CELEX: 31982R2371
Language: en
Date: 1982-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2371/82 of 31 August 1982 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

1 . 9 . 82                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 255/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2371 /82
                                                        of 31 August 1982
                                    fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      wholly milled nee, 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 the Act of            and the value of the by-products for the various stages
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (2)          of rice processing Q, as last amended by Regulation
thereof,                                                            (EEC) No 1871 /82 (8), should be used where appro­
                                                                    priate ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                          Whereas, when these conversions are being effected,
                                                                    the Commission must take account of the fact that
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76
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 o; 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, as amended by
milled rice, the levy should be derived from the levies             Regulation (EEC) No 1808/74 ; whereas no adjustment
applicable to the corresponding husked rice and                     is made, however, if the prices for husked rice and
wholly milled rice ;                                                semi-milled or wholly milled rice taken into consider­
                                                                    ation are lower than those provided for in the last
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation No 467/
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1982/83              67/EEC ;
marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 1872/82 (3) ;
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the             Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires 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
and in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of                    product put up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust
26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif              such offers by applying the rates or amounts fixed by
prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the                   the abovementioned Regulation to make the offers
corrective amounts relating thereto (4), as last amended            comparable to offers for delivery cif or relating to a
                                                                    product presented in bulk ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 21 17/80 (*), and in particular
the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the
world market which are sufficiently representative of               Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
                                                                    the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made
the real trend of the market, account being taken in
particular of the need to prevent sudden variations                 for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of
 likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Commu­                the corrections necessitated by the difference in trans­
nity market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered              port charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
must also be taken into account, whether this quality
as fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1 423/76 (6), or                    Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3)
whether adjustments need to be made by applying the                 of Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price
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 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.                          relating to them must, pursuant to Regulation (EEC)
(3)  OJ   No L 206,  14. 7 . 1982, p . 16 .
(4)  OJ   No L 168,  27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
0    OJ   No L 206,  8 . 8 . 1980, p. 15.                           O OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p . 1 .
(«)  OJ   No L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                            (8) OJ No L 206, 14. 7. 1982, p . 15.
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No 706/76 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
No 279/80 (2), be reduced by a fixed amount and by an               their central rate,
amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy relating to            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
third countries ; whereas the levy must be further                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
reduced in the case of semi-milled and wholly milled                these currencies recorded for a given period in
rice ; whereas the charging of this levy is subject to              relation to the Community currencies referred to
conditions, some of which are set out in Article 9 of               in the previous indent ;
Regulation (EEC) No 706/76 ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (3)                 Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­
determined the standard qualities for rice and broken           tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as set
rice ;                                                          out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1418/76, the nomenclature provided for
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Customs Tariff ;                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered
in the intervening period to take account of variations                                  Article 1
in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine
cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly
milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only        The import levies to be charged on the products listed
if variations in the factors used to calculate the levy         in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 1418 /76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
entail an increase or a reduction of at least 1*21 ECU
per tonne in the amount of the levy in force ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                      Article 2
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
     relation to each other at any given moment within           1982 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 August 1982.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 85, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 2.
 (2) OJ No L 31 , 8 . 2. 1980, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20 .
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1982 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                          broken rice
                                                                                                     (ECU / tonne)
                 CCT
                                                                                        Third         ACP or
                heading                             Description
                  No
                                                                                     countries (3)  OCT o on
            ex 10.06          Rice :
                              B. Other :
                                    I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                        a) Paddy rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             130-61           61-70
                                           2. Long grain                               144-28           68-54
                                        b) Husked rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             163-26           78-03
                                           2. Long grain                               180-35           86-57
                                   II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                        a) Semi-milled rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             258-56         117-35
                                           2. Long grain                               373-09         174-66
                                        b) Wholly milled rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             275-37         125-33
                                           2. Long grain                               399-96         187-63
                                  III . Broken rice                                     39-76           16-88
           (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 435/80.
           (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, the levies are not applied to imports into the
               French overseas departments 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 la of
               Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.