CELEX: 31983R0660
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-24
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 660/83 of 23 March 1983 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

24. 3 . 83                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 78 / 5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 660/83
                                                       of 23 March 1983
                                    fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on
COMMUNITIES,                                                       22 March 1983 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
                                                                   contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2371 /82 to today's
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                that the levies at present in force should be altered to
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of           the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (2)
thereof,
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2371 /82 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 589/83 (4) ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, if the levy is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                   in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
    relation to each other at any given moment within              1418 /76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
    their central rate,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                       Article 2
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies in relation to the Community                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 March
    currencies referred to in the previous indent ;                1983 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 March 1983.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No  L 255, 1 . 9 . 1982, p. 5 .
(4) OJ  No  L 71 , 17 . 3 . 1983 , p. 11 .
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 23 March 1983 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                          broken rice
                                                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
                 CCT
                                                                                        Third        ACP or
                heading                             Description
                  No                                                                 countries (3) OCT ooo
           ex 10.06           Rice :
                              B. Other :
                                    I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                        a) Paddy rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             210,40         101,60
                                           2. Long grain                               165,32          79,06
                                        b) Husked rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             263,00         127,90
                                           2. Long grain                               206,65          99,72
                                   II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                        a) Semi-milled rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             370,51         173,33   •
                                           2. Long grain                               411,82         194,02
                                        b) Wholly milled rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                             394,60         184,95
                                           2. Long grain                               441,47         208,38
                                  III . Broken rice                                      84,55          39,27
           (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 .
           (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, 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.