31982R2371

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2371 /82

of 31 August 1982 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN wholly milled nee, 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 the Act of and the value of the by-products for the various stages Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (2) of rice processing Q, as last amended by Regulation thereof, (EEC) No 1871 /82 (8), should be used where appro­ priate ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas, when these conversions are being effected, the Commission must take account of the fact that Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 certain offers are for rice containing a higher percent­ provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice, age of broken rice than that allowed for in the stan­ husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and broken rice ; whereas in the case o; husked rice, dard quality fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 and, in that case, must adjust the offers so as to wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to conform with the value of one kilogram of broken rice the difference between the threshold price and the cif fixed by Regulation No 467/67/EEC, as amended by price ; whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi­ Regulation (EEC) No 1808/74 ; whereas no adjustment milled rice, the levy should be derived from the levies is made, however, if the prices for husked rice and applicable to the corresponding husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled rice taken into consider­ wholly milled rice ; ation are lower than those provided for in the last Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation No 467/ milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1982/83 67/EEC ; marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 1872/82 (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 21 17/80 (*), 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 Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3) as fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1 423/76 (6), or of Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 obtain, the cif price whether adjustments need to be made by applying the may be calculated on the basis of offers for delivery corrective amounts provided for in Regulation (EEC) 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 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17. relating to them must, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) (3) OJ No L 206, 14. 7 . 1982, p . 16 . (4) OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . 0 OJ No L 206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p. 15 . O OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p . 1 . («) OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p . 20. (8) OJ No L 206, 14. 7. 1982, p . 15.

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No 706/76 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on No 279/80 (2), be reduced by a fixed amount and by an their central rate, amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy relating to — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the third countries ; whereas the levy must be further arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of reduced in the case of semi-milled and wholly milled these currencies recorded for a given period in rice ; whereas the charging of this levy is subject to relation to the Community currencies referred to conditions, some of which are set out in Article 9 of in the previous indent ; Regulation (EEC) No 706/76 ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (3) Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­ determined the standard qualities for rice and broken tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as set rice ; out in the Annex hereto,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1418/76, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Customs Tariff ;

Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in the intervening period to take account of variations Article 1 in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly The import levies to be charged on the products listed milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No if variations in the factors used to calculate the levy 1418 /76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. entail an increase or a reduction of at least 1*21 ECU per tonne in the amount of the levy in force ;

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Article 2 levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September relation to each other at any given moment within 1982 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1982. For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 85, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 31 , 8 . 2. 1980, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1982 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

(ECU / tonne) CCT Third ACP or heading Description countries (3) No OCT o on

ex 10.06 Rice : B. Other : I. Paddy rice ; husked rice : a) Paddy rice : 1 . Round grain 130-61 61-70 2. Long grain 144-28 68-54

b) Husked rice : 1 . Round grain 163-26 78-03 2. Long grain 180-35 86-57

II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : a) Semi-milled rice : 1 . Round grain 258-56 117-35 2. Long grain 373-09 174-66

b) Wholly milled rice : 1 . Round grain 275-37 125-33 2. Long grain 399-96 187-63

III . Broken rice 39-76 16-88

(') Subject to the application of the provisions of Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 . (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas 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.