CELEX: 31987R0059
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-10
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 59/87 of 9 January 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

10 . 1 . 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 8/31
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 59/87
                                                          of 9 January 1987
                                       fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                          tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                          previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
Portugal,                                                             contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2683/86 to today's
                                                                      offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  that the levies at present in force should be altered to the
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1449/86 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof,
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice were                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2683/86 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 8/87 (4) ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                      The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                      Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band             shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­                                    Article 2
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of              1987.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 9 January 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 246, 30. 8 . 1986,  p.  5.
(4) OJ   No  L 1 , 3. 1 . 1987, p. 15.
0   OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985,   p.  1.
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                                                                         ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 9 January 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                                                                                                   (ECU / tonne)
                CCT
                                                                                                                     Third          ACP or
              heading                                  Description                                Portugal       countries (3)    OCT (1) (2) (3))
                 No
         ex 10.06              Rice :                                                          I               I
                               B. Other :                                                      I               \
                                      I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :                            I               \
                                          a) Paddy rice :                                      I               \
                                             1 . Round grain                                         —
                                                                                                                    318,02           155,41
                                             2. Long grain                                           —
                                                                                                                    353,01           172,90
       l                                  b) Husked rice :                                                     \
       l                                     1 . Round grain                                         —
                                                                                                                    397,53           195,16
                                             2. Long grain                                           —
                                                                                                                    441,26           217,03
                                     II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :                   IIII
                                          a) Semi-milled rice :                                                II
                                             1 . Round grain                                        13,05           519,66           247,90
                                             2. Long grain                                          12,97           639,55           307,89
                                          b) Wholly milled rice :                              \               Il
                                             1 . Round grain                                        13,90           553,44           264,37
                                             2. Long grain                                          13,90           685,60           330,45
                                    III . Broken rice                                              72,16            214,49           104,24
         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.
         (*) 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.