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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2956/95
of20December1995
fixingtheimportdutiesinthericesector
Whereastheimportdutiesareapplicableuntilnewduties
arefixedandenterintoforce;whereastheyalsoremain
inforceincaseswherenoquotationisavailableforthe
referencereferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No
1573/95duringthetwoweeksprecedingthenext
periodicalfixing;
Whereas,inordertoallowtheimportdutysystemto
functionnormally,themarketratesrecordedduringa
referenceperiodshouldbeusedforcalculatingthe
duties;
WhereasapplicationofRegulation(EC)No1573/95
resultsinimportdutiesbeingfixedassetoutinthe
AnnexestothisRegulation,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
1530/950,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1573/95of30June1995layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
asregardsimportdutiesinthericesector(3),asamended
byRegulation(EC)No18l8/95(4),andinparticular
Article4(1)thereof,
WhereasArticle12ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthattheratesofdutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariffaretobechargedonimportoftheproducts
referredtoinArticle1ofthatRegulation;whereas,
however,inthecaseoftheproductsreferredtoinpara­
graph2ofthatArticle,theimportdutyistobeequalto
theinterventionbuyingpricevalidforsuchproductson
importationandincreasedbyacertainpercentage
accordingtowhetheritisIndicaorJaponicariceandalso
huskedormilledrice,minusthecifimportpriceappli­
cabletotheconsignmentinquestionprovidedthatduty
doesnotexceedtherateoftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12(4)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1418/76,thecifimportpricesarecalculatedonthe
basisofthepricesfortheproductinquestiononthe
worldmarket;
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1573/95laysdowndetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
asregardsimportdutiesinthericesector;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportdutiesinthericesectorreferredtoinArticle
12(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76shallbe
thosefixedinAnnexItothisRegulationonthebasisof
theinformationgiveninAnnexII.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21December
1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(•)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.h)OJNoL148,30.6.1995,p.5.
(3)OJNoL150,1.7.1995,p.53.
(<)OJNoL175,27.7.1995,p.25.

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ANNEXI
totheCommissionRegulationof20December1995fixingtheimportdutiesonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne)
Duties0
CNcode Thirdcountries
(exceptACPand
Bangladesh)(3)C)ACP
Bangladesh
C)0(3)(4)Basmaei
Indiaf)
Article4,
Regulation(EC)
No1573/95Basmati
Pakistan(*)
Article4,
Regulation(EC)
No1573/95Arrangementin
Regulation(EEC)
No3877/860
10061021 0 150,76 I
10061023 0 150,76 \
10061025 0 150,76 \
10061027 0 150,76 —
10061092 0 150,76 \
10061094 0 150,76I \
10061096 0 150,76I \
10061098 0 150,76 —
10062011 242,93 117,12 \ \
10062013 242,93 117,12 \
10062015 242,93 117,12 I
10062017 352,57 171,94 102,57 302,57 —
10062092 242^3 117,12 \
10062094 242,93 117,12
10062096 242^3 117,12
10062098 352,57 171,94 102,57 302,57 —
10063021 517,93 244,05
10063023 517,93 244,05
10063025 517,93 244,05
10063027 611,00 290,59 l—
10063042 517,93 244,05
10063044 517,93 244,05I \
10063046 517,93 244,05
10063048 611,00 290,59 _
10063061 517,93 244,05
10063063 517,93 244,05
10063065 517,93 244,05
10063067 611,00 290,59I—
10063092 517,93 244,05
10063094 517,93 244,05 \
10063096 517,93 244,05
10063098 611,00 290,59—
10064000 0 90,38| I I
(')SubjecttotheapplicationoftheprovisionsofArticles12and13ofamendedCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85).
(J)InaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No715/90,thedutiesarenotappliedtoproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesand
importeddirectlyintotheoverseasdepartmentofReunion.
(3)TheimportlevyonriceenteringtheoverseasdepartmentofReunionisspecifiedinArticle12(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76.
(4)Thedutyonimportsofricenotincludingbrokenrice(CNcode10064000),originatinginBangladeshisapplicableunderthearrangementslaiddownin
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No3491/90(OJNoL337,4.12.1990,p.1)andCommissionRegulation(EEC)No862/91(OJNoL88,9.4.1991,p.7).

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(*)Onlyforimportsofriceofthelong-grainaromaticBasmativarietyunderthearrangementslaiddowninamendedCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/86
(OJNoL361,20.12.1986,p.1).
0NoimportdutyappliestoproductsoriginatingintheOCTpursuanttoArticle101(1)ofamendedCouncilDecision91/482/EEC(OJNoL263199
1991,p.1).
0ForhuskedriceoftheBasmativarietyoriginatinginIndiaandnotimportedunderthearrangmentsinRegulation(EEC)No3877/86,areductionofECU
250pertonneapplies(Article4,Regulation(EC)No1573/95).
(8)ForhuskedriceoftheBasmativarietyoriginatinginPakistanandnotimportedunderthearrangementsinRegulation(EEC)No3877/86,areductionof
ECU50pertonneapplies(Article4,Regulation(EC)No1573/95).
(')DutiesfixedintheCommonCustomsTariff.
ANNEXII
Calculationofimportdutiesforrice
PaddyIndicarice Japónicarice
Brokenrice
\Husked Milled Husked Milled
1.Importduty(ECU/tonne)(') (2)352,57 611,00 242,93 517,93 (2)
2.Elementsofcalculation :
(a)Aragcifprice($/tonne)— 366,48 396,95 509,99 497,96 —
(b)fobprice($/tonne)— — — 479,99 467,96 —
(c)Seafreight($/tonne)— — — 30 30 —
(d)Source— USDA USDAOperators Operators—
(')Wherericeisimportedduringthemonthfollowingfixing;theseimportdutiesmustbeadjustedinaccordancewiththefourthsubparagraphofArticle4
(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1573/95.
(2)DutiesfixedintheCommonCustomsTariff.