CELEX: 31985R0780
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 780/85 of 27 March 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 88 / 18                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            28 . 3 . 85
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 780/85
                                                    of 27 March 1985
                                  fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      these currencies recorded over a given period in
COMMUNITIES,                                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                    in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               cient ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              contained in Regulation (EEC) No 576/85 to today's
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation        offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
(EEC) No 1025/84 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2)          that the levies at present in force should be altered to
thereof,                                                        the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 576/85 (3), as last
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 713/85 (4);
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                     Article 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                The import levies to be charged on the products listed
    relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                in Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on              1418/76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
    their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
    provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                  Article 2
     No 855/84 (%
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the           This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of         1985.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 27 March 1985.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13,
(3) OJ  No  L 67, 7. 3. 1985, p. 5.
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                           broken rice
                                                                                                       (ECU / tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                           Third        ACP or
                 heading                             Description                        countries (3) OCT (') O (')
                   No
            ex 10.06           Rice :
                               B. Other :
                                     I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                         a) Paddy rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                               240,78         116,79
                                            2. Long grain                                 232,86         112,83
                                         b) Husked rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                               300,97         146,88
                                            2. Long grain                                 291,07         141,93
                                    II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                         a) Semi-milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                               320,66         148,40
                                            2. Long grain                                 515,35         245,79
                                         b) Wholly milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                               341,51         158,40
                                            2. Long grain                                 552,46         263,88
                                   III . Broken rice                                       58,87          26,43
            (') 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.