9. 4. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 88/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 862/91 of 8 April 1991 laying down detailed rules applymg Council Regulatnon (EEC) No 3491/90 to imports of rice originating in Bangladesh THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty estabhshmg the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 of 26 November 1990 on imports of rice originating in Bangladesh ("), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 lays down that the levy calculated in accordance with Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1806/89 (), shall be reduced by 50 % plus a standard component varying according to the extent to which the rice is milled, provided that a corres- ponding tax is paid when the rice is exported from the third country concerned ; Whereas since the exact amount of export tax can be collected only if the levy that will be applied on import into the Community is known, the 1mport levy must be fixed in advance; Whereas it is necessary to ascertain that the exporting country has actually collected an export tax of an amount corresponding to the reduction in the levy applied; Whereas Article 3b of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3152/85 of 11 November 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (¥, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3237/90 (), determined the rate to be used for . the conversion of the amount expressed in the national currency of a third country into the national currency of a Member State ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 also lays down that the reduced levy may be applied only where a certifi- () OJ No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, () OJ No L 201, 31. 7. 1990, () OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, () O] No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, () O] No L 310, 21. 11. 1985, () OJ No L 310, 9. 11. 1990, p. 18 TTVTVOVT o YR --—\g.—-.—- cate of origin is provided; whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3850/89 of 15 December 1989 laying down provisions for the imple- mentation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of the goods in respect of certain agricultural products subject to special import arrangements (*) should be applied and the terms of validity of the certificate of origin should be fixed ; Whereas suitable administrative measures should be laid down in order to ensure that the volume of the quota fixed is not exceeded ; Whereas, for the purposes of managing the quota, Member States must- inform the Commission of the quan- tities for which import licences for rice originating in Bangladesh have been applied for; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in sccordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The amounts of the levies referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 shall be calculated each week by the Commission on the basis of the levies laid down in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76. Article 2 1. For imports made under Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90, Regulation (EEC) No 3850/89 shall be applied with regard to the documentary proof of origin of the goods. A model of the certificate of origin to be used is set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 2. The certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall be valid for 90 days from the date of issue and up to 31 December of the same year at the latest. 3. The competent authority for issuing certificates of origin shall be the Export Promotion Bureau of Bangla- desh. () OJ No L 374, 22. 12. 1989, p. 8.