31983R2455

No L 243/ 8 1 . 9 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2455 / 83 of 31 August 1983 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN relating thereto (6), as last amended by Regulation COMMUNITIES, (EEC) No 21 17/80 Q ; whereas the cif forward delivery price is also determined in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 but on the basis of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be Economic Community, the cif price for shipment during the month in which the import licence is issued in the case of imports to be effected during that month ; whereas in the case of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No imports to be effected during the month following the 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization month in which the import licence is issued, this price of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation must be the cif price for shipment during the month (EEC) No 1 566/83 (2), and in particular Article 1 3 (6) in which importation is expected to take place ; thereof, whereas in the case of imports to be effected during the remaining months for which the import licence is valid, this price must be the cif price for shipment Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary during the month preceding the month in which Committee , importation is expected to take place ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made for shipment during a given month, this price should be the price ruling Whereas the premiums to be added to the import levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must for shipment during the last month in which an offer for forward delivery was made ; include a premium for the current month and a premium for each of the following months until the expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ; Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif whereas this period of validity was laid down in Article forward delivery price is equal to the cif price or lower 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 of 25 by an amount not exceeding 0,30 ECU per tonne ; July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation 1816/ 83 (4) ; (EEC) No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances and within certain specified limits ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428 /76 of 21 June 1 9761s) lays down rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and broken rice ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 1428 /76, where the cif price for husked rice, for milled relation to each other at any given moment within rice or for broken rice determined on the day on a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif their central rate, forward delivery price for the same product, the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the premium should as a general rule be equal to the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif these currencies recorded for a given period in price is that determined in accordance with Article 16 relation to the Community currencies referred to of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 on the day on which in the previous indent ; the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for determining cif prices were laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July 1971 laying Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and levies on that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should be altered only if application of the abovementioned (') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 . provisions entails a change of more than 0,30 ECU, (2) OJ No L 163 , 22. 6 . 1983 , p. 5 . (3) OJ No L 213 , 11 . 8 . 1975, p. 5 . (<) OJ No L 178 , 2. 7. 1983, p. 13 . (6) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . 0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p . 30 . 0 OJ No L 206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p . 15.

1 . 9 . 83 No L 243/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article1¶

The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed in advance in respect of rice and broken rice shall be This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September as set out in the Annex hereto . 1983 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

No L 243/ 10 1 . 9 . 83 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1983 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

(ECU / tonne) CCT Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period heading Description No 9 10 11 12

ex 10.06 Rice : B. Other I. Paddy rice ; husked rice : a) Paddy rice : 0 0 0 — 1 . Round grain 0 0 0 — 2. Long grain b) Husked rice : II\ 0 0 0 — 1 . Round grain 0 0 0 — 2. Long grain II. Semi-milled or wholly \I milled rice : a) Semi-milled rice : Il 0 0 0 — 1 . Round grain 0 0 0 — 2. Long grain b) Wholly milled rice : Il 0 0 0 — l 1 . Round grain 0 0 0 — 2. Long grain III. Broken rice 0 0 0 0