CELEX: 31993R0764
Language: en
Date: 1993-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 764/93 of 31 March 1993 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 79/6                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1 . 4. 93
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 764/93
                                                          of 31 March 1993
                                        fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           by applying the corrective amounts provided for in Regu­
                                                                      lation (EEC) No 1613/71 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round grain and long
                                                                      grain husked rice and round grain and long grain wholly
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 milled rice, the cif price is calculated on the basis of
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     quotations or prices on the world market relating, for
 market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              each type of rice, to the products specified in Article 4 of
 No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof,             Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas, for this calcula­
                                                                      tion, the conversion rates resulting from Commission
                                                                      Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 fixing the
 Having regard to Commission                  Regulation (EEC)        conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the
 No 81 /92 of 15 January 1992 laying         down detailed rules
                                                                      by-products for the various stages of rice processing (8), as
for the application of Council                Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (9), should
 No 3877/86 on imports of rice of the        long-grain aromatic
                                                                      be used where appropriate ;
 Basmati variety (3), and in particular      Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                     Whereas, when these conversions are being effected, the
 provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,                  Commission must take account of the fact that certain
 husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and                offers are for rice containing a higher percentage of
broken rice ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly             broken rice than that allowed for in the standard quality
 milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to the                fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 and, in that case,
difference between the threshold price and the cif price ;            must adjust the offers so as to conform with the value of
whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi-milled rice,              one kilogram of broken rice fixed by Regulation No 467/
the levy should be derived from the levies applicable to              67/EEC ; whereas no adjustment is made, however, if the
the corresponding husked rice and wholly milled rice ;                prices for husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled
                                                                      rice   taken  into   consideration   are  lower than     those
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                  provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regu­
                                                                      lation No 467/ 67/EEC :
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1992/93
marketing year        by    Commission        Regulation   (EEC)
 No 1841 /92 (4);
                                                                      Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the
                                                                      Commission to take account of the fact that certain offers
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the               are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a product put
Commission must take account of the factors indicated in
                                                                      up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust such offers by
Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and in                      applying the rates or amounts fixed by the abovemen­
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July                     tioned Regulation to make the offers comparable to offers
 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and            for delivery cif or relating to a product presented in bulk ;
levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts
relating thereto (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1614/92 (6), and in particular the most favourable
purchasing opportunities on the world market which are                Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
                                                                      basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made for other
sufficiently representative of the real trend of the market,
account being taken in particular of the need to prevent              ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances               tions necessitated by the difference in transport charges in
                                                                      relation to Rotterdam ;
on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the
goods offered must also be taken into account, whether
this quality as fixed in Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1423/76 P), or whether adjustments need to be made                 Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3) of
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price may be
(') OJ No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
                                                                      calculated on the basis of offers for delivery during the
O   OJ No   L 73, 19 . 3. 1992, p. 7 .                                following month or may be retained unaltered for a
O   OJ No   L 10, 16 . 1 . 1992, p. 9 .                               limited period ;
(4) OJ No   L 187, 7. 7. 1992, p. 30 .
O   OJ No   L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
(s) OJ No   L 170, 25. 6. 1992, p. 15.                                (8) OJ No 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                                (') OJ No L 202, 27. 7. 1988, p. 41 .
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Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the                  Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in
interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the         the intervening period to take account of variations in
levy relating to them must be reduced by a fixed amount             threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif
and by an amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy                  prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled
relating to third countries ; whereas, pursuant to Articles         rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if varia­
12 and 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of                  tions in the factors used to calculate the levy entail an
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­             increase or a reduction of at least ECU 1,21 per tonne in
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                 the amount of the levy in force ;
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('),      Whereas the representative market rates defined in
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (2), the levy              Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8) are
must be further reduced in the case of semi-milled and              used to convert amounts expressed in third country
wholly milled rice ;                                                currencies and are used as the basis for determining the
                                                                    agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision          cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the               mination of these conversions were set by Commission
overseas countries and territories with the European                Regulation (EEC) No 3819/92 (9);
Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on
imports of products originating in the overseas countries           Whereas it follows from applying all the abovementioned
and territories ;                                                   provisions that the levies should be fixed as set out in the
                                                                    Annex hereto,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 determined the
standard qualities for rice and broken rice ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86 (4), as                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 30/91 (*), defined a
special arrangement for the importation of certain quanti­
ties of Basmati rice into the Community ; whereas this                                          Article 1
arrangement provides for a levy of 75 % of that calculated
in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EEC)                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
No 1418/76 ; whereas however this levy may not be less              Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
than the difference between the free-at-frontier price for          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Basmati rice and the threshold price for long-grain rice ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /90 (*) and                                            Article 2
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 Q made
import arrangements for rice originating in Bangladesh ;            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 March 1993 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
0    OJ  No L 36, 8 . 2. 1991 , p. 9.
0    OJ  No L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No L 361 , 20. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No L 297, 29 . 10. 1991 , p. 1 .
(6)  OJ  No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No L 88, 9. 4. 1991 , p. 7.                                O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1993 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                              broken rice
                                                                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
          I                                                                   Levies (')
                      CN code                                                    ACP                      Third countries
                                                 Arrangement
                                             in Regulation (EEC)             Bangladesh                    (except ACP)
                                                No 3877/86 (5)                C)(2)(3)(4)                       (3)
                    1006 10 21                        —                        154,80                         316,80
                    1006 10 23                        —                        167,68                         342,56
                    1006 10 25                        —                        167,68                         342,56
                    1006  10 27                     256,92                     167,68                         342,56
                    1006  10 92                       —                        154,80                         316,80
                    1006  10 94                       —                        167,68                         342,56
                    1006  10 96                       —                        167,68                         342,56
                    1006  10 98                     256,92                     167,68                         342,56
                    1006  20 11                       —                        194,40                         396,00
                    1006 20 13                        —                        210,50                         428,20
                    1006 20 15                        —                        210,50                         428,20
                    1006  20 17                     321,15                     210,50                         428,20
                    1006  20 92                       —                        194,40                         396,00
                    1006  20 94                       —                        210,50                         428,20
                    1006  20 96                       —                        210,50                         428,20
                     1006 20 98                     321,15                     210,50                         428,20
                     1006 30 21                       —                        240,70                         505,26
                     1006 30 23                       —                        300,27                         624,32
                     1006 30 25                       —                        300,27                         624,32
                    1006  30 27                     468,24                     300,27                         624,32
                    1006  30 42                       —                        240,70                         505,26
                     1006 30 44                       —                        300,27                         624,32
                    1006  30 46                       —                        300,27                         624,32
                     1006 30 48                     468,24                     300,27                         624,32
                     1006 30 61                       —                        256,70                         538,11
                     1006 30 63                       —                        322,28                         669,27
                     1006 30 65                       —                        322,28                         669,27
                     1006 30  67                    501,95                     322,28                         669,27
                     1006 30 92                       —                        256,70                         538,11
                     1006 30 94                       —                        322,28                         669,27
                     1006 30 96                       —                        322,28                         669,27
                     1006 30  98                    501,95                     322,28                         669,27
                     1006 40 00                       —                          72,09                        150,18
           (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
           (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, the levies are not applied to products originating in the
               African, Caribbean and Pacific States and imported directly into the overseas department of Reunion.
           (J) The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 1 1 a of Regulation
               (EEC) No 1418/76.
           (4) The levy on imports of rice, not including broken rice (CN code 1 006 40 00), originating in Bangladesh is appli­
               cables under the arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC) Nos 3491 /90 and 862/91 .
           O The levy on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati variety is applicable under the arrangements laid
               down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86.
           (') No import levy applies to products originating in the OCT pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC,
               subject to the provisions of Decision 93/ 127/CEE concerning semi-milled rice falling within CN codes
               1006 30 21 to 1006 30 48 originating in the Netherlands Antilles.