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Division 1 The following terms have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:

United Kingdom

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  1. (a)

    ‘round grain rice’ (subheadings 1006 10 30, 1006 20 11, 1006 20 92, 1006 30 21, 1006 30 42, 1006 30 61 and 1006 30 92): rice, the grains of which are of a length not exceeding 5,2 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 2;

  2. (b)

    ‘medium grain rice’ (subheadings 1006 10 50, 1006 20 13, 1006 20 94, 1006 30 23, 1006 30 44, 1006 30 63 and 1006 30 94): rice, the grains of which are of a length exceeding 5,2 mm but not exceeding 6,0 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 3;

  3. (c)

    ‘long grain rice’ (subheadings 1006 10 71, 1006 10 79, 1006 20 15, 1006 20 17, 1006 20 96, 1006 20 98, 1006 30 25, 1006 30 27, 1006 30 46, 1006 30 48, 1006 30 65, 1006 30 67, 1006 30 96 and 1006 30 98): rice, the grains of which are of a length exceeding 6,0 mm;

  4. (d)

    ‘paddy rice’ (subheadings 1006 10 30, 1006 10 50, 1006 10 71 and 1006 10 79): rice which has retained its husk after threshing;

  5. (e)

    ‘husked rice’ (subheadings 1006 20 11, 1006 20 13, 1006 20 15, 1006 20 17, 1006 20 92, 1006 20 94, 1006 20 96 and 1006 20 98): rice from which only the husk has been removed. Examples of rice falling within this definition are those with the commercial descriptions ‘brown rice’, ‘cargo rice’, ‘loonzain’ and ‘riso sbramato’;

  6. (f)

    ‘semi-milled rice’ (subheadings 1006 30 21, 1006 30 23, 1006 30 25, 1006 30 27, 1006 30 42, 1006 30 44, 1006 30 46 and 1006 30 48): rice from which the husk, part of the germ and the whole or part of the outer layers of the pericarp, but not the inner layers, have been removed;

  7. (g)

    ‘wholly milled rice’ (subheadings 1006 30 61, 1006 30 63, 1006 30 65, 1006 30 67, 1006 30 92, 1006 30 94, 1006 30 96 and 1006 30 98): rice from which the husk, the whole of the outer and inner layers of the pericarp, the whole of the germ in the case of long or medium grain rice, and at least part thereof in the case of round grain rice, have been removed, but in which longitudinal white striations may remain on not more than 10 % of the grains;

  8. (h)

    ‘broken rice’ (subheading 1006 40): grain fragments, the length of which does not exceed three-quarters of the average length of the whole grain.

Notes on Division CHAPTER 10

Footnotes

f1

The European Union undertakes, in respect of cereals of headings:

  • ex 1001 wheat,

  • 1002 rye,

  • ex 1005 maize, except hybrid seed, and

  • ex 1007 sorghum, except hybrids for sowing,

to apply a duty at a level and in a manner so that the duty-paid import price for such cereals will not be greater than the effective intervention price (or in the event of a modification of the current system, the effective support price) increased by 55 %.

The duty applied shall in no case exceed the duty shown in column 3.

f2

WTO tariff quota.

f3

Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in section II, paragraph F, of the preliminary provisions.

f4

The European Union undertakes, in respect of husked rice of subheadings 1006 20 11 to 1006 20 98, to apply a duty at a level and in a manner so that the duty-paid import price will not be greater than the effective intervention price (or in the event of a modification of the current system, the effective support price) increased by:

  • 88 % for Japonica rice, and

  • 80 % for Indica rice.

In respect of milled rice, the percentages referred to above will be increased according to the existing method of calculation of the threshold price for milled rice.

The duty applied shall in no case exceed the duty shown in column 3.

f5

Statistical TARIC codes: see Annex 10.