CELEX: 31997R0002
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-03 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2/97 of 3 January 1997 fixing the import duties in the rice sector

4. 1 . 97          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 2/ 1
                                                                I
                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2/97
                                                       of 3 January 1997
                                        fixing the import duties in the rice sector
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the world market or on the Community import market
                                                                    for the product;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                        Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed
                                                                    rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of            as regards import duties in the rice sector;
 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
 market in rice ('),                                                are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
                                                                   force in cases where no quotation is available from the
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                    source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
  1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for            1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next period­
 the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as          ical fixing;
 regards import duties in the rice sector (2), as amended by
 Regulation (EC) No 2131 /96 (3), and in particular Article 4      Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
 ( 1 ) thereof,                                                    function normally, the market rates recorded during a
                                                                   reference period should be used for calculating the duties;
 Whereas Article 1 1 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95                 Whereas application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96
 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs             results in import duties being fixed as set out in the
 Tariff are to be charged on import of the products                Annexes to this Regulation,
 referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas,
 however, in the case of the products referred to in para­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
graph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to
 the intervention price valid for such products on importa­                                  Article 1
 tion and increased by a certain percentage according to
whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import          The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article
 price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the          11 ( 1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be
Common Customs Tariff duties;                                      those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of
                                                                   the information given in Annex II .
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EC) No                                    Article 2
3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis
of the representative prices for the product in question on        This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 3 January 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18 .
(2) OJ No L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 71 .
0 OJ No L 285, 7. 11 . 1996, p. 6.
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                                                                     ANNEX I
            to the Commission Regulation of 3 January 1997 fixing the import duties on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                             (ECU/tonne)
                                                                                        Duties (5)
                           CN code                      Third countries                   ACP                         Basmati
                                                       (except ACP and                Bangladesh                       India
                                                        Bangladesh) (3) Ç)             ooon                        and Pakistan (6)
                         1006 10 21                            0                         140,81
                         1006 10 23                            0                         140,81           l
                         1006 10 25                            0                         140,81
                         1006 10 27                           0                         140,81
                         1006 10 92                           0                         140,81
                         1006 10 94                           o                         140,81
                         1006 10 96                           o                         140,81
                         1006 10 98                           0                         140,81
                         1006 20 11                         357,88                      174,60
                         1006 20 13                         357,88                      174,60
                         1006 20 15                         357,88                      174,60
                         1006 20 17                         308,77                      150,05                        58,77
                         1006 20 92                         357,88                      174,60
                         1006 20 94                         357,88                      174,60
                         1006 20 96                         357,88                      174,60
                        1006 20 98                          308,77                      150,05                        58,77
                        1006 30 21                            0                        271,09
                        1006 30 23                            o                        271,09
                        1006 30 25                            0                        271,09
                        1006 30 27                            o                        271,09
                        1006 30 42                            o                        271,09
                        1006 30 44                            o                        271,09
                        1 006 30 46                           o                        271,09
                        1006 30 48                            0                        271,09
                        1006 30 61                            0                        271,09
                        1006 30 63                            o                        271,09
                        1006 30 65                            o                        271,09
                        1006 30 67                            o                        271,09
                        1006 30 92                            o                        271,09
                        1006 30 94                            0                        271,09
                        1006 30 96                           0                         271,09
                        1006 30 98                           o                         271,09
                        1006 40 00                           o                           84,38
         (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (OJ
              No L 84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p. 85).
         (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, the duties are not applied to products originating in the African,
              Caribbean and Pacific States and imported directly into the overseas department of Reunion .
         (3) The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 1 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No
             3072/ 95 .
         (4) The duty on imports of rice not including broken rice (CN code 1006 40 00), originating in Bangladesh is applicable
             under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /90 (OJ No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1 ) and
             amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 (OJ No L 88, 9. 4. 1991 , p. 7).
         (s) No import duty applies to products originating in the OCT pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of amended Council Decision
             91 /482/EEC (OJ No L 263, 19 . 9 . 1991 , p. 1 ).
         (6) For husked rice of the Basmati variety originating in India and Pakistan, a reduction of ECU 250 per tonne applies
             (Article 4b of amended Regulation (EC) No 1503/96).
         P) Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.
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                                                               ANNEX II
                                                 Calculation of import duties for rice
                                                                    Indica rice               Japónica rice
                                               Paddy                                                              Broken rice
                                                             Husked             Milled  Husked             Milled
 1 . Import duty (ECU/tonne)                    C)           308,77             572,00  357,88            572,00      C)
2. Elements of calculation :
     (a) Arag cif price ($/tonne)               —
                                                             406,47             360,18  380,00            430,00     —
     (b) fob price ($/tonne)                    —              —                  —
                                                                                        350,00            400,00     —
     (c) Sea freight ($/tonne)                  —              —                  —
                                                                                         30,00              30,00    —
     (d) Source                                 —            USDA               USDA   Operators       Operators     —
(') Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.