduzido de 250 Ecu/t [Regulamento (CE) n.
o2131/96]
— Tulli alennettu 250 eculla tonnilta (Asetus (EY) N:o 2131/96)— Nedsättningavtullmed250ecu/ton(Förordning(EG)nr2131/
96).
3. TheimportlicenceapplicationforBasmatiriceshallbeaccompa-
nied by:
— proof that the applicant is a natural or legal person who has been
engaged for at least 12 months in a commercial activity in the ricesectorandwhoisregisteredintheMemberStatewheretheapplica-tion is submitted,
— acertificateofauthenticityfortheproductissuedbythecompetent
bodiesrecognizedbytheCommissionintheexportingcountryandlisted in Annex III.
4. The certificate of authenticity shall be drawn up on the form a
specimen of which is shown in Annex II.
The form shall have a format of approximately 210×297 millimetres.
The original shall be drawn up on paper allowing any mechanical orchemical forgery to be detected.
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The forms shall be printed and completed in English.
The original and the copies thereof shall be completed either using a
typewriterorbyhand.Inthelattercase,theymustbecompletedininkusing block capitals.
Each certificate of authenticity shall bear a serial number in the right-
hand uppermost box. The copies shall bear the same number as theoriginal.
5. Thebodyissuingtheimportlicenceshallkeeptheoriginalofthe
certificate of authenticity and return a copy to the applicant.
The certificate of authenticity shall be valid for ninety days from the
date of its issue.
Itshallbevalidonlyiftheboxeshavebeenproperlycompletedandifit
has been stamped in accordance with the instructions printed on it.
6. Article9ofRegulation(EEC)No3719/88(
1)notwithstanding,the
rights arising from the import licence shall not be transferable.
7. The Member States shall forward to the Commission, by telex or
fax, the following information:
(a) not later than the second working day following their issue, the
quantities of Basmati rice for which import licences have beenissued, stating the date, CNcode, country of origin and the namesand addresses of the holders;
(b) wherelicencesarecancelled,notlaterthanthesecondworkingday
following the cancellation, the quantities for which the licenceshavebeencancelledandthenamesandaddressesoftheholdersofthe licences cancelled;
(c) onthelastworkingdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthofrelease
forfreecirculation,thequantitiesactuallyreleasedforfreecircula-tion, broken down by CNcode and country of origin.
The above information must be forwarded separately from information
onotherapplicationsforimportlicencesinthericesectorandfollowingthe same procedures.
8. Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 notwithstanding, the
security for import licences for Basmati rice originating in India andPakistan shall be ECU 275 per tonne.
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Article 5
1. TodeterminetheimportpricesofthericereferredtoinArticle11
(4)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95,thefollowingfactorsshallbeusedfor the different types of rice in bulk referred to in Article 3:
(a) the cif price at Rotterdam;
(b) the representative price on the Thai market;
(c) the representative price on the United States market;
(d) the representative price on other markets;
(e) theaveragecostofseafreightbetweentheportoforiginandoneof
the ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Gent.
Theimportpriceshallnormallybethepriceindicatedunder(a),but,in
the absence of such a price, shall be determined on the basis of thefactors listed under (b), (c) and (e); the prices referred to in (d) shallonlybeusedintheabsenceofthepricesreferredtounder(a),(b)and(c).
In the absence of quotations for the cost of sea transport of rice, those
for cereals shall be used.
(1) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
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2. The factors used for the calculation shall be established andchecked each week on the basis of the sources and the referencequalities listed in Annex I to this Regulation. The cost of sea freightshall be established on the basis of information publicly available.
If the price established is expressed as C& F, it shall be increased by
0,75%.
Article 6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationinthe
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 September 1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
all Member States.
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ANNEX I
Indicarice Japonicarice
Husked Milled Husked Milled
CNcode 10062017
1006209810063027100630481006306710063098100620other
than
1006201710062098100630other
than
10063027100630481006306710063098
Referencequality USlonggrain
2/4/73
USlonggrain
parboiled1/4/88Thai100%B USGulfmediumgrain(2)
Origin USA Thailand USA USA
Stage(1) cifloose
ARAGciflooseARAG ciflooseARAG ciflooseARAG
(1) Cif ARAG: quotation for North Sea ports (Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Gent).
(2) In the absence of this quality, other qualities of rice of the japonica type may be used.
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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III
Competent bodies for the issue of the certificate of authenticity referred to
in Article 4a
INDIA: —Export Inspection Council (Ministry of Commerce, Government of
India)
—Directorate of marketing and Inspection (Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development)
PAKISTAN: —Rice Export Corporation of Pakistan Ltd, Karachi.