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14.7.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL158/23
REGULATION (EEC)No1500/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of13July1972
fixing,forthe1972/73marketingyear,thevarietyoflong-grainedricerepresentative
ofCommunityproduction,thedifferenceinvaluebetweenthisvarietyandthevariety
ofround-grained ricecorresponding tostandardquality,thethresholdpriceforlong­
grainedhuskedriceandthethresholdpricesformilledrice
fromthethresholdpricesforroundhuskedriceand
longhuskedricerespectively,takingintoaccountthe
monthlyincreasestowhichtheyaresubject,by
makingadjustmentsfortheconversionrate,for
processingcostsandforthevalueofby-productsand
thenbyaddinganamountfortheprotectionofthe
industry;
Whereasforthe1972/73marketingyearthe
thresholdpriceforroundhuskedriceandthe
protectiveamountwerefixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1408/723of27June1972fixingforthe
1972/73marketingyearthethresholdpricesfor
huskedriceandbrokenriceandtheprotective
amounttobeincludedinthethresholdpricefor
milledrice;whereasthevarietyoflongrice
representative ofCommunityproductionandthe
differenceinvaluebetweenthisvarietyandthe
qualityofroundricecorresponding tothestandard
qualityaredeterminedinthisRegulation ;whereas
thecomponentsusedtoadjustthethresholdpricefor
huskedricewerefixedbyCommissionRegulation
No467/67/EEC4of21August1967fixingthe
conversionrates,theprocessingcostsandthevalue
oftheby-productsforthevariousstagesofrice
processing,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1499/725;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
.MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC1of25July1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2726/71,2andinparticular
Article14(5)thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle14(5)(a)ofRegulation
No359/67/EEC,thevarietyoflong-grained rice
representative ofCommunityproductionandthe
differenceinvaluebetweenthisvarietyandthe
varietyofround-grained ricecorresponding to
standardqualityhavetobedetermined ;
Whereasthe'Ribe'qualityshouldbetakenasthe
varietyofricerepresentative oftheaveragequalityof
longriceharvestedintheCommunity ;whereasin
additionthedifferenceinvaluebetweenthe'Ribe'
qualityandthevalueofroundricecorresponding to
thestandardqualityshouldbefixedatanamount,
expressedinvalueofhuskedrice,corresponding to
thedifferenceinaveragevaluebetweenthepricesof
thesequalities;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle14(2)(b),thethreshold
priceforlong-grainedhuskedriceiscalculatedby
adjustingthethresholdpriceforround-grained
huskedricebyapplicationofacorrectiveamount
representingthedifferenceinvaluebetweenthe
roundricevarietycorresponding tothestandard
qualityandalongricevarietyrepresentative of
Communityproduction ;whereas,pursuanttoArticle
14(3),thethresholdpriceforroundmilledriceand
thethresholdpriceforlongmilledricearederivedHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallapplyforthe
1972/73ricemarketingyear.
1OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.3OJNoL150,4.7.1972,p.10.
4OJNo204,24.8.67,p.1.
5OJNoL158,14.7.72,p.22. 2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.6.

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Article2 ricecorresponding tothestandardqualityshallbe2
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofhuskedrice.
Thevarietyoflong-grainedricerepresentative of
Communityproductionshallbethe'Ribe'variety.
Article4
Article3Thethresholdpriceforlong-grainedhuskedrice,the
thresholdpriceforround-grained milledrice,andthe
thresholdpriceforlong-grainedmilledriceshallbe,
inunitsofaccountper100kilogrammes :Thedifferenceinvaluebetweenthe'Ribe'varietyof
long-grainedriceandthevarietyofround-grained
Long-grained
huskedriceThresholdprice
Round-grained
milledriceLong-grained
milledrice
September,October,November 22-76 27-05 31-87
December 22-91 27-24 32-09
January 23-06 27-43 32-31
February 23-21 27-62 32-53
March 23-36 27-81 32-75
April 23-51 28-00 32-97
May 23-66 28-19 33-19
June 23-81 28-38 33-41
July,August 23-96 28-57 33-63
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13July1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT