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( 1 ) OJ NO L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 156 , 14 . 6 . 1978 , P . 11 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 156 , 14 . 6 . 1978 , P . 14 .

( 4 ) SEE PAGE 18 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 5 ) OJ NO 204 , 24 . 8 . 1967 , P . 1 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 174 , 14 . 7 . 1977 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1627/78

OF 12 JULY 1978

DETERMINING THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR RICE FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/76 OF 21 JUNE 1976 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RICE ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1260/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 14 ( 5 ) AND 15 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 14 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/76 PROVIDES THAT THE THRESHOLD PRICE OF HUSKED ROUND GRAIN RICE CALCULATED FOR ROTTERDAM MUST BE FIXED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SELLING PRICE OF IMPORTED HUSKED ROUND GRAIN RICE ON THE DUISBURG MARKET CORRESPONDS TO THE TARGET PRICE ; WHEREAS THIS OBJECT IS ACHIEVED BY DEDUCTING FROM THE TARGET PRICE THE ITEMS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 ( A ) THEREOF ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14 ( 2 ) ( B ) OF THE AFORESAID REGULATION , THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR HUSKED LONG GRAIN RICE IS CALCULATED BY ADUSTING THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR HUSKED ROUND GRAIN RICE BY APPLICATION OF A CORRECTIVE AMOUNT REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE BETWEEN THE VARIETY OF ROUND GRAIN RICE CORRESPONDING TO THE STANDARD QUALITY AND A VARIETY OF LONG GRAIN RICE REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14 ( 3 ) THEREOF , THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR WHOLLY MILLED ROUND GRAIN AND LONG GRAIN RICE ARE DERIVED FROM THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR HUSKED ROUND GRAIN AND LONG GRAIN RICE RESPECTIVELY , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MONTHLY INCREASES TO WHICH THEY ARE SUBJECT , BY MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CONVERSION RATE , FOR PROCESSING COSTS AND FOR THE VALUE OF BY-PRODUCTS AND THEN BY ADDING AN AMOUNT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE INDUSTRY ;

WHEREAS THE AMOUNT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN FIXED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1263/78 OF 12 JUNE 1978 FIXING THE PROTECTIVE AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR WHOLLY MILLED RICE ( 3 ); WHEREAS THE VARIETY OF LONG GRAIN RICE REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION AND THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE BETWEEN THAT VARIETY AND THE QUALITY OF ROUND GRAIN RICE CORRESPONDING TO THE STANDARD QUALITY ARE DETERMINED IN COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1626/78 OF 12 JULY 1978 ( 4 ); WHEREAS THE COMPONENTS USED TO ADJUST THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR HUSKED RICE WERE FIXED BY COMMISSION REGULATION NO 467/67/EEC 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 ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1572/77 ( 6 );

WHEREAS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 15 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/76 THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR BROKEN RICE MUST BE FIXED BETWEEN A LOWER ( 130 % ) AND AN UPPER ( 140 % ) LIMIT CALCULATED IN RELATION TO THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR MAIZE ; WHEREAS , SO THAT IMPORTS OF BROKEN RICE DO NOT RESTRICT THE NORMAL FLOW OF PRODUCTION OVER THE COMMUNITY MARKET AS A WHOLE , THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR BROKEN RICE SHOULD BE FIXED AT 135 % OF THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR MAIZE ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR CEREALS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE THRESHOLD PRICES FOR HUSKED ROUND GRAIN RICE , HUSKED LONG GRAIN RICE , MILLED ROUND GRAIN RICE AND MILLED LONG GRAIN RICE SHALL BE , IN UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER TONNE , AS FOLLOWS :

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// THRESHOLD PRICES //

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// HUSKED ROUND // HUSKED LONG // MILLED ROUND // MILLED LONG //

// GRAIN RICE // GRAIN RICE // GRAIN RICE // GRAIN RICE //

//

SEPTEMBER 1978 // 296.75 // 316.75 // 394.35 // 454.56 //

OCTOBER 1978 // 299.00 // 319.00 // 397.25 // 457.82 //

NOVEMBER 1978 // 301.25 // 321.25 // 400.16 // 461.08 //

DECEMBER 1978 // 303.50 // 323.50 // 403.06 // 464.34 //

JANUARY 1979 // 305.75 // 325.75 // 405.96 // 467.60 //

FEBRUARY 1979 // 308.00 // 328.00 // 408.87 // 470.86 //

MARCH 1979 // 310.25 // 330.25 // 411.77 // 474.12 //

APRIL 1979 // 312.50 // 332.50 // 414.67 // 477.38 //

MAY 1979 // 314.75 // 334.75 // 417.58 // 480.64 //

JUNE 1979 // 317.00 // 337.00 // 420.48 // 483.91 //

JULY/AUGUST 1979 // 319.25 // 339.25 // 423.38 // 487.17 //

ARTICLE 2

THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR BROKEN RICE SHALL BE 194.74 UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER TONNE .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 SEPTEMBER 1978 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 12 JULY 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT