CELEX: 31993R2666
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2666/93 of 30 September 1993 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 245/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 10. 93
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2666/93
                                                     of 30 September 1993
                                     fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        No 1423/76 (8), or whether adjustments need to be made
                                                                   by applying the corrective amounts provided for in Regu­
                                                                   lation (EEC) No 1613/71 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   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 rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            quotations or prices on the world market relating, for
No 1544/93 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof,          each type of rice, to the products specified in Article 4 of
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; whereas, for this calcula­
                                                                   tion, the conversion rates resulting from Commission
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC)                       Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 fixing the
No 81 /92 of 15 January 1992 laying down detailed rules            conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC)                    by-products for the various stages of rice processing (9), as
No 3877/86 on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic           last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (10), should
Basmati variety (3), and in particular Article 8 thereof,          be used where appropriate ;
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  Whereas, when these conversions are being effected, the
provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,                Commission must take account of the fact that certain
husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and
broken rice ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly          offers are for rice containing a higher percentage of
                                                                   broken rice than that allowed for in the standard quality
milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to the
                                                                   fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 and, in that case,
difference between the threshold price and the cif price ;         must adjust the offers so as to conform with the value of
whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi-milled rice,           one kilogram of broken rice fixed by Regulation No 467/
the levy should be derived from the levies applicable to           67/EEC ; whereas no adjustment is made, however, if the
the corresponding husked rice and wholly milled rice ;             prices for husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled
                                                                   rice   taken  into consideration are      lower than     those
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly               provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regu­
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1993/94             lation No 467/67/EEC ;
marketing year by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 2091 /93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2696/93 (*) ;                                                   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the
                                                                   Commission to take account of the fact that certain offers
                                                                   are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a product put
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the            up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust such offers by
Commission must take account of the factors indicated in           applying the rates or amounts fixed by the abovemen­
Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and in                   tioned Regulation to make the offers comparable to offers
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July                  for delivery cif or relating to a product presented in bulk ;
1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and
levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts
relating thereto (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the
No 1614/92 Q, and in particular the most favourable                basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made for other
purchasing opportunities on the world market which are              ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­
sufficiently representative of the real trend of the market,        tions necessitated by the difference in transport charges in
account being taken in particular of the need to prevent            relation to Rotterdam ;
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances
on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the
goods offered must also be taken into account, whether             Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3) of
this quality as fixed in Council Regulation (EEC)                   Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price may be
                                                                    calculated on the basis of offers for delivery during the
(') OJ  No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               following month or may be retained unaltered for a
(2) OJ  No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.                                limited period ;
0   OJ  No L 10, 16. 1 . 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No L 190, 30. 7. 1993, p. 10.
(*) See page 74 of this Official Journal.                           (8) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20.
(6) OJ  No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28.                              0 OJ No L 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 170, 25. 6. 1992, p. 15.                               0°) OJ No L 202, 27. 7. 1988, p. 41 .
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Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the                  Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in
interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the         the intervening period to take account of variations in
levy relating to them must be reduced by a fixed amount             threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif
and by an amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy                  prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled
relating to third countries ; whereas, pursuant to Articles         rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if varia­
12 and 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of                  tions in the factors used to calculate the levy entail an
5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­             increase or a reduction of at least ECU 1,21 per tonne in
tural products and certain goods resulting from the                 the amount of the levy in force ;
processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP
States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('),      Whereas the representative market rates defined in
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (*), the levy              Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (') are
must be further reduced in the case of semi-milled and              used to convert amounts expressed in third country
wholly milled rice ;                                                currencies and are used as the basis for determining the
                                                                    agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision            cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the               mination of these conversions were set by Commission
 overseas countries and territories with the European                Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (');
 Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries           Whereas it follows from applying all the abovementioned
 and territories ;                                                   provisions that the levies should be fixed as set out in the
                                                                     Annex hereto,
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 determined the
 standard qualities for rice and broken rice ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86 (4), as                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3130/91 (*), defined a
 special arrangement for the importation of certain quanti­
 ties of Basmati rice into the Community ; whereas this                                        Article 1
 arrangement provides for a levy of 75 % of that calculated
 in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EEC)                   The import levies to be charged on the products listed in
 No 1418/76 ; whereas however this levy may not be less              Article 1 (I) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 than the difference between the free-at-frontier price for          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 Basmati rice and the threshold price for long-grain rice ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /90 (*) and                                          Article 2
 Commission Regulation (EEQ No 862/91 f) made
  import arrangements for rice originating in Bangladesh ;           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1993.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 30 September 1993.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Rene STEICHEN
                                                                            Member of the Commission
   (') OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
   (*) OJ No L 36, 8 . 2. 1991 , p. 9.
   (») OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
   O   OJ No L 361 , 20. 12. 1986, p. 1 .
   o   OJ No L 297, 29. 10. 1991 , p. 1 .
   (') OJ No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1 .                               (') OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
   f)  OJ No L 88, 9. 4. 1991 , p. 7.                                 0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1993 fixing die import levies on rice and
                                                              broken rice
                                                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                                                              Levies'(*)
                      CN code                                                    ACP
                                                 Arrangement                                            Third countries
                                             in Regulation (EEC)             Bangladesh                   (except ACP)
                                                No 3877/86 0                  0000                             0
                    100610 21                         —                        142,22                        291,64
                    100610 23                         —                        149,24                        305,69
                    100610 25                         —                        149,24                        305,69
                    100610 27                       229,27                     149,24                        305,69
                    100610 92                         —                        142^2                         291,64
                     100610 94                        —                        149,24                        305,69
                    300610 96                         —                        149,24                        305,69
                     1006 10 98                     229,27                     149,24                        305,69
                     1006 20 11                       —                        178,67                        364,55
                     1006 20 13                       —                        187,45                        382,11
                     1006 2015                        —                        187,45                        382,11
                     1006 20 17                     286,58                     187,45                        382,1 1
                     1006 20 92                       —                        178,67                        364,55
                     1006 20 94                       —                        187,45                        382,11
                     1006 20 96                       —                        187,45                        382,11
                     1006 20 98                     286,58                     187,45                        382,11
                     1006 30 21                       —                        221,63                        4*7,12
                     1006 30 23                       —                        283,88                        591,54
                     1006 30 25                       —                        283,88                        591,54
                     1006 30 27                     443,66                     283,88                        591,54
                     1006 30 42                       —                        221,63                        467,12
                     1006 30 44                       —                        283,88                        591,54
                     1006 30 46                        —                       283,88                        591,54
                     1006 30 48                     443,66                      283,88                        591,54
                     100630 61                         —                       23639                         497,49
                     1006 30 63                        —                        304,71                        634,13
                      1006 30 65                       —                        304,71                        634,13
                      1006 30 67                     475,60                     304,71                        634,13
                      1006 30 92                       —                        23639                         497,49
                      1006 30 94                       —                        304,71                        634,13
                      1006 30 96                       —                        304,71                        634,13
                      1006 30 98                     475,60                     304,71                        634,13
                      1006 40 00                       —                          61,45                       128,90
            (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
            0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, the levies are not applied to products originating in the
                African, Caribbean and Pacific States and imported direcdy into the overseas department of Reunion.
            0 The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 11a of Regulation
                (EEC) No 1418/76.
            (*) The levy on imports of rice, not including broken rice (CN code 1006 40 00), originating in Bangladesh is appli­
                cable under the arrangements laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 3491 /90 and (EEC) No 862/91 .
            0 The levy on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati variety is applicable under the arrangements laid
                down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86.
            (*) No import levy applies to products originating in the OCT pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC,
                subject to the provisions of Decision 93/127/EEC.