31991R2591

No L 243/8 31 . 8 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2591/91 of 30 August 1991 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, which importation is expected to take place ; whereas in the case of imports to be effected during the remaining Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European months for which the import licence is valid, this price Economic Community, must be the cif price for shipment during the month preceding the month in which importation is expected to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 take place ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the made for shipment during a given month, this price market in rice ('), as last amended, by Regulation (EEC) should be the price ruling for shipment during the last No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Article 13 (6) thereof, month in which an offer for forward delivery was made ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas the premium shall be ECU 0 if the cif forward delivery price is equal to the cif price or lower by an Whereas the premiums to be added to the import levies amount not exceeding ECU 0,30 per tonne ; fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must include a premium for the current month and a premium for each Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) of the following months until the expiry of the period of No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be fixed at a validity of the import licence ; whereas this period of vali­ higher level in exceptional circumstances and within dity was laid down in Article 8 of Commission Regulation certain specified limits ; (EEC) No 891 /89 of 5 April 1989 on special detailed Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies rules for the application of the system of import and should be calculated on the following basis : export licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 675/91 (4) ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76 0 lays of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central down rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in broken rice ; the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­ Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (9), 1428/76, where the cif price for husked rice, for milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day on which — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif forward average of the ecu rates published in the Official delivery price for the same product, the premium should Journal of the European Communities, C series, over as a general rule be equal to the difference between these a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ two prices ; whereas the cif price is that determined in cient referred to in the preceding indent ; accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions that 1418/76 on the day on which the premiums are fixed ; the premiums should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; whereas the detailed rules for determining cif prices were whereas the amount of the premiums should be altered laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 only if application of the abovementioned provisions of 26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif entails a change of more than ECU 0,30, prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the correc­ tive amounts relating thereto (*), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2325/88 Q ; whereas the cif forward deli­ very price is also determined in accordance with Article HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 but on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be the Article 1 cif price for shipment during the month in which the import licence is issued in the case of imports to be The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed in effected during that month ; whereas in the case of advance in respect of rice and broken rice originating in imports to be effected during the month following the third countries shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. month in which the import licence is issued, this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month in Article 2 (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 0 OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13 . 1991 . (4) OJ No L 75, 21 . 3. 1991 , p. 30. 0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30. (6) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . O OJ No L 202, 27. 7. 1988 , p. 41 . 0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 August 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

No L 243 / 10 31 . 8 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1991 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

(ECU / tonne) Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period CN code 9 10 11 12

1006 10 21 0 0 0 1006 10 23 0 0 0 1006 10 25 0 0 0 1006 10 27 0 0 0 1006 10 92 0 0 0 1006 10 94 0 0 0 1006 10 96 0 0 0 1006 10 98 0 0 0 1006 20 11 0 0 0 1006 20 13 0 0 0 1006 20 15 0 0 0 1006 20 17 0 0 0 1006 20 92 0 0 0 ... , r \ ! 1006 20 94 0 0 0 1006 20 96 0 0 0 1006 20 98 0 0 0 1006 30 21 0 0 0 1006 30 23 0 0 0 1006 30 25 0 0 0 1006 30 27 0 0 0 1006 30 42 0 0 0 1006 30 44 0 0 0 1006 30 46 0 0 0 1006 30 48 0 0 0 1006 30 61 0 0 0 1006 30 63 0 0 0 1006 30 65 0 0 0 1006 30 67 0 0 0 1006 30 92 0 0 0 1006 30 94 0 0 0 1006 30 96 0 0 0 1006 30 98 0 0 0 1006 40 00 0 0 0 0