Commission Regulation (EC) No 1482/98 of 10 July 1998 temporarily adapting the special arrangements for imports of rice laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 laying down detailed rules applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 to imports of rice originating in Bangladesh, for the purpose of implementing the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
Date: 1998-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bangladesh, customs duties, import licence, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1482/98

of 10 July 1998

temporarily adapting the special arrangements for imports of rice laid down in
Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 laying down detailed rules applying Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3491/90 to imports of rice originating in Bangladesh, for the
purpose of implementing the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the
Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of
22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional
arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to
implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay
last
Round of multilateral
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1340/98 (2), and in
particular Article 3(1) thereof,

trade negotiations (1),

as

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 of 26
November 1990 on imports of rice originating in Bangla-
desh (3) provides for the reduction of the levy applicable
to imports into the Community of rice from that country
up to certain maximum quantities provided that
the
country concerned levies an export charge;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1407/95 (5),
lays
down detailed rules for the application of the said special
arrangements;

Whereas pursuant
to the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations, the Community is to replace variable
levies by fixed customs duties from 1 July 1995; whereas
this could prevent application of
the special arrange-
ments; whereas it is therefore necessary to make trans-
itional adjustments to the abovementioned Commission
Regulation while maintaining the essential parts of the
arrangements concerned;

Whereas levies are now replaced by customs duties and
the reduction granted to Bangladesh must be applied to
the customs duties applicable; whereas, in order not to
prejudice the interests of that country, it is also necessary
to replace the reduction of the component designed to
protect the Community industry by a fixed reduction of
the import duty;

Whereas the rates of duty set out in the common customs
tariff for imports of husked rice falling within CN code
1006 20 and milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30
are those applicable on the date referred to in Article 67
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October
1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (7);

Whereas, to ensure the correct application of the arrange-
ments involving the collecting of an export charge, the
import duty must be fixed in advance; whereas, therefore,
the possibility of fixing the applicable duty on the date of
submission of the import licence application should be
maintained;

in Article 10 of
Whereas the security provided for
last
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 (8), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/98 (9), should be
increased to cover
imports carried out with advance
fixing;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1407/97 lays down tem-
porary measures until 30 June 1998 to facilitate the
transition from the abovementioned special
import
arrangements;

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/98 (10) extends
the period for transitional measures until 30 June 1999;
whereas the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1407/97 should be extended until 30 June 1999;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 is hereby amended as
follows:

(1) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(2) OJ L 184, 27. 6. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 88, 9. 4. 1991, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 13.

(6) OJ L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 17, 21. 1. 1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(9) OJ L 56, 26. 2. 1998, p. 12.
(10) OJ L 184, 27. 6. 1998, p. 1.

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1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

2. Article 4(2) is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The customs duties referred to in Article 1(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3491/90 shall be calculated each week
by the Commission as follows:

(cid:190) the duty applicable to imports of paddy rice falling
within CN code 1006 10, with the exception of
that falling within CN code 1006 10 10, shall be
equal to the customs duties set out in the Common
Customs Tariff less 50 %, less ECU 4,34,

(cid:190) the duty applicable to imports of husked rice
falling within CN code 1006 20 shall be equal to
the duty fixed pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3072/95 less 50 %, less ECU 4,34,

(cid:190) the duty applicable to imports of milled rice falling
within CN code 1006 30 shall be equal to the duty
fixed pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 3072/95 less ECU 16,78, less 50 %, less ECU
6,52.';

The import licence,

‘2.
issued for a quantity not
exceeding that entered on the certificate of origin
referred to in Article 2, shall carry an obligation to
import from Bangladesh. The import duty shall be that
applicable on the date of submission of the licence
application.';

3. in Article 4(1), (3) and (4), ‘levy' is replaced by ‘customs

duties'.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1162/
95, the security for licences issued pursuant to Regulation
(EEC) No 862/91 shall be ECU 28 per tonne.

Article 3

into force on the day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission