CELEX: 31991R2591
Language: en
Date: 1991-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2591/91 of 30 August 1991 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 243/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  31 . 8 . 91
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2591/91
                                                        of 30 August 1991
                     fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         which importation is expected to take place ; whereas in
                                                                    the case of imports to be effected during the remaining
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               months for which the import licence is valid, this price
Economic Community,                                                 must be the cif price for shipment during the month
                                                                    preceding the month in which importation is expected to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                take place ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   made for shipment during a given month, this price
market in rice ('), as last amended, by Regulation (EEC)            should be the price ruling for shipment during the last
No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Article 13 (6) thereof,           month in which an offer for forward delivery was made ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             Whereas the premium shall be ECU 0 if the cif forward
                                                                    delivery price is equal to the cif price or lower by an
Whereas the premiums to be added to the import levies               amount not exceeding ECU 0,30 per tonne ;
fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must include a
premium for the current month and a premium for each                Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC)
of the following months until the expiry of the period of           No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be fixed at a
validity of the import licence ; whereas this period of vali­       higher level in exceptional circumstances and within
dity was laid down in Article 8 of Commission Regulation            certain specified limits ;
(EEC) No 891 /89 of 5 April 1989 on special detailed
rules for the application of the system of import and               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
export licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by        should be calculated on the following basis :
Regulation (EEC) No 675/91 (4) ;                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76 0 lays                       of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
down rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and                  rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
broken rice ;                                                            the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No                           tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (9),
1428/76, where the cif price for husked rice, for milled
rice or for broken rice determined on the day on which              — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif forward                    average of the ecu rates published in the Official
delivery price for the same product, the premium should                 Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
as a general rule be equal to the difference between these               a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
two prices ; whereas the cif price is that determined in                 cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 on the day on which the premiums are fixed ;                Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions that
whereas the detailed rules for determining cif prices were          the premiums should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71                 whereas the amount of the premiums should be altered
of 26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif           only if application of the abovementioned provisions
prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the correc­           entails a change of more than ECU 0,30,
tive amounts relating thereto (*), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2325/88 Q ; whereas the cif forward deli­
very price is also determined in accordance with Article            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 but on the basis of
offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be the
                                                                                               Article 1
cif price for shipment during the month in which the
import licence is issued in the case of imports to be
                                                                    The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed in
effected during that month ; whereas in the case of
                                                                    advance in respect of rice and broken rice originating in
imports to be effected during the month following the               third countries shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
month in which the import licence is issued, this price
must be the cif price for shipment during the month in
                                                                                               Article 2
(') OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
0   OJ  No  L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13 .                               1991 .
(4) OJ  No  L 75, 21 . 3. 1991 , p. 30.
0   OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30.
(6) OJ  No  L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .                           (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L 202, 27. 7. 1988 , p. 41 .                            0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 30 August 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1991 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                      import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                            (ECU / tonne)
                                           Current        1st period     2nd period     3rd period
                       CN code
                                              9               10             11                12
                      1006 10 21              0               0              0
                      1006 10 23              0               0              0
                      1006 10 25              0               0              0
                      1006 10 27              0               0              0
                      1006 10 92              0               0              0
                      1006 10 94              0               0              0
                      1006 10 96              0               0              0
                      1006 10 98              0               0              0
                      1006 20 11              0               0              0
                      1006 20 13              0               0              0
                      1006 20 15              0               0              0
                      1006 20 17              0               0              0
                      1006 20 92              0               0              0
                                                                                    ... ,r \ !
                      1006 20 94              0               0              0
                      1006 20 96              0               0              0
                      1006 20 98              0               0              0
                      1006 30 21              0               0              0
                      1006 30 23              0               0              0
                      1006 30 25              0               0              0
                      1006 30 27              0               0              0
                      1006 30 42              0               0              0
                      1006 30 44              0               0              0
                      1006 30 46              0               0              0
                      1006 30 48              0               0              0
                      1006 30 61              0               0              0
                      1006 30 63              0               0              0
                      1006 30 65              0               0              0
                      1006 30 67              0               0              0
                      1006 30 92              0               0              0
                      1006 30 94              0               0              0
                      1006 30 96              0               0              0
                      1006 30 98              0               0              0
                      1006 40 00              0               0              0                 0