CELEX: 31987R0973
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 973/87 of 3 April 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

4. 4. 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 92/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 973/87
                                                       of 3 April 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Economic Community,                                                    tion (EEC) No 1676/85(0,
                                                                  — 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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
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
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   prices and quotations known to the Commission that the
883/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for            levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86            set out in the Annex hereto,
on imports rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati variety
falling within subheading ex 10.06 B I or II of the
Common Customs Tariff (3), and in particular Article 8            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof,
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice Were                                        Article 1
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 881 /87 (4), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 903/87 (*) ;                       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 6 April 1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 3 April 1987.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 20.
(<) OJ No L 85, 28. 3. 1987, p. 5.
0 OJ No L 88, 31 . 3. 1987, p. 28.                                I6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                                         ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 3 April 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken
                                                                            rice
                                                                                                                                   (ECU / tonne)
                CCT
                                                                                                    Third          ACP or           Basmati
              heading                           Description                        Portugal      countries (3)   OCT (1) (2) (3)
                 No                                                                                                                    0
         ex 10.06            Rice :                                           \                I               I
                             B. Other :                                       \                \               \
                                    I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :             \                I               l
                                        a) Paddy rice :                                        I               l
                                           1 . Round grain                           —
                                                                                                   349,06           170,93             —
                                           2. Long grain                             —
                                                                                                   377,34           185,07           283,01
                                        b) Husked rice :                                       l               l
                                           1 . Round grain                           —
                                                                                                   436,33           214,56             —
                                           2. Long grain                             —
                                                                                                   471,67           232,23           353,75
                                   II. Semi-milled or wholly milled           I                \               \
                                   rice :                                     \                I               I
                                        a) Semi-milled rice :                 \                l
                                           1 . Round grain                          13,05          539,71           257,93             —
                                           2. Long grain                            12,97          673,61           324,92           505,21
                                        b) Wholly milled rice :                                I               I
                                           1 . Round grain                          13,90          574,80           275,05             —
       \                                   2. Long grain                            13,90          722,1 1          348,70           541,38
                                  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'.
         (3) 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.