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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No28/98
of7January 1998
fixing theimport duties intherice sector
THE COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Community,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EC) No3072/95 of
22December 1995 onthecommon organization ofthe
market inrice(1),
Having regard toCommission Regulation (EC) No
1503/96 of29July 1996 laying down detailed rules for
theapplication ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No3072/95 as
regards import duties inthericesector (2),aslastamended
byRegulation (EC) No 1403/97 (3),and inparticular
Article 4(1)thereof,
Whereas Article 11ofRegulation (EC) No 3072/95
provides that therates ofduty intheCommon Customs
Tariff are tobecharged onimport ofthe products
referred toinArticle 1ofthat Regulation; whereas,
however, inthecase oftheproducts referred toinpara-
graph 2ofthat Article, theimport duty istobeequal to
theintervention price valid forsuch products onimporta-
tion and increased byacertain percentage according to
whether itishusked ormilled rice, minus thecifimport
price provided that duty does notexceed therate ofthe
Common Customs Tariff duties;
Whereas, pursuant toArticle 12(3)ofRegulation (EC) No
3072/95, thecifimport prices arecalculated onthebasis
oftherepresentative prices fortheproduct inquestion on
theworld market orontheCommunity import market
fortheproduct;Whereas Regulation (EC) No1503/96 lays down detailed
rules fortheapplication ofRegulation (EC) No3072/95
asregards import duties intherice sector;
Whereas theimport duties areapplicable until new duties
arefixed andenter into force; whereas they also remain in
force incases where noquotation isavailable from the
source referred toinArticle 5ofRegulation (EC) No
1503/96 during thetwoweeks preceding thenext period-
ical fixing;
Whereas, inorder toallow theimport duty system to
function normally, the market rates recorded during a
reference period should beused forcalculating theduties;
Whereas application ofRegulation (EC) No 1503/96
results inimport duties being fixed assetout inthe
Annexes tothis Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import duties intherice sector referred toinArticle
11(1)and (2)ofRegulation (EC) No3072/95 shall be
those fixed inAnnex Itothis Regulation onthebasis of
theinformation given inAnnex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on8January 1998.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States.
Done atBrussels, 7January 1998.
FortheCommission
Franz FISCHLER
Member oftheCommission
(1)OJL329, 30.12.1995, p.18.
(2)OJL189, 30.7.1996, p.71.
(3)OJL194, 23.7.1997, p.2.
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ANNEX I
totheCommission Regulation of7January 1998 fixing theimport duties onriceandbroken rice
(ECU/tonne)
CN codeDuties (5)
Third countries
(except ACP and
Bangladesh) (3)(7)ACP
Bangladesh
(1)(2)(3)(4)Basmati
India
and Pakistan (6)Egypt (8)
1006 1021 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 1023 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 1025 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 1027 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 1092 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 1094 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 1096 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 1098 (7) 130,91 202,88
1006 2011 321,82 156,57 241,37
1006 2013 321,82 156,57 241,37
1006 2015 321,82 156,57 241,37
1006 2017 225,47 108,40 0,00 169,10
1006 2092 321,82 156,57 241,37
1006 2094 321,82 156,57 241,37
1006 2096 321,82 156,57 241,37
1006 2098 225,47 108,40 0,00 169,10
1006 3021 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3023 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3025 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3027 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3042 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3044 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3046 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3048 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3061 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3063 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3065 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3067 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3092 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3094 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3096 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 3098 (7) 251,59 399,75
1006 4000 (7) 78,38 123,00
(1)Subject totheapplication oftheprovisions ofArticles 12and13ofamended Council Regulation (EEC) No715/90 (OJL84,30.3.1990, p.85).
(2)Inaccordance with Regulation (EEC) No715/90, theduties arenotapplied toproducts originating intheAfrican, Caribbean and Pacific States and
imported directly into theoverseas department ofRéunion.
(3)The import levy onrice entering theoverseas department ofRéunion isspecified inArticle 11(3)ofRegulation (EC) No3072/95.
(4)The duty onimports ofricenotincluding broken rice(CN code 1006 4000),originating inBangladesh isapplicable under thearrangements laiddown in
Council Regulation (EEC) No3491/90 (OJL337, 4.12.1990, p.1)andamended Commission Regulation (EEC) No862/91 (OJL88,9.4.1991, p.7).
(5)Noimport duty applies toproducts originating intheOCT pursuant toArticle 101(1)ofamended Council Decision 91/482/EEC (OJL263, 19.9.1991,
p.1).
(6)Forhusked riceoftheBasmati variety originating inIndia andPakistan, areduction ofECU 250pertonne applies (Article 4aofamended Regulation (EC)
No1503/96).
(7)Duties fixed intheCommon Customs Tariff.
(8)The duty onimports ofrice originating inand coming from Egypt isapplicable under thearrangements laid down inCouncil Regulation (EC) No
2184/96 (OJ L292, 15.11.1996, p.1)and Commission Regulation (EC) No196/97 (OJ L31,1.2.1997, p.53).
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ANNEX II
Calculation ofimport duties forrice
PaddyIndica rice
Husked MilledJaponica rice
Husked MilledBroken rice
1.Import duty (ECU/tonne) (1) 225,47 533,00 321,82 533,00 (1)
2.Elements ofcalculation:
(a)Arag cifprice (ECU/tonne) — 374,74 309,68 305,07 351,29 —
(b)fobprice (ECU/tonne) — — — 277,34 323,56 —
(c)Seafreight (ECU/tonne) — — — 27,73 27,73 —
(d)Source — USDA USDA Operators Operators —
(1)Duties fixed intheCommon Customs Tariff.