CELEX: 31988R2699
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2699/88 of 31 August 1988 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

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                                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 241 /27
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2699/88
                                                               of 31 August 198&
                                             fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
      THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the
                                                                             goods offered must also be taken into account, whether
       Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 this quality as fixed in Council Regulation (EEC) No
       Economic Community,                                                   1423/76 Q, or whether adjustments need to be made by
                                                                             applying the corrective amounts provided for in Regula­
      Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     tion (EEC) No 1613/71 ;
      Portugal,
                                                                             Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round grain and long
      Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  grain husked rice and round grain and long grain wholly
      of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                      milled rice, the cif price is calculated on the basis of
      market in riceC), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  quotations or prices on the world market relating, for
      No 2229/88 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (2) thereof,            each type of rice, to the products specified in Article 4 of
                                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas, for this calcula­
      Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       tion, the conversion rates resulting from Commission
      883/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for                Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 fixing the
      the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86                conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the
     on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati                  by-products for the various stages of rice processing f), as
     variety falling within subheading 1006 10, 1006 20 or                  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (9), should
      1006 30 of the combined nomenclature ^), and in parti­                be used where appropriate ;
     cular Article 8 thereof,
                                                                            Whereas, when these conversions are being effected, the
     Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                Commission must take account of the fact that certain
                                                                            offers are for rice containing a higher percentage of
     Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                      broken rice than that allowed for in the standard quality
     provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,                    fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 and, in that case,
     husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rige and                  must adjust the offers so as to conform with the value of
     broken rice ; whereas in the case of husked rice, wholly               one kilogram of broken rice fixed by Regulation No 467/
     milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to the diffe­           67/EEC ; whereas no adjustment is made, however, if the
     rence between the threshold price and the cif price ;                  prices for husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled
    whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi-milled rice,                rice taken into consideration are lower than those
     the levy should be derived from the levies applicable to               provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regu­
    the corresponding husked rice and wholly milled rice ;                 lation No 467/67/EEC ;
    Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the
    milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1988/89                 Commission to take account of the fact that certain offers
    marketing year by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a product put
    2574/88 (4) ;                                                          up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust such offers by
                                                                           applying the rates or amounts fixed by the abovemen­
    Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the                tioned Regulation to make the offers comparable to offers
    Commission must take account of the factors indicated in               for delivery cif or relating to a product presented in bulk ;
    Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and in
    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July                      Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
    1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and              basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made for other
    levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts              ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
    relating thereto (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              tions necessitated by the difference in transport charges in
    No 2325/88 (6), and in particular the most favourable                  relation to Rotterdam ;
    purchasing opportunities on the world market which are
v- sufficiently representative of the real trend of the market,
   account being taken in particular of the need to prevent               Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3) of
   sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances                Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price may be
                                                                          calculated on the basis of offers for delivery during the
                                                                          following month or may be retained unaltered for a
   (')   OJ   No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              limited period ;
   0     OJ   No  L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30.
   0     OJ   No  L 80, 24. 3. 1987, p. 20.
   (4)   OJ   No  L 229, 18 . 8. 1988, p. 33.                             0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.
   0     OJ   No  L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .                            (8) OJ No L 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1 /67.
   (*)   OJ   No  L 202, 27. 7. 1988, p. 41 .                             0 OJ No L 202, 27. 7. 1988, p. 41 .
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Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the                  not be less than the difference between the free-at-frontier
interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and          price for Basmati rice and the threshold price for long­
of the overseas countries and territories, the levy relating        grain rice ;
to them must, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in
486/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  the intervening period to take account of variations in
1821 /87 (2), be reduced by a fixed amount and by an                threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif
amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy relating to                prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled
third countries ; whereas the levy must be further reduced          rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if varia­
in the case of semi-milled and wholly milled rice ;
                                                                    tions in the factors used to calculate the levy entail an
whereas the charging of this levy is subject to conditions,         increase or a reduction of at least 1,21 ECU per tonne in
some of which are set out in Articles 1 0 and 1 1 of Regu­
                                                                    the amount of the levy in force ;
lation (EEC) No 486/85 and in Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 551 /85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
No 171 /88 (4);                                                     should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession,                tion to each other at any given moment within a band­
the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985                         of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 which are imported from                      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable                   tion (EEC) No 1676/85 17), as last amended by Regula­
in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under                 tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (8),
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20
 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
to trade in agricultural products between Spain and                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 Portugal (*), the same arrangements are to be applied in                these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy                    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying all the abovementioned
 down in Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 and taking into                 provisions that the levies should be fixed as set out in the
 account the situation with regard to market prices in               Annex hereto,
 Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain
 the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade
 between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ;
                                                                                                Article 1
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 determined the
 standard qualities for rice and broken rice ;                       The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
                                                                     Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86 (6)                     shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 defined a special arrangement for the importation of
 certain quantities of Basmati rice into the Community ;                                        Article 2
 whereas this arrangement provides for a levy of 75 % of
 that calculated in accordance with Article 11 of Regula­            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
 tion (EEC) No 1418/76 ; whereas however this levy may               1988 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 31 August 1988 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
  (') OJ No   L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
  (2) OJ No   L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
  (3) OJ No   L 63, 2. 3. 1985, p. 10.
  (4) OJ No   L 18, 22. 1 . 1988, p. 56.
  O   OJ No   L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7.                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  (6) OJ No   L 361 , 20. 12. 1986, p. 7.                            (») OJ No L 153, 13. 6; 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX '
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1988 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                               broken rice
                                                                                                                   (ECU / tonne)
                                                                Third countries                                Arrangement
                                                                                         ACP or OCT
                    CN code                  Portugal        (except ACP or OCT)
                                                                                            CM2) 0         in Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        (3)                                    No 3877/86
                   1006 10 91                                        283,19                 137,99
                   1006 1 0 99 (4)              —
                                                                     262,94                 127,87                197,21
                   1006 20 10                   —
                                                                     353,99                 173,39                  —
                   1006 20 90 0                 —
                                                                     328,68                 160,74           ,  ' 246,51
                   1006 30 11                 13,05                  473,95                 225,05                  —
                   1006 30 19 (4)             12,97                  546,66                 261,44                410,00
                   1006 30 91                 13,90                  504,76                 240,03                  —
                   1006 30 99 («)             13,90                  586,02                 280,66                439,52
                   1006 40 00                  0                     107,38                   50,69                 —
           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 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and of Regula­
               tion No 551 / 85 .
           (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, the levies are not applied to imports into the overseas depart­
               ment of Réunion 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.
           (4) The amount is applicable to medium-grain and long-grain rice, as defined in paragraph 2 of Annex A of Regula­
               tion (EEC) No 1418/76, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3877/87 (OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987).