CELEX: 31997R1919
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-01 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1919/97 of 1 October 1997 fixing the import duties in the rice sector

L 270/ 14            | EN I              Official Journal of the European Communities                                2. 10. 97
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1919/97
                                                       of 1 October 1997
                                         fixing the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed
                                                                   rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              as regards import duties in the rice sector;
Community,
                                                                   Whereas the import duties are applicable until new duties
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the
                                                                   force in cases where no quotation is available from the
market in rice ('),                                                source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                     1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next period­
1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for             ical fixing;
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as           Whereas, in order to allow the import duty system to
regards import duties in the rice sector (2), as last amended      function normally, the market rates recorded during a
by Regulation (EC) No 1403/97 (3), and in particular               reference period should be used for calculating the duties;
Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof,
Whereas Article 11 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
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EC) No           the information given in Annex II .
3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis
of the representative prices for the product in question on                                  Article 2
the world market or on the Community import market
 for the product;                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 October 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 1 October 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
  (') OJ L 329, 30 . 12. 1995, p. 18 .
  h) OJ L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 71 .
  P OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 2.
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                                                                            ANNEX I
                   to the Commission Regulation of 1 October 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                        Egypt f)
                                                   Bangladesh) (-1) (7)            (WK4)                   and Pakistan (')
                 1006 10 21                                0                         130,91                                                  202,88
                 1006 10 23                                0                        130,91          I                                        202,88
                 1006 10 25                                0                        130,91          I                                        202,88
                 1006 10 27                                0                        130,91          l                                        202,88
                 1006 10 92                                0                        130,91          I                                        202,88
                 1006 10 94                                0                        130,91          I                                        202,88
                 1006 10 96                                0                        130,91                                                   202,88
                 1006 10 98                                0                        130,91                                                   202,88
                 1006 20 11                             298,95                      145,14                                                   224,21
                 1006 20 13                             298,95                      145,14                                                   224,21
                 1006 20 15                             298,95                      145,14                                                   224,21
                 1006 20 17                             243,49                      117,41                       0                           182,62
                 1006 20 92                            298,95                       145,14                                                  224,21
                 1006 20 94                             298,95                      145,14                                                   224,21
                 1006 20 96                             298,95                      145,14                                                  224,21
                 1006 20 98                            243,49                       117,41                       0                           182,62
                 1006 30 21                            526,43                       248,31                                                  394,82
                 1006 30 23                            526,43                       248,31                                                  394,82
                 1006 30 25                            526,43                       248,31                                                  394,82
                 1006 30 27                               0                         251,59                                                  399,75
                 1006 30 42                            526,43                       248,31                                                  394,82
                 1006 30 44                            526,43                       248,31                                                  394,82
                 1006 30 46                            526,43                      248,31                                                   394,82
                 1006 30 48                               0                         251,59                                                  399,75
                 1006 30 61                            526,43                       248,31                                                  394,82
                 1006 30 63                            526,43                      248,31                                                   394,82
                1006 30 65                             526,43                      248,31                                                   394,82
                1006 30 67                                0                        251,59                                                   399,75
                1006 30 92                             526,43                      248,31                                                   394,82
                1006 30 94                             526,43                      248,31                                                   394,82
                1006 30 96                             526,43                      248,31                                                   394,82
                1 006 30 98                               0                        251,59                                                   399,75
                1006 40 00                                0                           78,38
                                                                                                    \                                       123,00
 ') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (OJ 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 11 (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 L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1 ) and amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 (OJ 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 L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 ,
    p. 1 ).
') For husked rice of the Basmati variety originating in India and Pakistan, a reduction of ECU 250 per tonne applies (Article 4a of amended Regulation (EC)
    No 1503/96).
7) Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.
*) The duty on imports of rice originating in and coming from Egypt is applicable under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No
    2184/96 (OJ L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 1 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 (OJ L 31 , 1 . 2. 1997, p. 53).
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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)          243,49             533,00  298,95           526,43      C)
2 . Elements of calculation :
    (a) Arag cif price (ECU/tonne)              —
                                                             356,72             286,05  327,94           363,88      —
    (b) fob price (ECU/tonne)                   __             —                  —
                                                                                        300,99           336,93      —
    (c) Sea freight (ECU/tonne)                 —              —                  —
                                                                                         26,95             26,95     —
    (d) Source                                               USDA               USDA   Operators       Operators     —
(') Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.