29.9.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL273/9
REGULATION (EEC)No2638/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of28September 1973
fixingthepremiums tobeaddedtotheleviesonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No359/
67/EECC1)of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamended bythe
Act(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAccession of
newMember StatestotheEuropean Economic
Community andtheEuropean AtomicEnergy
Community ,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticular Article 13(6)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinion oftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereasthepremiums tobeaddedtotheimport
leviesfixedinadvanceforriceandbrokenricemust
includeapremium forthecurrentmonthanda
premium foreachofthefollowingmonthsuntilthe
expiryoftheperiodofvalidityoftheimportlicence;
whereasthisperiodofvaliditywaslaiddownin
Article20(2)ofCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2637/70(4)of23December 1970,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No128/73(5);
WhereasCouncilRegulation No365/67/EEC(6)of25
July1967,aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No
2435/70(7),laysdownrulesfortheadvancefixingof
leviesonriceandbrokenrice;
WhereasunderthetermsofRegulation No365/
67/EEC,wherethecifpriceforhuskedriceformilled
riceorforbrokenricedetermined onthedayon
whichthepremiums arefixedishigherthanthecif
forwarddeliverypriceforthesameproduct,the
premium shouldasageneralrulebeequaltothe
difference betweenthesetwoprices;whereasthecif
priceisthatdetermined inaccordance withArticle16
ofRegulation No359/67/EEConthedayonwhich
thepremiums arefixed;whereasthedetailedrulesfor
determining cifpriceswerelaiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No1613/71(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No363/72(9);whereasthecifforwarddelivery
pricemustalsobedetermined inaccordance withArticle16ofRegulation No359/67/EECbutonthe
basisofoffersatNorthSeaports;whereasthisprice
mustbethecifpriceforshipmentduringthemonth
inwhichtheimportlicenceisissuedinthecaseof
importstobeeffectedduringthatmonth;whereas
thispricemustbethecifpriceforshipmentduring
themonthinwhichimportation isexpectedtotake
placeinthecaseofimportstobeeffectedduringthe
monthfollowing themonthinwhichtheimport
licenceisissued;whereasthispricemustbethecif
priceforshipmentduringthemonthpreceding the
monthinwhichimportation isexpectedtotakeplace
inthecaseofimportstobeeffectedduringthe
remaining monthsforwhichtheimportlicenceis
valid;whereas,ifnoofferforforwarddeliveryismade
forshipmentduringagivenmonth,thispriceshould
bethepricerulingforshipment duringthelast
monthinwhichanofferforforwarddeliverywas
made;
Whereasthepremium isequalto0unitsofaccountif
thecifpricedetermined onthedayonwhichthe
scaleofthepremiums isfixedisequaltothecif
forwarddeliverypriceorexceedsthatpricebynot
morethan0-025unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammes ;
Whereasthepremium may,however ,befixedata
higherlevelinexceptional circumstances andwithin
certainspecifiedlimits;
Whereas ,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally ,
leviesshouldbecalculated onthefollowing basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencies whicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—=•forothercurrencies anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmetic meanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrencies recordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunity currencies referredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thatthepremiums shouldbefixedasshowninthe
Tableannexed tothisRegulation ;whereasthe
amountofthepremiums shouldbealteredonlyif
application oftheabovementioned provisions entailsa
changeofmorethan0-025unitofaccount ;(')OJNo174,31.7.1967,-p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(■»)OJNoL283,29.12.1970,p.15.
(5)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.16.
(0)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.32.
(7)OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.3.
(s)OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.28.
OOJNoL46,22.2.1972,p.9.

NoL273/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.73
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1herebyfixedasshownintheT/ibleannexedtothis
Regulation .
Article 2
Thepremiums tobeaddedtotheimportleviesfixed
inadvanceinrespectofriceandbrokenriceareThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1October
1973.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28September 1973.
- FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulation of28September 1973fixingthepremiums tobeaddedtothe
leviesonriceandbrokenrice
(m.a./lOOkg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription ofgoods Current
101st
period
112nd
period
123rd
period
1
10.06 Rice:
APaddyrice;huskedrice:
I.Paddyrice:
a)Roundgrained 0 0 0 —
b)Longgrained 0 0 0 0
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrained 0 0 0 —
b)Longgrained 0 0 0 0
B.Semi-milled orwhollymilled
rice:
I.Semi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrained 0 0 0 —
b)Longgrained 0 0 0 0
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrained 0 0 0 —
b)Longgrained 0 0 0 0
C.Brokenrice: 0 0 0 0