31977R0731

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 731/77 of 6 April 1977 fixing the amount by which the levy on imports of rice from the Arab Republic of Egypt is to be reduced

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 2412/73 (3), the reference period is to be the quarter preceding the month in which the amount is fixed ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the levies to be taken into consideration are therefore those applicable during the months of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No January, February and March 1977, 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice (*), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1434/76 of 21 June 1976 on imports of rice from the Arab Republic of Egypt (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Article 1 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1434/76 provides that The amount referred to in Article 1 of Regulation the levy calculated in accordance with Article 11 of (EEC) No 1434/76 by which the levy on imports of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 is to be reduced by an rice originating in and coming from the Arab Repu­ amount to be fixed by the Commission each quarter ; blic of Egypt is to be reduced shall be as shown in the whereas this amount must be equal to 25 % of the Annex. average of the levies applied during a reference period ; Article 2 Whereas, under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2942/73 of 30 October 1973 laying down detailed This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 April 1977. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 45 . (J) OJ No L 302, 31 . 10. 1973, p. 1 .

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ANNEX (u.a./tonne) CCT Amounts heading Description of goods to be No deducted

10.06 Rice : A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : I. Paddy rice : a) Round grain 22.21 b) Long grain 29.26 II . Husked rice : a) Round grain 27.55 b) Long grain 36.57

B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : 39.00 a) Round grain 59.26 b) Long grain II. Wholly milled rice : a) Round grain 41.53 b) Long grain 64.09

C. Broken rice 15.00