CELEX: 31987R0903
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 903/87 of 30 March 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 88 /28                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31 . 3 . 87
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 903/87
                                                       of 30 March 1987
                                     fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                       the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85(0,
Economic Community,
                                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Portugal,                                                              these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                       tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
No 1449/86 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof,          contained in Regulation (EEC) No 881 /87 to today's offer
                                                                   prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
883/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for             set out in the Annex hereto,
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86
on imports rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati variety
falling within subheading ex 10.06 B I or II of the                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Common Customs Tariff (3), and in particular Article 8
thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice were
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 881 /87 (4) ;              The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
                                                                   Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies         shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                                     Article 2
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 March 1987.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
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                                                                            ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                                          broken rice
                                                                                                                                      (ECU / tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                                       Third          ACP or           Basmati
                 heading                          Description                        Portugal       countries (3)   OCT OOO               0
                   No
            ex 10.06            Rice :                                           \                I
                                B. Other :                                       l                I
                                       I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :             I                I               \
                                          a) Paddy rice :                        l
                                             1 . Round grain                            —
                                                                                                      348,07           170,43             —
                                             2. Long grain                              —
                                                                                                      376,33           184,56           282,25
                                          b) Husked rice :                       l                l
                                             1 . Round grain                            —
                                                                                                      435,09           213,94             —
                                             2. Long grain                              —
                                                                                                      470,41           231,60           352,81
                                      II. Semi-milled or wholly milled
                                      rice :                                     I                I
                                          a) Semi-milled rice :                  l                l
                                             1 . Round grain                           13,05          538,05           257,10             —
                                             2. Long grain                             12,97          672,20           324,21           504,15
                                          b) Wholly milled rice :                IIIIli
                                             1 . Round grain                           13,90          573,03           274,16             —
                                             2. Long grain                             13,90          720,60           347,95           540,45
                                     III. Broken rice                                  82,92          213,85           103,92             —
            N.B. The levies are to be converted into national currencies using the specific agricultural conversion rates fixed in Regulation (EEC)
                  No 3294/86.
            (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and of Regulation No 551 /85.
            0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, the levies are not applied to imports into the overseas department of Reunion of
                products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and territories'.
            0 The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 11a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.
            (4) This levy is applicable to Basmati rice covered by the arrangement provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86.