CELEX: 31986R0564
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 564/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 564/86
                                                     of 28 February 1 986
                                    fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round grain and long
                                                                  grain husked rice and round grain and long grain wholly
                                                                  milled rice, the cif price is calculated on the basis of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             quotations or prices on the world market relating, for
Economic Community,                                               each type of rice, to the products specified in Article 4 of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas, for this calcula­
                                                                  tion, the conversion rates resulting from Commission
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
                                                                  Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 fixing the
                                                                  conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           by-products for the various stages of rice processing Q, as
No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (2) thereof,
                                                                  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2249/85 (8), should
                                                                  be used where appropriate ;
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 certain
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 offers are for rice containing a higher percentage of
provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,               broken rice than that allowed for in the standard quality
husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and             fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 and, in that case,
broken rice ; whereas in the case of husked rice, wholly          must adjust the offers so as to conform with the value of
milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to the diffe­      one kilogram of broken rice fixed by Regulation No 467/
rence between the threshold price and the cif price ;             67/EEC ; whereas no adjustment is made, however, if the
whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi-milled rice,          prices for husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled
the levy should be derived from the levies applicable to          rice  taken   into   consideration   are  lower  than    those
the corresponding husked rice and wholly milled rice ;            provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regu­
                                                                  lation No 467/67/EEC ;
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly
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
                                                                  Commission to take account of the fact that certain offers
                                                                  are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a product put
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the           up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust such offers by
Commission must take account of the factors indicated in          applying the rates or amounts fixed by the abovemen­
Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and in                  tioned Regulation to make the offers comparable to offers
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July                 for delivery cif or relating to a product presented in bulk ;
1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and
levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts
relating thereto (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2117/80         and in particular the most favourable
purchasing opportunities on the world market which are            Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                  basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made for other
sufficiently representative of the real trend of the market,
account being taken in particular of -the need to prevent         ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances           tions necessitated by the difference in transport charges in
                                                                  relation to Rotterdam ;
on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the
goods offered must also be taken into account, whether
this quality as fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (*),
or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
corrective amounts provided for in Regulation (EEC) No            Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3) of
 1613/71 :                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price may be
                                                                  calculated on the basis of offers for delivery during the
(>) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              following month or may be retained unaltered for a
(2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8.                             limited period ;
(3) OJ No L 210, 7. 8 . 1985, p. 14.
(4) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
Is) OJ No L 206, 8. 8. 1980, p. 15.                               0 OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                              (8) OJ No L 210, 7. 8 . 1985, p. 13.
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 whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,       tions in the factors used to calculate the levy entail an
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                 increase or a reduction of at least 1,21 ECU per tonne in
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of          the amount of the levy in force ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 which are imported from
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under         should be calculated on the following basis :
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and                   of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their . central
Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in              rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied                  the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (3),
should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
down in Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 and taking into                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
account the situation with regard to market prices in                 these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain             tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31
December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;                 Whereas it follows from applying all the abovementioned
                                                                 provisions that the levies should be fixed as set out in the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (2) deter­           Annex hereto,
mined the standard qualities for rice and broken rice ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1418/76, the nomenclature provided for in this                                     Article 1
Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
Tariff ;                                                         The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
                                                                 Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
the intervening period to take account of variations in
threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif                                    Article 2
prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled
rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if varia­      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                              (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1986 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                         broken rice
                                                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
                 CCT
                                                                                                       Third
                heading                            Description                        Portugal      countries (')
                  No
           ex 10.06          Rice :
                             B. Other :                                           \
                                   I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                       a) Paddy rice :                            \
                                          1 . Round grain                                —
                                                                                                      312,18
                                          2. Long grain                                  —
                                                                                                      315,11
                                       b) Husked rice :                           I
                                          1 . Round grain                                —
                                                                                                      390,22
                                          2. Long grain                                  —
                                                                                                      393,89
                                  II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                       a) Semi-milled rice :                      ll
                                          1 . Round grain                               13,05         481,92
                                          2. Long grain                                 12,97         611,78
                                       b) Wholly milled rice :                    Il
                                          1 . Round grain                               13,90         513,25
                                          2. Long grain                                 13,90         655,83
                                 III . Broken rice                                       —
                                                                                                      162,01
           (') The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 1 1 a of
               Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.