31987R1407

23 . 5 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 135/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1407/87 of 22 May 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 (% Economic Community, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Portugal, these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules No 1449/86 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof, contained in Regulation (EEC) No 881 /87 to today's offer prices and quotations known to the Commission that the Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No levies at present in force should be altered to the amounts 883/87 of 23 March 1987 laying down detailed rules for set out in the Annex hereto, the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86 on imports rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati variety falling within subheading ex 10.06 B I or II of the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Common Customs Tariff (3), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Article 1 Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 881 /87 (4), as The import levies to be charged on the products listed in last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1346/87 (*) ; Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Article 2 tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 May 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. -1 . 3) OJ No L 80 , 24. 3 . 1987, p. 20 . (4) OJ No L 85, 28 . 3 . 1987, p. 5. (*) OJ No L 127, 16. 5 . 1987, p. 8 . («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .

No L 135/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 5 . 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 May 1987 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice (ECU/ tonne) CCT Third ACP or Basmati heading Description Portugal No countries (') OCT 000 (4)

ex 10.06 Rice : IIII

B. Other : \\ I. Paddy rice ; husked rice : || Il a) Paddy rice : l

— — 1 . Round grain 354,34 173,57

— 2. Long grain 375,06 183,93 281,30 b) Husked rice : ll

— — 1 . Round grain 442,93 217,86 — 2. Long grain 468,83 230,81 351,62 II. Semi-milled or wholly milled \\ rice : I a) Semi-milled rice : I\ 13,05 — 1 . Round grain 548,03 262,09 2. Long grain 12,97 681,98 329,10 511,49

b) Wholly milled rice : \

13,90 583,66 279,48 — 1 . Round grain 2. Long grain 13,90 731,09 353,19 548,32 III . Broken rice — 82,92 207,14 100,57

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. (*) This levy is applicable to Basmati rice covered by the arrangement provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86.