CELEX: 31985R3032
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3032/85 of 31 October 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

1 . 11 . 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 290/5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3032/85
                                                      of 31 October 1985
                                    fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     wholly milled rice, the cif price is calculated on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                       basis of quotations or prices on the world market
                                                                   relating, for each type of rice, to the products specified
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas,
Economic Community,
                                                                   for this calculation, the conversion rates resulting from
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Commission Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                1967 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation           and the value of the by-products for the various stages
(EEC) No 1025/84 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2)             of rice processing Q, as last amended by Regulation
thereof,                                                           (EEC) No 2249/85 (8), should be used where appro­
                                                                   priate ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                   Whereas, when these conversions are being effected,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  the Commission must take account of the fact that
provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,                certain offers are for rice containing a higher percent­
husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and              age of broken rice than that allowed for in the stan­
broken rice ; whereas in the case of husked rice,                  dard quality fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76
wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to           and, in that case, must adjust the offers so as to
the difference between the threshold price and the cif             conform with the value of one kilogram of broken rice
price ; whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi­               fixed by Regulation No 467/67/EE|C ; whereas no
milled rice, the levy should be derived from the levies            adjustment is made, however, if the prices for husked
applicable to the corresponding husked rice and                    rice and semi-milled or wholly milled rice taken into
wholly milled rice ;                                               consideration are lower than those provided for in the
                                                                   last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation No
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly               467/67/EEC ;
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1985/86
marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2250/85 (3) ;
                                                                   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the            Commission to take account of the fact that certain
Commission must take account of the factors indi­                  offers are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a
cated in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 product put up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust
and in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of                   such offers by applying the rates or amounts fixed by
26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif             the abovementioned Regulation to make the offers
prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the                  comparable to offers for delivery cif or relating to a
corrective amounts relating thereto (4), as last amended           product presented in bulk ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 21 17/80 (^ and in particular
the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the                Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
world market which are sufficiently representative of              the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made
the real trend of the market, account being taken in               for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of
particular of the need to prevent sudden variations                the corrections necessitated by the difference in trans­
likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Commu­                port charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
nity market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered
must also be taken into account, whether this quality
                                                                   Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3)
as fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (^ or
whether adjustments need to be made by applying the
                                                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price
corrective amounts provided for in Regulation (EEC)                may be calculated on the basis of offers for delivery
No 1613/71 ;                                                       during the following month or may be retained un­
                                                                   altered for a limited period ;
Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round grain and
long grain husked rice and round grain and long grain              Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the
                                                                   interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(')  OJ   No L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                           and of the overseas countries and territories, the levy
(2)  OJ   No L 107,  19 . 4. 1984, p. 13.                          relating to them must, pursuant to Regulation (EEC)
0    OJ   No L 210,  7. 8 . 1985, p. 14.
(<)  OJ   No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
O    OJ   No L 206,  8 . 8 . 1980, p. 15.                          0 OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                                 (8) OJ No L 210, 7. 8 . 1985, p. 13 .
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c No 486/85 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                         a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
    2903/85 (2), be reduced by a fixed amount and by an                    their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
   amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy relating to                    provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
   third countries ; whereas the levy must be further                      No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
   reduced in the case of semi-milled and wholly milled                    No 855/84 (*)
   rice ; whereas the charging of this levy is subject to              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
   conditions, some of which are set out in Articles 10                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
   and 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and in Regula­                     these currencies recorded for a given period in
   tion (EEC) No 551 /85 (3) ;                                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (4)                         in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
   determined the standard qualities for rice and broken                   cient ;
   rice ;
                                                                       Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­
   Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­             tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as set
   tion (EEC) No 1418/76, the nomenclature provided for                out in the Annex hereto,
   in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
   Customs Tariff ;
   Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   in the intervening period to take account of variations
   in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine                                      Article 1
   cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly
   milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only            The import levies to be charged on the products listed
   if variations in the factors used to calculate the levy             in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
   entail an increase or a reduction of at least 1,21 ECU              1418 /76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
   per tonne in the amount of the levy in force ;
   Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                          Article 2
   levies should be calculated on the following basis :
   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
       relation to each other at any given moment within               1985.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels, 31 October 1985.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
  (') OJ  No   L 61 , 1 . 3 .  1985, p. 4.
  0   OJ  No   L 279, 19 .    10 . 1985, p. 5.
  (3) OJ  No   L 63, 2. 3.     1985, p. 10 .                          0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
  0   OJ  No   L 166, 25.     6. 1976, p. 20 .                        («) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                           broken rice
                                                                                                       (ECU/ tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                            Third       ACP or '
                 heading                             Description                         countries (3) OCT (1) (2) (3)
                   No
            ex 10.06           Rice :                                                  I
                               B. Other :                                              \
                                     I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :                     l
                                         a) Paddy rice :                               l
                                            1 . Round grain                                279,23        136,01
                                            2. Long grain                                  271,48        132,14
                                         b) Husked rice :                              l
                                            1 . Round grain                                349,04        170,92
                                            2. Long grain                                  339,35        166,07
                                    II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :            l
                                         a) Semi-milled rice :                         l
                                            1 . Round grain                                372,69        174,42
                                            2. Long grain                                  560,71        268,47
                                         b) Wholly milled rice :                       I
                                            1 . Round grain                                396,92        186,11
                                            2. Long grain                                  601,09        288,19
                                   III . Broken rice                                       124,12         59,06
            (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 10 and 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85
                and of Regulation No 551 /85.
            (2) 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.