CELEX: 31983R2455
Language: en
Date: 1983-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2455/83 of 31 August 1983 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 243/ 8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 9 . 83
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2455 /83
                                                    of 31 August 1983
                  fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  relating thereto (6), as last amended by Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                    (EEC) No 21 17/80 Q ; whereas the cif forward delivery
                                                                price is also determined in accordance with Article 16
                                                                of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 but on the basis of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be
Economic Community,                                             the cif price for shipment during the month in which
                                                                the import licence is issued in the case of imports to
                                                                be effected during that month ; whereas in the case of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    imports to be effected during the month following the
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              month in which the import licence is issued, this price
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation         must be the cif price for shipment during the month
(EEC) No 1 566/83 (2), and in particular Article 1 3 (6)         in which importation is expected to take place ;
thereof,
                                                                whereas in the case of imports to be effected during
                                                                 the remaining months for which the import licence is
                                                                 valid, this price must be the cif price for shipment
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee ,
                                                                 during the month preceding the month in which
                                                                 importation is expected to take place ; whereas, if no
                                                                 offer for forward delivery is made for shipment during
Whereas the premiums to be added to the import                   a given month, this price should be the price ruling
levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must            for shipment during the last month in which an offer
include a premium for the current month and a                    for forward delivery was made ;
premium for each of the following months until the
expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;         Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif
whereas this period of validity was laid down in Article         forward delivery price is equal to the cif price or lower
8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 of 25                by an amount not exceeding 0,30 ECU per tonne ;
July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application
of the system of import and export licences for cereals
 and rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No            Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
 1816/83 (4) ;                                                   (EEC) No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be
                                                                 fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances
                                                                 and within certain specified limits ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428 /76 of 21
June 1 9761s) lays down rules for the advance fixing of
levies on rice and broken rice ;                                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1428 /76, where the cif price for husked rice, for milled            relation to each other at any given moment within
 rice or for broken rice determined on the day on                     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif                   their central rate,
 forward delivery price for the same product, the
 premium should as a general rule be equal to the                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 price is that determined in accordance with Article 16               these currencies recorded for a given period in
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 on the day on which                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
 the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for              in the previous indent ;
 determining cif prices were laid down in Commission
 Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July 1971 laying               Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
 down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and levies on          that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex
 rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts
                                                                  hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should
                                                                  be altered only if application of the abovementioned
 (') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 .                           provisions entails a change of more than 0,30 ECU,
 (2) OJ No L 163 , 22. 6 . 1983 , p. 5 .
 (3) OJ No L 213, 11 . 8 . 1975, p. 5.
 (<) OJ No L 178, 2. 7. 1983, p. 13.                              (6) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
 0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30.                               0 OJ No L 206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p . 15.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                     Article 2
                      Article 1
The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed
in advance in respect of rice and broken rice shall be      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
as set out in the Annex hereto .                            1983 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 31 August 1983 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Poul DALSAGER
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1983 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                     import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                             (ECU / tonne)
                CCT                                             Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period
               heading                   Description
                 No                                               9         10         11         12
           ex 10.06      Rice :
                         B. Other
                               I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                  a) Paddy rice :
                                      1 . Round grain             0          0          0         —
                                      2. Long grain               0          0          0         —
                                  b) Husked rice :              II\
                                      1 . Round grain              0         0          0         —
                                      2. Long grain               0          0          0         —
                              II. Semi-milled        or  wholly         \I
                                  milled rice :
                                  a) Semi-milled rice :         Il
                                      1 . Round grain              0         0          0         —
                                      2. Long grain                0         0          0         —
                                   b) Wholly milled rice :      Il
           l                          1 . Round grain              0         0          0         —
                                      2. Long grain                0         0          0         —
                             III. Broken rice                      0         0          0          0