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No174/32 OFFICIALJOURNALOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 31.7.67
REGULATION No365/67/EECOFTHECOUNCIL '
of25July1967
onrulesfortheadvancefixingofleviesonriceandbrokenrice
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC1of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,andinparticular
Article13(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;Whereastheimportershouldbeinducedbymeansof
thepremiumssystemtorespecttheperiodindicated
byhimwhenapplyingfortheadvancefixingofa
levyinaccordancewithArticle13(2)ofRegulation
No359/67/EEC,althoughallowanceshouldbemade
forthefactthattheconditionsofpurchasecustomary
ininternationaltradeinriceandtheuncertainty
aboutdeliverytimeoftenpreventtheimportfrom
beingeffectedduringthemonthindicatedonthe
licence;
i
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Whereasthecommonthresholdpriceisthe
Communitymarket'ssoleprotectionandwhereasif
importedgoodsweretoenterthismarketatprices
belowthethresholdprice,thenormaldisposalof
home-grown riceinaccordancewiththe
regionalisation ruleswouldbeseriouslythreatened;
whereaswherethelevyisfixedinadvancethe
premiumprovidedforinArticle13(2)ofRegulation
No359/67/EECmustthereforebefixedinsucha
waythatproductsimportedunderthisprocedure
entertheCommunitymarketunderconditionswhich
cannotdisturbitsbalance;
Whereastothisenditisnecessarythatthispremium
shouldcoverthedifferencebetweenthec.i.f.price
andthec.i.f.forwarddeliveryprice,wherethelatter
islowerthantheformer,determinedonthebasisof
offersreflectingtherealtrendofthefuturemarket;1.Theamountofthepremiumsprovidedforin
Article13(2)ofRegulationNo359/67/EECshallbe
fixedinaccordancewiththecriterialaiddowninthis
Regulation .
2.Apremiumshallbefixedforthecurrentmonth
andapremiumshallbefixedforeachsubsequent
monthuntilthelicenceexpires.
Theamountofthepremiums,expressedinunitsof
accountper100kilogrammes ,shallbethesamefor
thewholeCommunity .
Article2Whereasthereareexceptional caseswhere
extraneousfactorscausesubstantialpricefluctuations
onthericemarket;whereasinordertopreventsuch
fluctuationsfromadverselyaffectingtheCommunity
marketinrice,provisionshouldbemadeinsucha
casefixingthepremiumatahigherlevelthanthat
resultingfromapplicationoftheusualrulesoasto
coverthedifferencebetweenthec.i.f.priceandthe
c.i.f.forwarddeliveryprice,orforsuspending
temporarilytheadvancefixingofthelevyorfor
reducingtheperiodforwhichitispossibletoobtain
advancefixingofthelevy;Whenthec.i.f.priceforhuskedrice,formilledrice
orforbrokenriceishigherthanthec.i.f.forward
deliverypriceforthesameproduct,theamountof
premiumshall,subjecttotheprovisionsofthe
followingArticles,beequal:
(a)forhuskedrice,milledriceandbrokenrice,to
thedifferencebetweenthoseprices;
(b)forpaddyrice,tothepremiumapplicableto
huskedrice,adjustedonthebasisofthe
conversionratedeterminedinaccordancewith
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(c)forsemi-milledrice,tothepremiumapplicableto
milledrice,adjustedonthebasisofthe
conversionratedeterminedinaccordancewith
thatArticle.
Article3productinquestion,theamountofthepremiummay
temporarilybefixed,exceptforthemonthduring
whichthelicencewasissued,atalevelhigherthan
thelevelresultingfromtheprecedingArticles.
2.Theamountofthepremiummaynotexceed
theamountresultingfromtheprecedingArticlesby
morethan:
(a)0-050unitsofaccountforthefirstmonth
followingthatinwhichthelicencewasissued;
(b)0-075unitsofaccountforthesecondmonth;
(c)0-125unitsofaccountforthethirdmonth.
Theamountlaiddownin(c)shallbeincreasedby
0-025unitsofaccountforeachsubsequentmonth.
Article71.Thec.i.f.priceforeachproductshallbethat
determined,inaccordancewithArticle16of
RegulationNo359/67/EEC,onthedaythepremium
isfixed.
2.Thec.i.f.forwarddeliverypriceforeach
productshallbethec.i.f.pricedeterminedin
accordancewithArticle16ofRegulationNo
359/67/EEC,butcalculatedonthebasisofoffersat
NorthSeaportsvalidasfollows:
(a)Inthecaseofimportstobeeffectedduringthe
monthinwhichthelicencewasissued,thatprice
shallbethepricerulingforshipmentduringthat
month;
(b)Inthecaseofimportstobeeffectedduringthe
monthfollowingthemonthinwhichthelicence
wasissued,thatpriceshallbethepricerulingfor
shipmentduringtheintendedmonthof
importation ;
(c)Inthecaseofimportstobeeffectedduringthe
remainingmonthsoftheperiodofvalidityofthe
licence,thatpriceshallbethepricerulingfor
shipmentduringthemonthprecedingthe
intendedmonthofimportation ;
(d)Iftherearenoforwardoffersforshipment
duringagivenmonth,thatpriceshallbethe
pricerulingforshipmentduringthelastmonth
forwhichaforwardofferwasmade.1.Inexceptionalcaseswherefactorsextraneousto
thericemarketcausesubstantialpricefluctuationson
thismarketwhichcouldnotbeforeseeninthelight
ofthesupplyanddemandsituationontheworld
market,theamountofthepremiummaybefixedat
alevelhigherthanthatresultingfromthepreceding
Articles.
2.Theamountofthepremiummaynotbe
increasedbymorethanthedifferencebetweenthe
c.i.f.pricedeterminedforeachproductandthelast
c.i.f.pricedeterminedforeachproductbeforeprices
begantobeaffectedbythefactorsmentionedin
paragraph1.
Article8
Article4
Ifthec.i.f.forwarddeliverypriceisequaltothec.i.f.
priceorlowerbyanamountnotexceeding0-025
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,thepremium
shallbe0unitsofaccount.InthecasesmentionedinArticle7,theadvance
fixingofthelevyinaccordancewithArticle13(2)of
RegulationNo359/67/EECmaybesuspended,or
theperiodforwhichitispossibletoobtainadvance
fixingofthelevymaybereduced,inaccordancewith
theprocedureprovidedforinArticle26ofthat
Regulation .Article5
Article9Theamountofpremiuminforceforaparticular
productandperiodshallbeadjustedwhere
applicationoftheruleslaiddowninthepreceding
Articlesentailsachangeintheamountofmorethan
0-025unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .Ifimportation isnoteffectedduringthemonth
indicatedatthetimeofapplicationandsubjectto
exceptionsthedefinitionanddetailsofwhichshallbe
determinedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle26ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC:
(a)thelevyapplicableonthedayonwhichthe
applicationforalicencewassubmittedshallbeArticle6
1.If,inviewofprospectiveimports,serious
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amountofthepremiumvalidatthetimeof
submissionoftheapplicationforthemonthduring
whichimportationiseffected,thelatteramountshall
beapplied.adjustedinaccordancewiththethresholdprice
inforceonthedayofimportation ;and
(b)thepremiumapplicableshallbethepremiumlaid
downonthedayonwhichtheapplicationfora
licencewassubmittedfortheproductinquestion
andfortheindicatedmonthofimportation .
However,iftheamountofthepremiumvalidforthe
indicatedmonthofimportation islessthantheArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1967.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1967.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.HOECHERL