31987R0516

21 . 2. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 52/ 5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 516/87 of 20 February 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules Portugal, contained in Regulation (EEC) No 200/87 to today's offer prices and quotations known to the Commission that the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the set out in the Annex hereto, market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1449/86 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof, Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice were HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 200/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 452/87 (4) ; Article 1 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : The import levies to be charged on the products listed in — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 tion to each other at any given moment within a band shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ Article 2 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February 1987. arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of

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

Done at Brussels, 20 February 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . O OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 22, 24, 1 . 1987, p. 5. (4) OJ No L 46, 14. 2. 1987, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .

No L 52/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 2. 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 February 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice (ECU/ tonne) CCT Third ACP or heading Description Portugal No countries 0 OCT (1)(2)(3)

ex 10.06 Rice : I I

B. Other : l l I. Paddy • rice ; husked rice : l a) Paddy rice : 1 . Round grain — 335,11 163,95 — 368,31 180,55 2. Long grain b) Husked rice : l l

— 1 . Round grain 418,89 205,84 — 460,39 226,59 2. Long grain II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : l l a) Semi-milled rice : 1 . Round grain 13,05 535,94 256,04 2. Long grain 12,97 661,06 318,64 b) Wholly milled rice : I I

1 . Round grain 13,90 570,78 273,04 2. Long grain 13,90 708,66 341,98 I

III . Broken rice 82,92 221,75 107,87

N.B. The levies are to be converted into national currencies using the specific agricultural conversion rates fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 3294/86. (') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and of Regulation No 551 /85. 0 In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, the levies are not applied to imports into the overseas department of Reunion 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 11a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.