CELEX: 31985R0517
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 517/85 of 28 February 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 517/85
                                                      of 28 February 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 1 548/84 (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/EEC ; whereas no
njilled . 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 1984/ 85
marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 1549/84 (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 2117/80 Q, 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
as fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (6), or                     Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3)
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)
(3) OJ   No   L  148, 5. 6. 1984, p. 17.
(4) OJ   No   L  168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .
0   OJ   No   L  206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p. 15.                          0 OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 .
(6) OJ   No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.                           o OJ No L 148, 5. 6. 1984, p. 16.
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 No 486/85 ('), 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 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 ;                            these currencies recorded for a given period in
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (2)                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
 determined the standard qualities for rice and broken              in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
 rice ;                                                             cient ;
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­        Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­
 tion (EEC) No 1418/76, the nomenclature provided for           tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as set
 in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common               out in the Annex hereto,
 Customs Tariff ;
 Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered
 in the intervening period to take account of variations        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine
 cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly
                                                                                         Article 1
 milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only
 if variations in the factors used to calculate the levy
 entail an increase or a reduction of at least 1,21 ECU
                                                                The import levies to be charged on the products listed
                                                                in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
 per tonne in the amount of the levy in force ;                 1418 /76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :                                    Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on             1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 February 1985.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p . 4.
(2) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20 .
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1985 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                           broken rice
                                                                                                         (ECU / tonne)
                 CCT
                                                                                             Third        ACP or
                heading                              Description                          countries (■') OCT (1) (2) (3)
                  No
           ex 10.06            Rice :                                                                    I
                               B. Other :                                                                I
                                     I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :                                       l
           |                             a) Paddy rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                                 232,35         1 1 2,57
                                            2. Long grain                                   221,13         106,96
                                         b) Husked rice :                                                l
                                            1 . Round grain                                 290,44         141,62
                                            2. Long grain                                   276,41         134,60
                                    II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                         a) Semi-milled rice :                          l
                                            1 . Round grain                                 301,57         138,86
                                            2 . Long grain                                  501,03         238,63
                                         b) Wholly milled rice :                                         II
                                            1 . Round grain                                 321,17         148,23
                                            2. Long grain                                   537,1 1        256,20
                                   III . Broken rice                                          45,73          19,86
           (') Subject to the application of the provisions, of Articles 10 and 1 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85.
           (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/ 85 , the levies are not applied to imports into the
               French 6verseas departments 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 1 la of
               Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 .