EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 4. 98 L 128/46
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 917/98
of 29 April 1998
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organization of themarket in rice (
1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
192/98 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/
96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for theapplication of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 asregards import duties in the rice sector (
3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1403/97 (4), and in particular
Article 4 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
provides that the rates of duty in the Common CustomsTariff are to be charged on import of the productsreferred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,however, in the case of the products referred to in para-graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal tothe intervention price valid for such products onimportation and increased by a certain percentageaccording to whether it is husked or milled rice, minusthe cif import price provided that duty does not exceedthe rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EC) No
3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basisof the representative prices for the product in question onthe world market or on the Community import marketfor the product;Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed
rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95as regards import duties in the rice sector;
Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain inforce in cases where no quotation is available from thesource referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next period-ical fixing;
Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
function normally, the market rates recorded during areference period should be used for calculating the duties;
Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96
results in import duties being fixed as set out in theAnnexes to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article
11 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall bethose fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis ofthe information given in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 29 April 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 71.
(4) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 2.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 4. 98 L 128/47
ANNEX I
to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1998 fixing the import duties on rice and broken rice
(ECU/tonne)
Duties (5)
CN code Third countries
(except ACP and
Bangladesh) (3)(7)ACP
Bangladesh
(1)(2)(3)(4)Basmati
India
and Pakistan (6)Egypt (8)
1006 10 21 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 10 23 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 10 25 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 10 27 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 10 92 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 10 94 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 10 96 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 10 98 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 20 11 (7) 164,91 253,88
1006 20 13 (7) 164,91 253,88
1006 20 15 (7) 164,91 253,88
1006 20 17 262,11 126,72 12,11 196,58
1006 20 92 (7) 164,91 253,88
1006 20 94 (7) 164,91 253,88
1006 20 96 (7) 164,91 253,88
1006 20 98 262,11 126,72 12,11 196,58
1006 30 21 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 23 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 25 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 27 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 42 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 44 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 46 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 48 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 61 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 63 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 65 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 67 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 92 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 94 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 96 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 30 98 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 40 00 (7) 78,38 123,00
(1) Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85).
(2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, the duties are not applied to products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and im ported
directly into the overseas department of Runion.
(3) The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Runion is specified in Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(4) The duty on imports of rice not including broken rice (CN code 1006 40 00), originating in Bangladesh is applicable under the arrangements laid down in
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 (OJ L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1) and amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 (OJ L 88, 9. 4. 1991, p. 7).
(5) No import duty applies to products originating in the OCT pursuant to Article 101 (1) of amended Council Decision 91/482/EEC (OJ L 263, 19. 9. 1991, p.
1).
(6) For husked rice of the Basmati variety originating in India and Pakistan, a reduction of ECU 250 per tonne applies (Article 4a of amended Regulation (E C)
No 1503/96).
(7) Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.
(8) The duty on imports of rice originating in and coming from Egypt is applicable under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96
(OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 (OJ L 31, 1. 2. 1997, p. 53).
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ANNEX II
Calculation of import duties for rice
Indica rice Japonica rice
Paddy
Husked Milled Husked MilledBroken rice
1. Import duty (ECU/tonne) (1) 262,11 533,00 338,50 533,00 (1)
2. Elements of calculation:
(a) Arag cif price (ECU/tonne) ¾ 341,70 331,48 285,90 331,28 ¾
(b) fob price (ECU/tonne) ¾ ¾ ¾ 258,67 304,05 ¾
(c) Sea freight (ECU/tonne) ¾ ¾ ¾ 27,23 27,23 ¾
(d) Source ¾ USDA Operators Operators Operators ¾
(1) Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.