CELEX: 31993R2407
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2407/93 of 31 August 1993 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

1 . 9 . 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 222/5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2407/93
                                                        of 31 August 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 1 544/93 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof,           Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas, for this calcula­
                                                                     tion, the conversion rates resulting from Commission
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)                         Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 fixing the
No 81 /92 of 15 January 1992 laying down detailed rules
                                                                     conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC)                      by-products for the various stages of rice processing (8), as
No 3877/86 on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic
                                                                     last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (9), should
                                                                     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 1993/94
marketing year by Commission Regulation                   (EEC)
No 2091 /93 (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
                                                                     calculated on the basis of offers for delivery during the
 (') OJ  No L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No L  154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.                               following month or may be retained unaltered for a
 0   OJ  No L  10, 16. 1 . 1992, p. 9.                               limited period ;
 (4) OJ  No L  190, 30. 7. 1993, p. 10.
 n   OJ  No L  168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
 (6) OJ  No L  170, 25. 6. 1992, p. 15.                              («) OJ No L 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1 .
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Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the                  threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif
interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the         prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled
levy relating to them must be reduced by a fixed amount             rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if varia­
and by an amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy                  tions in the factors used to calculate the levy entail an
relating to third countries ; whereas, pursuant to Articles         increase or a reduction of at least ECU 1,21 per tonne in
12 and 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of                  the amount of the levy in force ;
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                 Whereas the representative market rates defined in
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP          Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8) are
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('),      used to convert amounts expressed in third country
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (2), the levy              currencies and are used as the basis for determining the
must be further reduced in the case of semi-milled and              agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­
wholly milled rice ;                                                cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision          mination of these conversions were set by Commission
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the               Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (9) ;
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on                    Whereas it follows from applying all the abovementioned
imports of products originating in the overseas countries           provisions that the levies should be fixed as set out in the
and territories ;                                                   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 3130/91 (s), 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)
No 1418/76 ; whereas however this levy may not be less              The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
than the difference between the free-at-frontier price for          Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
                                                                    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 (6) and
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 (7) made                                                 Article 2
import arrangements for rice originating in Bangladesh ;
Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
the intervening period to take account of variations in             1993 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 August 1993.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
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(6) OJ  No  L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1 .                              (s) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1993 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                             broken rice
                                                                                                                 (ECU / tonne)
                                                                             Levies 0
                     CN code                    Arrangement                    ACP                     Third countries
                                            in Regulation (EEC)             Bangladesh                   (except ACP)
                                               No 3877/86 0                  00 00                             0
                   1006 10 21                        —                        139,08                        285,36
                   1006 10 23                        —                        145,15                        297,50
                   1006 10 25                        —                        145,15                        297,50
                   1006 10 27                      223,13                     145,15                        297,50
                   1006 10 92                        —                        139,08                        285,36
                   1006 10 94                        —                        145,15                        297,50
                   1006 10 96                        —                        145,15                        297,50
                   1006 10 98                      223,13                     145,15                        297,50
                   1006 20 11                        —                        174,75                        356,70
                   1006 20 13                        —                        182,33                        371,87
                   1006 20 15                        —                        182,33                        371,87
                   1006 20 17                      278,90                     182,33                        371,87
                   1006 20 92                        —                        174,75                        356,70
                   1006 20 94                        —                        182,33                        371,87
                   1006 20 96                        —                        182,33                        371,87
                   1006 20 98                      278,90                     182,33                        371,87
                   1006 30 21                        —                        216,70                        457,25
                   1006 30 23                        —                        281,77                        587,32
                   1006 30 25                        —                        281,77                        587,32
                   1006 30 27                      440,49                     281,77                        587,32
                   1006 30 42                        —                        216,70                        457,25
                   1006 30 44                        —                        281,77                        587,32
                   1006 30 46                        —                        281,77                        587,32
                   1006 30 48                      440,49                     281,77                        587,32
                   1006 30 61                        —                        231,13                        486,97
                    1006 30 63                       —                        302,45                        629,61
                    1006 30 65                       —                        302,45                        629,61
                    1006 30 67                     472,21                     302,45                        629,61
                    1006 30 92                       —                        231,13                        486,97
                    1006 30 94                       —                        302,45                        629,61
                    1006 30 96                       —                        302,45                        629,61
                    1006 30 98                     472,21                     302,45                        629,61
                    1006 40 00                       —                          79,20                        164,41
            0 Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 .
            O 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.
            O The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 11a of Regulation
              (EEC) No 1418/76.
            O The levy on imports of rice, not including broken rice (CN code 1006 40 00), originating in Bangladesh is appli­
              cable under the arrangements laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 3491 /90 and (EEC) No 862/91 .
            0 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.
            O 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/EEC.