CELEX: 31985R0576
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 576/85 of 6 March 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

7. 3 . 85                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 67/5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 576/85
                                                     of 6 March 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          relating, for each type of rice, to the products specified
 Economic Community,                                            in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas,
                                                                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 1025/84 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2)          of rice processing Q, as last amended by Regulation
thereof,                                                        (EEC) No 1 548/84 (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 1984/ 85
marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 1549/84 (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 21 1 7/80 (s), 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 (6), 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 148 , 5. 6. 1984, p. 17.
0 OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
0 OJ No L 206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p. 15.                             Ç) OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p . 1 .
(«) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                             8 OJ No L 148 , 5 . 6. 1984, p. 16 .
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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 qf currencies which are maintained in
    relation to each other at any given moment within          This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 March
    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, 6 March 1985 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
O OJ No L 63, 2. 3. 1985, p. 10.                               (") OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p . 1 .
V) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                            0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .
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                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 67/7
                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 6 March 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and broken
                                                                rice
                                                                                                     (ECU / tonne)
               heading                                                                   Third        ACP or
                                                    Description
                 No                                                                   countries (3) OCT ooo
           ex 10.06           Rice :
                              B. Other :
                                   I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                       a) Paddy rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                              232,35         112,57
                                          2. Long grain                                 221,13         106,96
                                       b) Husked rice :                             l
                                          1 . Round grain                               290,44        141,62
                                          2. Long grain                                 276,41         134,60
                                  II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                       a) Semi-milled rice :
                                          1 . Round grain                               301,57        138,86
                                          2. Long grain                                 501,03        238,63
                                       b) Wholly milled rice :
                                          1 . Round grain                              321,17         148,23
                                          2. Long grain                                537,1 1        256,20
                                 III . Broken rice                                       45,73          19,86
          (') 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
              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 11a of
              Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 .