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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2250/85

of 2 August 1985

fixing, for 1985/86 marketing year, the threshold prices for rice

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 1025/84 (2), and in particular Articles 14 (5) and 15 (4) thereof,

Whereas, under Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, the threshold price for husked rice calculated for Rotterdam must be fixed in such a way that, on the Duisburg market, the selling price for imported husked rice corresponds to the target price; whereas this aim is attained when the components referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of the said Article are deducted from the target price;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (3) of the said Regulation, the threshold prices for milled rice are calculated by adjusting the threshold price for husked rice, account being taken of the monthly increases to which it is subject, on the basis of the conversion rates, processing costs and the value of by-products and by increasing the amounts thus obtaining by an amount for the protection of the industry;

Whereas the amount for the protection of the industry was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1263/78 (3); whereas the components used for adjusting the threshold price for milled rice were fixed by Commission Regulation No 467/67/EEC (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2249/85 (5);

Whereas, under Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 the threshold price for broken rice must be set between a lower limit of 130 % and an upper limit of 140 % of the threshold price for maize applicable during the first month of the marketing year; whereas the Council has not to date adopted cereal prices for the 1985/86 marketing year, in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (6), whereas the Commission, in compliance with the tasks entrusted to it by the Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures essential to ensure continuity of operation of the common agricultural policy in the sector in question;

Whereas under these circumstances the Commission has adopted prices to be used for calculation of levies in the cereals sector; whereas these prices, including that for maize, are given in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (7); whereas that for maize must, in accordance with the abovementioned provision, be used for determination of the threshold price for broken rice;

Whereas in order to prevent imports of broken rice acting as a brake on the normal disposal of Community production throughout the Community market, the threshold price for broken rice should be set at 135 % of the price applicable for maize, i.e. at 227,58 ECU per tonne;

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 rice, round grain milled rice and long grain milled rice are hereby fixed in ECU per tonne at:

1.2,4 // // // Month // Threshold price // // 1.2.3.4 // // Husked rice // Round grain milled rice // Long grain milled rice // // // // // September 1985 // 541,63 // 720,69 // 791,81 // October 1985 // 545,75 // 726,01 // 797,78 // November 1985 // 549,87 // 731,33 // 803,75 // December 1985 // 553,99 // 736,65 // 809,72 // January 1986 // 558,11 // 741,97 // 815,69 // February 1986 // 562,23 // 747,29 // 821,66 // March 1986 // 566,35 // 752,61 // 827,63 // April 1986 // 570,47 // 757,93 // 833,60 // May 1986 // 574,59 // 763,25 // 839,57 // June 1986 // 578,71 // 768,57 // 845,54 // July 1986 // 582,83 // 773,89 // 851,51 // August 1986 // 582,83 // 773,89 // 851,51 // // // //

Article 2

The threshold price for broken rice is hereby fixed at 307,23 ECU per tonne.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1985.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 August 1985.

For the Commission

The President

Jacques DELORS

(1) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13.

(3) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 14.

(4) OJ No 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1.

(5) See page 13 of this Official Journal.

(6) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(7) OJ No L 198, 30. 7. 1985, p. 31.