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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3458/83
of 7 December 1983
fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
these currencies in relation to the Community
currencies referred to in the previous indent ;
Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/83 to today's
offer prices and quotations known to the Commission
that the levies at present in force should be altered to
the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1566/83 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2)
thereof,
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2454/83 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3367/83 (4) ;
Whereas, if the levy is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
relation to each other at any given moment within
a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
their central rate,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The import levies to be charged on the products listed
in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December
1983 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels, 7 December 1983 .
For the Commission
Poul DALSAGER
Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 163, 22 . 6 . 1983, p. 5 .
(3) OJ No L 243, 1 . 9 . 1983, p. 5 .
(4 OJ No L 336, 1 . 12 . 1983, p. 5 .
No L 345/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 12. 83
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 7 December 1983 fixing the import levies on rice and
broken rice
(ECU/ tonne)
CCT
heading
No
Description
Third
countries (3)
ACP or
OCT (1)(2)(3)
ex 10.06 Rice :
B. Other : l
I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
a) Paddy rice : l
1 . Round grain 157,95 75,37
2. Long grain 170,00 81,40
b) Husked rice : l
1 . Round grain 197,44 95,12
2. Long grain 212,50 102,65
II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I
a) Semi-milled rice : l
1 . Round grain 316,48 146,31
2. Long grain 402,07 189,15
b) Wholly milled rice : \
1 . Round grain 337,05 156,17
2 . Long grain 431,02 203,16
III . Broken rice 59,70 26,85
(') Subject to the application of the provisions of Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 .
(2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, the levies are not applied to imports into the
French overseas departments 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.
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