31988R2327

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2327/88 of 26 July 1988 on the adjustment of import levies and export refunds fixed in advance for medium-grained rice

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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2229/88 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (5) and 17 (6) thereof,

Whereas, in accordance with Articles 13 (2) and 17 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, the levy or refund applicable on the day on which the application for a licence is lodged is to be adjusted, in the case of advance fixing, by reference to the threshold price in force in the month of import or export;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 provides from 1 September 1988 for rice to be classified no longer into two but into three categories, namely round-grained, medium-grained and long-grained; whereas, in accordance with that Regulation, the levies applicable to medium-grained rice are the same as those applicable to long-grained rice;

Whereas, in the absence of a threshold price for medium-grained rice, that result can only be achieved as regards the levies fixed in advance for that product if the adjustment provided for in Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 effected on the basis of the threshold price for long-grained rice; whereas, for reasons of consistency, the adjustment provided for in Article 17 (4) of that Regulation should be effected on the same basis;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 In the case of advance fixing of the import levy or of the export refund for medium-grained rice, the adjustments provided for in Articles 13 (2) and 17 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 shall be calculated on the basis of the threshold prices applying for long-grained rice.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1988.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice President (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1988, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30.

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