
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3491/90 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following:
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1. For imports originating in Bangladesh and within the limits of the quantities laid down in Article 2, the import duty on rice falling within CN codes 1006 10 (excluding CN code 1006 10 10), 1006 20 and 1006 30 shall be equal:
— for paddy rice falling within CN codes 1006 10, with the exception of CN code 1006 10 10, to the customs duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff, less 50 % and less a further EUR 4,34;
— for husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20, to the duty fixed in accordance with Article 11a of Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice, less 50 % and less a further EUR 4,34;
— for semi-milled and milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30, to the duty fixed pursuant to Article 11c of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003, less EUR 16,78, less a further 50 % and less EUR 6,52.';
2.. Article 2(1) shall be amended as follows:

((a)) in the first subparagraph, ‘levy’ shall be replaced by ‘import duty’;
((b)) the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
'The quantities at stages of milling other than the husked-rice stage shall be converted using the conversion rates fixed in Article 1 of Regulation No 467/67/EEC of the Commission of 21 August 1967 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing (4).';
3.. footnote 4 shall be amended as follows:
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(4) OJ 204, 24.8.1967, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (OJ L 202, 27.7.1988, p. 41).
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4.. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 3 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 December 2007.
For the Council
The President
J. SILVA