CELEX: 31996R0682
Language: en
Date: 1996-04-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 682/96 of 16 April 1996 fixing the amount by which the import duties on rice from the Arab Republic of Egypt must be reduced

No L 96/2           ( ENl                Official Journal of the European Communities                                17 . 4. 96
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 682/96
                                                        of 16 April 1996
                  fixing the amount by which the import duties on rice from the Arab Republic of
                                                    Egypt must be reduced
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        reference period is to be the quarter preceding the month
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              in which the amount is fixed;
Community,                                                         Whereas the import duties to be taken into consideration
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               are therefore those applicable during January, February
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  and March 1996,
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
3072/95 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1250/77
of 17 May 1977 on imports of rice from the Arab Repub­
                                                                                            Article 1
lic of Egypt (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1250/77 provides that the              The amount referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
import duties calculated in accordance with Article 12 of           No 1250/77 by which the import duties on rice origin­
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 is to be reduced by an                 ating in and coming from the Arab Republic of Egypt is
amount to be fixed by the Commission each quarter;                 to be reduced shall be as set out in the Annex.
whereas this amount must be equal to 25 % of the
average of the import duties applied during a reference                                     Article 2
period;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                wing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
2942/73 of 30 October 1973 laying down detailed rules              pean Communities.
for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2412/73 (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2123/95 Q, the                   It shall apply from 1 May 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 16 April 1996.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 I1) OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18,
 (3) OJ No L 146, 14. 6. 1977, p. 9.
 (4) OJ No L 302, 31 . 10 . 1973, p. 1 .
  s) OJ No L 212, 7. 9. 1995, p. 8 .
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                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 16 April 1996 fixing the amount by which the levy on
                   imports of rice from the Arab Republic of Egypt must be reduced
                                                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                            CN code                              Amounts to be deducted
                          1006 10 21                                      77,55
                          1006 10 23                                      77,55
                          1006 10 25                                      77,55
                          1006 10 27                                      77,55
                          1006 10 92                                      77,55
                          1006 10 94                                      77,55
                          1006 10 96                                      77,55
                          1006 10 98                                      77,55
                          1006 20 11                                      64,77
                          1006 20 13                                      64,77
                          1006 20 15                                      64,77
                          1006 20 17                                      89,77
                          1006 20 92                                      64,77
                          1006 20 94                                      64,77
                          1006 20 96                                      64,77
                          1006 20 98                                      89,77
                          1006 30 21                                     128,53
                          1006 30 23                                    128,53
                          1006 30 25                                    128,53
                          1006 30 27                                     152,58
                          1006 30 42                                    128,53
                          1006 30 44                                     128,53
                          1 006 30 46                                   128,53
                          1006 30 48                                    152,58
                          1006 30 61                                     128,53
                          1006 30 63                                     128,53
                          1006 30 65                                     128,53
                          1006 30 67                                     152,58
                          1006 30 92                                     128,53
                          1006 30 94                                     128,53
                          1006 30 96                                     128,53
                          1006 30 98                                     152,58
                          1006 40 00                                      47,00