No L 63/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 3. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 551/85 of 1 March 1985 laying down detailed implementing rules for imports of rice originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the overseas countries and territories THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establlshmg the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ('), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 129 on the value of the unit of account and exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricul- tural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2543/73 (), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Commuittee, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 provides that the levy calculated in accordance with Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1025/84 (%), shall be reduced by an amount of 50 % of the said levy and by a flat-rate component, which differs according to the extent to which the rice has been milled, provided that a corresponding charge has been collected on export from the non-member country concerned; Whereas this export charge cannot be collected in a precise manner unless the levy that will be applied on import into the Community is known ; whereas, for this purpose, the import levy must be fixed in advance, thereby enabling the trade to know the amount that will be deducted from the levy and, consequently, the amount that must be collected on export ; Whereas it is necessary to ascertain that the exporting country has actually collected the export charge corres- J No L 61, 1. 3. 1985, J No 106, 30. 10. 1962, p 2553/62 J No L 263, 19. 9. 1973, p. 1. J No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. 0] No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13. ponding to the amount of the reduction of the levy applied; ‘ Whereas suitable administrative measures should be laid down in order to ensure that the volume of the quota fixed is not exceeded ; Whereas, in order to enable the Commission, should the need arise, to implement Article 11 (3) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 486/85, it should be laid down that the Member States should notify the Commission daily of the quantities in respect of which applications for import licences in respect of rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories have been made; Whereas, pursuant to Article 20 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, the levies are not to be applied to the French overseas departments until 30 June 1985 ; whereas the Commission should be notified of the quantities of rice imported into those departments; 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 The amounts of the levies referred to in Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 shall be calculated each week by the Commission on the basis of the levies fixed according to the criteria set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76. Article 2 1. Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 shall apply only to imports of rice in respect of which an import charge corresponding to the difference between the levy applicable to imports of rice from non-member countries and the amounts referred to in Article 1 has been collected by the country of exporta- tion. 2. One of the following indications shall be placed in the ‘Remarks’ box of the EUR 1 movement certifi- cate by the customs authorities of the country of exportation as proof that the amount has been collected :