
Article 1 
The customs duties on imports into the Community of rice (CN Code 1006) originating in and coming from Egypt shall be those calculated in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 reduced by an amount equal to 25 % of the value of those duties, within the limits of an annual volume of 32 000 tonnes.
Article 2 
The arrangements for the implementation of this Regulation, including any surveillance measures, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.
Article 3 
Regulation (EEC) No 1250/77 is hereby repealed.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 May 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Luxembourg, 28 October 1996.
For the Council
The President
D. SPRING