31986R0564

No L 55/94 1 . 3 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 564/86 of 28 February 1 986 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round grain and long grain husked rice and round grain and long grain wholly milled rice, the cif price is calculated on the basis of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European quotations or prices on the world market relating, for Economic Community, 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 Regulation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 fixing the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing Q, as market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2249/85 (8), should No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 1 1 (2) thereof, be used where appropriate ;

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 certain Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 offers are for rice containing a higher percentage of provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice, broken rice than that allowed for in the standard quality husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 and, in that case, broken rice ; whereas in the case of husked rice, wholly must adjust the offers so as to conform with the value of milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to the diffe­ one kilogram of broken rice fixed by Regulation No 467/ rence between the threshold price and the cif price ; 67/EEC ; whereas no adjustment is made, however, if the whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi-milled rice, prices for husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled the levy should be derived from the levies applicable to rice taken into consideration are lower than those the corresponding husked rice and wholly milled rice ; provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regu­ lation No 467/67/ EEC ;

Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1985/ 86 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2250/85 (3) ; 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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2117/80 and in particular the most favourable Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on the purchasing opportunities on the world market which are basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made for other sufficiently representative of the real trend of the market, ports being adjusted, account being taken of the correc­ account being taken in particular of -the need to prevent tions necessitated by the difference in transport charges in sudden variations likely to cause abnormal disturbances relation to Rotterdam ; on the Community market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered must also be taken into account, whether this quality as fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (*), or whether adjustments need to be made by applying the corrective amounts provided for in Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3) of 1613/71 : 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 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . limited period ; (3) OJ No L 210, 7. 8 . 1985, p. 14. (4) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . Is) OJ No L 206, 8. 8. 1980, p. 15. 0 OJ No L 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 20 . (8) OJ No L 210 , 7 . 8 . 1985, p. 13 .

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whereas, pursuant to Article 272 of the Act of Accession, tions in the factors used to calculate the levy entail an the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 increase or a reduction of at least 1,21 ECU per tonne in must, in the case of products specified in Article 1 of the amount of the levy in force ; Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 which are imported from Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies Portugal, apply the arrangements which were applicable should be calculated on the following basis : in respect of Portugal before accession ; whereas, under Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying tion to each other at any given moment within a band to trade in agricultural products between Spain and of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their . central Portugal ('), the same arrangements are to be applied in rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the case of Spain ; whereas a levy should be applied the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ pursuant to those arrangements and whereas that levy tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (3), should be calculated in accordance with the rules laid — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the down in Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 and taking into arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of account the situation with regard to market prices in these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ Portugal ; and whereas, in the case of imports into Spain tion to the Community currencies referred to in the the accession compensatory amount applicable to trade previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 should be deducted from the levy ; Whereas it follows from applying all the abovementioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 (2) deter­ mined the standard qualities for rice and broken rice ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, the nomenclature provided for in this Article 1 Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . the intervening period to take account of variations in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif Article 2 prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if varia­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 7. (2) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20. (3) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1986 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice (ECU / tonne) CCT Third heading Description Portugal No countries (')

ex 10.06 Rice : B. Other : \

I. Paddy rice ; husked rice : a) Paddy rice : \

— 312,18 1 . Round grain — 315,11 2. Long grain b) Husked rice : I

— 1 . Round grain 390,22 — 393,89 2. Long grain II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : a) Semi-milled rice : ll

1 . Round grain 13,05 481,92 2. Long grain 12,97 611,78

b) Wholly milled rice : Il

1 . Round grain 13,90 513,25 2. Long grain 13,90 655,83 III . Broken rice — 162,01

(') The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 1 1 a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.