CELEX: 31985R2457
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2457/85 of 30 August 1985 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 234/8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              31 . 8 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2457/85
                                                     of 30 August 1985
                 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 but on the basis of
COMMUNITIES,                                                     offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be
                                                                 the cif price for shipment during the month in which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            the import licence is issued in the case of imports to
Economic Community,                                              be effected during that month ; whereas in the case of
                                                                 imports to be effected during the month following the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     month in which the import licence is issued, this price
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization               must be the cif price for shipment during the month
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation         in which importation is expected to take place ;
(EEC) No 1025/84 (2), and in particular Article 13 (6)           whereas in the case of imports to be effected during
thereof,                                                         the remaining months for which the import licence is
                                                                 valid, this price must be the cif price for shipment
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     during the month preceding the month in which
Committee,                                                       importation is expected to take place ; whereas, if no
                                                                 offer for forward delivery is made for shipment during
Whereas the premiums to be added to the import                   a given month, this price should be the price ruling
levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must            for shipment during the last month in which an offer
include a premium for the current month and a                    for forward delivery was made ;
premium for each of the following months until the
expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;         Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif
whereas this period of validity was laid down in Article         forward delivery price is equal to the cif price or lower
8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 of 25                by an amount not exceeding 0,30 ECU per tonne ;
July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application
of the system of import and export licences for cereals
and rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No             Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
2310/85 (4);                                                     (EEC) No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be
                                                                 fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76 of 21                and within certain specified limits ;
June 1976 (*) lays down rules for the advance fixing of
levies on rice and broken rice ;                                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                 levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No
1428/76, where the cif price for husked rice, for milled         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
rice or for broken rice determined on the day on                      relation to each other at any given moment within
which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif                   a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
forward delivery price for the same product, the                      their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
premium should as a general rule be equal to the                      provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif                 No 974/71 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
price is that determined in accordance with Article 16                No 855/84f),
of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the day on which               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
determining cif prices were laid down in Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July 1971 laying                    these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and levies on
rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts                       in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
                                                                      cient ;
relating thereto (6), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2117/80 Q ; whereas the cif forward delivery
price is also determined in accordance with Article 16           Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
                                                                 that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex
                                                                 hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should
(■) OJ No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L  107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13.                          be altered only if application of the abovementioned
(3) OJ No   L  213, 11 . 8 . 1975, p. 5.                         provisions entails a change of more than 0,30 ECU,
(4) OJ No   L  216, 13. 8. 1985, p. 7.
0   OJ No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30.
(«) OJ No   L  168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .                        (8) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L  206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p. 15.                         0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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 LAO ADOPTED     IHIA REGULATION :                                                Article 2
                      Article 1
The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed
in advance in respect of rice and broken rice shall be      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
as set out in the Annex hereto.                             1985.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 30 August 1985.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1985 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                     import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                             (ECU/ tonne)
                CCT                                             Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period
               heading                   Description
                 No                                               9         10         11         12
           ex 10.06      Rice :
                         B. Other
                              I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                  a) Paddy rice :
                                      1 . Round grain             0          0         0          —
                                     2. Long grain                0          0         0          —
                                  b) Husked rice :              IIII||
                                      1 . Round grain             0          0         0          —
                                     2. Long grain                0          0         0          —
                             II. Semi-milled         or  wholly IIIl\
                                  milled rice :                 llIlllI
           l                      a) Semi-milled rice :         IIlll
                                      1 . Round grain             0          0         0          —
                                     2. Long grain                0          0         0          —
                                  b) Wholly milled rice :       IIII||
                                      1 . Round grain             0          0         0          —
                                     2. Long grain                0          0         0          —
                            III . Broken rice                     0          0         0          0