30.1.97 fEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL27/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No163/97
of29January1997
amendingtheimportdutiesinthericesector
averageimportdutycalculateddiffersbyECU10per
tonnefromthedutyfixed,acorrespondingadjustmentis
tobemade;whereassuchadifferencehasarisen;whereas
itisthereforenecessarytoadjusttheimportdutiesfixed
inRegulation(EC)No106/97,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EC)No3072/95of
22December1995onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),
HavingregardtoCommission Regulation (EC)No
1503/96of29July1996layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95as
regardsimportdutiesinthericesector(2),asamendedby
Regulation(EC)No2131/96(3),andinparticularArticle4
(1)thereof,
Whereasimportdutiesinthericesectorhavebeenfixed
byCommissionRegulation (EC)No106/97(4);
WhereasArticle4(1)ofRegulation (EC)No1503/96
providesthatifduringtheperiodofapplication ,theHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
AnnexesIandIItoRegulation(EC)No106/97are
herebyreplacedbyAnnexesIandIItothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30January
1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29January1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
(2)OJNoL189,30.7.1996,p.71.
(s)OJNoL285,7.11.1996,p.6.
(«)OJNoL20,23.1.1997,p.6.

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ANNEXI
totheCommissionRegulationof29January1997alteringtheimportdutiesonriceandbroken
rice
(ECU/tonne)
Duties(5)
CNcodeThirdcountries ACP Basmati
(exceptACPand Bangladesh India
\Bangladesh)(■')Ç)oono andPakistan(')
10061021 0 140,81
10061023 0 140,81
10061025 0 140,81
10061027 0 140,81
10061092 0 140,81
10061094 0 140,81
10061096 0 140,81
10061098 0 140,81
10062011 344,33 167,83
10062013 344,33 167,83
10062015 344,33 167,83
10062017 278,95 135,14 28,95
10062092 344,33 167,83
10062094 344,33 167,83
10062096 344,33 167,83
10062098 278,95 135,14 28,95
10063021 0 271,09
10063023 0 271,09
10063025 0 271,09
10063027 0 271,09
10063042 O 271,09
10063044 0 271,09
10063046 0 271,09
10063048 0 271,09
10063061 0 271,09
10063063 0 271,09
10063065 0 271,09
10063067 C) 271,09
10063092 0 271,09
10063094 C) 271,09
10063096 0 271,09
10063098 0 271,09
10064000 0 84,38
(')SubjecttotheapplicationoftheprovisionsofArticles12and13ofamendedCouncilRegulation (EEC)No715/90(OJ
NoL84,30.3.1990,p.85).
(2)InaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No715/90,thedutiesarenotappliedtoproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,
CaribbeanandPacificStatesandimporteddirectlyintotheoverseasdepartmentofReunion.
(■')TheimportlevyonriceenteringtheoverseasdepartmentofReunionisspecifiedinArticle11(3)ofRegulation (EC)No
3072/95.
(4)Thedutyonimportsofricenotincludingbrokenrice(CNcode10064000),originatinginBangladeshisapplicable
underthearrangements laiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3491/90(OJNoL337,4.12.1990,p.1)and
amendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No862/91(OJNoL88,9.4.1991,p.7).
(■')NoimportdutyappliestoproductsoriginatingintheOCTpursuanttoArticle101(1)ofamendedCouncilDecision
91/482/EEC(OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1).
(*)ForhuskedriceoftheBasmativarietyoriginatinginIndiaandPakistan,areductionofECU250pertonneapplies
(Article4bofamendedRegulation(EC)No1503/96).
(7)DutiesfixedintheCommonCustomsTariff.

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ANNEXII
Calculationofimportdutiesforrice
PaddyIndicarice Japónicarice
Brokenrice
Husked Milled Husked Milled
1.Importduty(ECU/tonne) C)278,95 572,00 344,33 572,00 C)
2.Elementsofcalculation :
(a)Aragcifprice($/tonne)— 416,19 408,04 380,00 430,00—
(b)fobprice($/tonne)— — — 350,00 400,00—
(c)Seafreight($/tonne)— — — 30,00 30,00—
(d)Source— USDΛ USDA Operators Operators—
(')DutiesfixedintheCommonCustomsTariff.