31976R0980

30 . 4 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 113 / 5

COMMISSION REGULATION EEC No 980/ 76 of 29 April 1976 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round-grained COMMUNITIES, and long-grained husked rice and round-grained and long-grained wholly milled rice, the cif price is calcu­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European lated on the basis of quotations or prices on the world Economic Community ; market relating, for each type of rice, to the products Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ specified in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ 1613 /71 ; whereas, for this calculation, the conversion tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­ rates resulting from Commission Regulation No 467/ tion (EEC) No 668 /75 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 67/EEC (9) of 21 August 1967 fixing the conversion (2) thereof ; rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing, Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1484/75 (10) Committee ; should be used where appropriate ; Whereas Article 11 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice, husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly Ynilled rice and Whereas, when these conversions are being effected, broken rice ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, the Commission must take account of the fact that wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal certain offers are for rice containing a higher percen­ to the difference between the threshold price and the tage of broken rice than that allowed for in the cif price ; whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi­ standard quality fixed by Regulation No 362/67/EEC milled rice, the levy should be derived from the levies and, in that case to adjust the offers so as to conform applicable to the corresponding husked rice and with the value of one kilogramme of broken rice as wholly milled rice ; fixed by Regulation No 467/67/EEC, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1808/74, y^hereas no adjustment Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly is made, however, if the prices for husked rice and milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1975/76 semi-milled or wholly milled rice taken into considera­ marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 1 892/75 (3) tion are lower than those provided for in the last and (EEC) No 2161 / 75 (4) ; subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation No 467/ 67/ EEC ; Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the Commission must take account of the factors indi­ cated in Article 16 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and in Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 (5), as last amended Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the Commission to take account of the fact that certain by Regulation (EEC) No 3320/75 (6), and in particular the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the offers are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a world market which are sufficiently representative of product put up in bags and, if this is the case, to the real trend of the market, account being taken in adjust such offers by applying the rates or amounts particular of the need to prevent sudden variations fixed by the abovementioned Regulation to make the likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Commu­ offers comparable to offers for delivery cif or relating nity market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered to a product presented in bulk ; must also be taken into account, whether this quality corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regula­ tion No 362/67/ EEC (7), as last amended by Regula­ Whereas the cif price is caluclated for Rotterdam on the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made tion (EEC) No 1555/71 (8), or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the corrective amounts for other ports being adjusted, account being taken of provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No the corrections necessitated by the difference in trans­ 1613/71 of 26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules port charges in relation to Rotterdam ; for fixing cif prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts relating thereto ; Whereas, if the conditions provided for Article 1 (3) of (>) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 . Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain , the cif price (2 ) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975 , p. 18 . may be calculated on the basis of offers for delivery (3) OJ No L 193 , 25 . 7. 1975, p. 3 . during the following month or may be retained unal­ (4) OJ No L 220 , 20 . 8 . 1975, p . 9 . tered for a limited period ; (5) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7 . 1971 , p. 28 . (b) OJ No L 328 , 20 . 12. 1975, p . 32. (7) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 27. (9) OJ No 204, 24 . 8 . 1967, p . 1 . (8) OJ No L 164, 22 . 7 . 1971 , p . 11 . (" 0) OJ No L 150, 11 . 6 . 1975, p . 7 .

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Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, interests of the African , Caribbean and Pacific States levies should be calculated on the following basis : or of the 'overseas countries and territories', the levy — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relating to them must, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) relation to each other, at any given moment, No 706/76 ( J ), be reduced by a fixed amount and by within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based an amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy relating on their effective parity ; to third countries ; whereas the levy must be further reduced in the case of semi-milled and wholly milled — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the rice ; whereas the charging of this levy is subject to arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each conditions, some of which are set out in Article 9 of of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Council Regulation (EEC) No 706/76 of 30 March relation to the Community currencies referred to 1976 ; in the previous subparagraph ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1553/71 (2) of Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­ 19 July 1971 altered the definitions given in Annex A tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and incorporated in shown in the table annexed to this Regulation, supplementary notes Nos 2 and 3E to Chapter 10 of the Common Customs Tariff ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion No 359/67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Article 1 Customs Tariff ; Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/ in the intervening period to take account of variations 67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the table in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine annexed to this Regulation . cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if variations in the factors used to calculate the levy Article 2 entail an increase or a reduction of at least one unit of account per metric ton in the amount of the levy in This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April force ; 1976 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 29 April 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(») OJ No L 85, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 2. 2) OJ No L 164, 22. 7. 1971 , p. 5.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1976 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

(u.a. / metric ton)

CCT Third ACP and heading Description of goods countries No OCT (') P)

10.06 Rice : A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : I. Paddy rice : a) Round grain 79-04 36-52 b) Long grain 98-50 46-25 II . Husked rice : a) Round grain 98-80 46-40 b) Long grain 123-13 58-57 B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : a) Round grain 144-00 62-10 b) Long grain 217-41 98-84 II . Wholly milled rice : a) Round grain 153-36 66-43 b) Long grain 233-06 106-28 C. Broken rice : 26-82 10-91

(') Subject to the application of the provisions of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 706/76 . (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 706/76 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas depart­ ments of products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and territories'.