Commission Regulation (EC) No 1007/2004 of 19 May 2004 amending the import duties in the rice sector

of 19 May 2004

amending the import duties in the rice sector

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice ¹ ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector ² , and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Import duties in the rice sector have been fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 963/2004 ³ .

(2) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 10 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 963/2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 963/2004 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2004.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 May 2004. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

¹ OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 411/2002 ( OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27 ).

² OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 71 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2294/2003 ( OJ L 340, 24.12.2003, p. 12 ).

³ OJ L 178, 13.5.2004, p. 8 .

Import duties on rice and broken rice

¹ The duty on imports of rice originating in the ACP States is applicable, under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 ( OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5 ) and amended Commission Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 ( OJ L 93, 10.4.2003, p. 3 ).

² In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1706/98, the duties are not applied to products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and imported directly into the overseas department of Réunion.

³ The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Réunion is specified in Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.

⁴ The duty on imports of rice not including broken rice (CN code 1006 40 00 ), originating in Bangladesh is applicable under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 ( OJ L 337, 4.12.1990, p. 1 ) and amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 ( OJ L 88, 9.4.1991, p. 7 ).

⁸ No import duty applies to products originating in the OCT pursuant to Article 101(1) of amended Council Decision 91/482/EEC ( OJ L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1 ).

⁵ For husked rice of the Basmati variety originating in India and Pakistan, a reduction of EUR/t 250 applies (Article 4a of amended Regulation (EC) No 1503/96).

⁷ Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.

⁶ The duty on imports of rice originating in and coming from Egypt is applicable under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 ( OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 1 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 ( OJ L 31, 1.2.1997, p. 53 ).

Calculation of import duties for rice

¹ Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff.

Footnotes

1. Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1706/98, the duties are not applied to products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and imported directly into the overseas department of Réunion. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. The import levy on rice entering the overseas department of Réunion is specified in Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

4. The duty on imports of rice not including broken rice (CN code 1006 40 00 ), originating in Bangladesh is applicable under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 () and amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/91 (). ↩ ↩²

5. For husked rice of the Basmati variety originating in India and Pakistan, a reduction of EUR/t 250 applies (Article 4a of amended Regulation (EC) No 1503/96). ↩ ↩²

6. The duty on imports of rice originating in and coming from Egypt is applicable under the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 () and Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 (). ↩ ↩²

7. Duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵

8. No import duty applies to products originating in the OCT pursuant to Article 101(1) of amended Council Decision 91/482/EEC (). ↩