CELEX: 31983R2209
Language: en
Date: 1983-08-04
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2209/83 of 3 August 1983 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

4. 8 . 83                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 213/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2209/83
                                                        of 3 August 1983
                                     fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         these currencies in relation to the Community
COMMUNITIES,                                                           currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Economic Community,                                                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,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2371 /82 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2141 /83 (4);                                               Article 1
Whereas, if the levy is to operate normally, levies                The import levies to be charged on the products listed
should be calculated on the following basis :                      in Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                1418/76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     relation to each other at any given moment within
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                         Article 2
     their central rate,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 August
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of            1983 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 3 August 1983.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
O   OJ  No   L 255 , 1 . 9 . 1982, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No   L 206,  30 . 7. 1983, p. 5 .
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 3 August 1983 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                          broken rice
                                                                                                     (ECU/ tonne)
                 CCT
                                                                                         Third        ACP or
                heading                             Description
                  No                                                                  countries (3) OCT 000
           ex 10.06          Rice :
                             B. Other :
                                    I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                        a) Paddy rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                              179,30          86,05
                                           2. Long grain                                167,34          80,07
                                        b) Husked rice :                           Il
                                           1 . Round grain                              224,13         108,46
                                           2. Long grain                                209,18         100,99
                                   II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :                          l
                                        a) Semi-milled rice :                                       \
                                           1 . Round grain                              364,96         170,55
                                           2. Long grain                                417,54         196,88
                                        b) Wholly milled rice :                                     I
                                           1 . Round grain                              388,69         181,99
                                           2. Long grain                                447,61         211,45
                                  III . Broken rice                                       55,84          24,92
           (') 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 erltering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 1 1 a of
               Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.