CELEX: 31985R2456
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2456/85 of 30 August 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

31 . 8 . 85                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 234/5
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2456/85
                                                   of 30 August 1985
                                 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 wholly milled rice, the cif price is calculated on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   basis of quotations or prices on the world market
                                                               relating, for each type of rice, to the products specified
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas,
Economic Community,
                                                               for this calculation, the conversion rates resulting from
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Commission Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              1967 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation       and the value of the by-products for the various stages
(EEC) No 1 025/84 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2)        of rice processing Q, as last amended by Regulation
thereof,                                                       (EEC) No 2249/85 (8), should be used where appro­
                                                               priate ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                               Whereas, when these conversions are being effected,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76              the Commission must take account of the fact that
provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,            certain offers are for rice containing a higher percent­
husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and          age of broken rice than that allowed for in the stan­
broken rice ; whereas in the case of husked rice,              dard quality fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76
wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to       and, in that case, must adjust the offers so as to
the difference between the threshold price and the cif         conform with the value of one kilogram of broken rice
price ; whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi­           fixed by Regulation No 467/67/EEC ; whereas no
milled rice, the levy should be derived from the levies        adjustment is made, however, if the prices for husked
applicable to the corresponding husked rice and                rice and semi-milled or wholly milled rice taken into
wholly milled rice ;                                           consideration are lower than those provided for in the
                                                               last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation No
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly           467/67/EEC ;
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1985/86
marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2250/85 (3) ;
                                                               Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the        Commission to take account of the fact that certain
Commission must take account of the factors indi­              offers are for delivery cost and freight Or relate to a
cated in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76             product put up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust
and in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of               such offers by applying the rates or amounts fixed by
26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif         the abovementioned Regulation to make the offers
prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the              comparable to offers for delivery cif or relating to a
corrective amounts relating thereto (4), as last amended       product presented in bulk ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 2117/80 (*), and in particular
the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the            Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
world market which are sufficiently representative of          the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made
the real trend of the market, account being taken in           for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of
particular of the need to prevent sudden variations            the corrections necessitated by the difference in trans­
likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Commu­            port charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
nity market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered
must also be taken into account, whether this quality
                                                               Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3)
as fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (*), or
                                                               of Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price
whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
corrective amounts provided for in Regulation (EEC)            may be calculated on the basis of offers for delivery
No 1613/71 ;                                                   during the following month or may be retained un­
                                                               altered for a limited period ;
Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round grain and
long grain husked rice and round grain and long grain          Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
                                                               interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                           and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
(2) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13 .                          relating to them must, pursuant to Regulation (EEC)
(3) OJ No L 210, 7. 8 . 1985, p. 14.
0 OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
0 OJ No L 206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p. 15.                            0 OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 .
i6) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20 .                          (8) OJ No L 210, 7. 8 . 1985, p. 13.
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No 486/85 ('), be reduced by a fixed amount and by an              their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy relating to               provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
third countries ; whereas the levy must be further                 No 974/71 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
reduced in the case of semi-milled and wholly milled               No 855/84 0,
rice ; whereas the charging of this levy is subject to        — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
conditions, some of which are set out in Articles 10               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
and 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and in Regula­               these currencies recorded for a given period in
tion (EEC) No 551 /85 (2) ;                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (3)                    in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
determined the standard qualities for rice and broken              cient ;
rice ;
                                                              Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­        tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as set
tion (EEC) No 1418/76, the nomenclature provided for          out in the Annex hereto,
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Customs Tariff ;
Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in the intervening period to take account of variations
in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine
cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly                                Article 1
milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only
if variations in the factors used to calculate the levy       The import levies to be charged on the products listed
entail an increase or a reduction of at least 1,21 ECU         in Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
per tonne in the amount of the levy in force ;                 1418/76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                    Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on             1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 30 August 1985.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-Presiden ';
(') OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 63, 2. 3. 1985, p. 10.                             (4) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                           0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                           broken rice
                                                                                                       (ECU / tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                           Third        ACP or
                 heading                             Description                        countries (3) OCT (1)(2)(3)
                   No
            ex 10.06           Rice :                                                 I
                               B. Other :
                                     I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                         a) Paddy rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                               261,30         127,05
            \                               2. Long grain                                 248,50         120,65
                                         b) Husked rice :                             l
                                            1 . Round grain                               326,63         159,71
                                            2. Long grain                                 310,62         151,71
                                    II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :           l
                                         a) Semi-milled rice :                        \
                                            1 . Round grain                               358,05         167,10
                                            2. Long grain                                 531,30         253,76
                                         b) Wholly milled rice :                      I
                                            1 . Round grain                               381,33         178,31
                                            2. Long grain                                 569,56         272,43
            \                      III . Broken rice                                       95,38          44,69
            (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85
                and of Regulation No 551 /85.
            (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, the levies are not applied to imports into the
                overseas department of Reunion of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                States or in the 'overseas countries and territories'.
            (3) The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 1 1 a of
                Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.