31993R0764

No L 79/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 4. 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 764/93 of 31 March 1993 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, by applying the corrective amounts provided for in Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1613/71 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round grain and long grain husked rice and round grain and long grain wholly Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 milled rice, the cif price is calculated on the basis of of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the quotations or prices on the world market relating, for market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) each type of rice, to the products specified in Article 4 of No 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof, 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the No 81 /92 of 15 January 1992 laying down detailed rules by-products for the various stages of rice processing (8), as for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (9), should No 3877/86 on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic be used where appropriate ; Basmati variety (3), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Whereas, when these conversions are being effected, the provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice, Commission must take account of the fact that certain husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and offers are for rice containing a higher percentage of broken rice ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly broken rice than that allowed for in the standard quality milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal to the fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 and, in that case, difference between the threshold price and the cif price ; must adjust the offers so as to conform with the value of whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi-milled rice, one kilogram of broken rice fixed by Regulation No 467/ the levy should be derived from the levies applicable to 67/EEC ; whereas no adjustment is made, however, if the the corresponding husked rice and wholly milled rice ; prices for husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled rice taken into consideration are lower than those provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 4 of Regu­ Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly lation No 467/ 67/EEC : milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1992/93 marketing year by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1841 /92 (4); Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the Commission to take account of the fact that certain offers Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices, the are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a product put Commission must take account of the factors indicated in up in bags and, if this is the case, to adjust such offers by Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and in applying the rates or amounts fixed by the abovemen­ Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July tioned Regulation to make the offers comparable to offers 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and for delivery cif or relating to a product presented in bulk ; levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts relating thereto (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1614/92 (6), 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 P), or whether adjustments need to be made Whereas, if the conditions provided for in Article 1 (3) of 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 . O OJ No L 73, 19 . 3. 1992, p. 7 . following month or may be retained unaltered for a O OJ No L 10, 16 . 1 . 1992, p. 9 . limited period ; (4) OJ No L 187, 7. 7. 1992, p. 30 . O OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . (s) OJ No L 170, 25. 6. 1992, p. 15. (8) OJ No 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 20. (') OJ No L 202, 27. 7. 1988, p. 41 .

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Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered in interests of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the the intervening period to take account of variations in levy relating to them must be reduced by a fixed amount threshold prices or in the factors used to determine cif and by an amount corresponding to 50 % of the levy prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly milled relating to third countries ; whereas, pursuant to Articles rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only if varia­ 12 and 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of tions in the factors used to calculate the levy entail an 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­ increase or a reduction of at least ECU 1,21 per tonne in tural products and certain goods resulting from the the amount of the levy in force ; processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), Whereas the representative market rates defined in as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (2), the levy Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8) are must be further reduced in the case of semi-milled and used to convert amounts expressed in third country wholly milled rice ; currencies and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­ cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­ Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision mination of these conversions were set by Commission 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Regulation (EEC) No 3819/92 (9); Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on Whereas it follows from applying all the abovementioned imports of products originating in the overseas countries provisions that the levies should be fixed as set out in the and territories ; Annex hereto, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1423/76 determined the standard qualities for rice and broken rice ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86 (4), as HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 30/91 (*), defined a special arrangement for the importation of certain quanti­ Article 1 ties of Basmati rice into the Community ; whereas this arrangement provides for a levy of 75 % of that calculated in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) The import levies to be charged on the products listed in No 1418/76 ; whereas however this levy may not be less Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. than the difference between the free-at-frontier price for Basmati rice and the threshold price for long-grain rice ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491 /90 (*) and Article 2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 Q made import arrangements for rice originating in Bangladesh ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1993.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 1993 .

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85. 0 OJ No L 36, 8 . 2. 1991 , p. 9. 0 OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 361 , 20 . 12. 1986, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 297, 29 . 10. 1991 , p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 88, 9. 4. 1991 , p. 7. O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.

No L 79/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 4. 93

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1993 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

(ECU / tonne)

Levies (') I

CN code ACP Third countries Arrangement in Regulation (EEC) Bangladesh (except ACP) No 3877/86 (5) C )(2)(3)(4) (3)

1006 10 21 — 154,80 316,80 1006 10 23 — 167,68 342,56 1006 10 25 — 167,68 342,56 1006 10 27 256,92 167,68 342,56 1006 10 92 — 154,80 316,80 1006 10 94 — 167,68 342,56 1006 10 96 — 167,68 342,56 1006 10 98 256,92 167,68 342,56 1006 20 11 — 194,40 396,00 1006 20 13 — 210,50 428,20 1006 20 15 — 210,50 428,20 1006 20 17 321,15 210,50 428,20 1006 20 92 — 194,40 396,00 1006 20 94 — 210,50 428,20 1006 20 96 — 210,50 428,20 1006 20 98 321,15 210,50 428,20 1006 30 21 — 240,70 505,26 1006 30 23 — 300,27 624,32 1006 30 25 — 300,27 624,32 1006 30 27 468,24 300,27 624,32 1006 30 42 — 240,70 505,26 1006 30 44 — 300,27 624,32 1006 30 46 — 300,27 624,32 1006 30 48 468,24 300,27 624,32 1006 30 61 — 256,70 538,11 1006 30 63 — 322,28 669,27 1006 30 65 — 322,28 669,27 1006 30 67 501,95 322,28 669,27 1006 30 92 — 256,70 538,11 1006 30 94 — 322,28 669,27 1006 30 96 — 322,28 669,27 1006 30 98 501,95 322,28 669,27 1006 40 00 — 72,09 150,18

(') Subject to the application of the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, the levies are not applied to products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and imported directly into the overseas department of Reunion. (J) The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Reunion is specified in Article 1 1 a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76. (4) The levy on imports of rice, not including broken rice (CN code 1 006 40 00), originating in Bangladesh is appli­ cables under the arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC) Nos 3491 /90 and 862/91 . O The levy on imports of rice of the long-grain aromatic Basmati variety is applicable under the arrangements laid down in amended Regulation (EEC) No 3877/86. (') No import levy applies to products originating in the OCT pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC, subject to the provisions of Decision 93/ 127/CEE concerning semi-milled rice falling within CN codes 1006 30 21 to 1006 30 48 originating in the Netherlands Antilles.