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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (SEC)
< •
determiningfor"the1976/77marketingyearthethresholdprices
forhuskedriceand"brokenrice
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheConmission)
COIl(76)285final.

M3M0RANDUM
1.Articles 14and15ofRegulation 359/67/SSC provide that theCouncil
shall fixeach year ,before 1May ,acting inaccordance with ,thevoting
procedure laid down inArticle 43(2)oftheTreaty
-thethreshold price forhusked round grain rice
-thethreshold price forbroken rice
2.Thethreshold price forhusked round grain rice shall befixed insuch
away that theselling price oftheimported product corresponds tothe
target price ofthesame product .Toachieve this ,account hasbeen taken ,
inthepresent draft Regulation ,ofthetransport costs bybarge of
1500tons ofrice from Rotterdam toDuisburg ,oftheunloading costs at
Rotterdam andofimporting margins which have been deducted from the
target price
3.Sothat imports ofbroken rice donotrestrict thenormal flow ofpro­
duction over theCommunity market asawhole ,athreshold price for
broken rice isproposed atalevel situated between thelimits fixed in
Article 15(l)ofRegulation 359/67/SEC .
(1)Council Regulation of25July 1967 on "theCommon organisation ofthe
rice market (0J.No174 »31.7-1967 »p-l)aslast amended byRegulation
(ESC)No668 (0J.NoL72,20.3.75 ,p.18)

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
determining forthe1976/77marketing year thethreshold prices forhusked
rice and broken rice
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMHUIJITIES ,
'•'Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No359/67/E2C -of25July 1967 onthe
common organization ofthemarket inrice^,as lastamended "byRegulation (EEC)
No663/75 an(iinparticular Articles 14(4)and15(3)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
I'lhereas Article 14(2)ofRegulation No359/67/SECprovides that thethreshold
price forhusked rice must befixed .insuch awaythat theselling price ofim­
ported husked rice ontheDuisburg market corresponds tothetarget price ;
whereas this object canbeattained bydeducting from thetarget price certain
standard costs ,inparticular transhipment costs andtransport costs between
Rotterdam andDuisburg ,which areusually incurred when theproducts areim­
ported ;
Whereas Article 15(l)ofRegulation No359/67/2ECprovides that thethreshold
price forbroken rice must befixed .,between alower and anupper limit calculated
inrelation tothethreshold price formaize ;whereas ,sothat imports ofbroken
rice should notrestrict thenormal ,flow ofproduction over theCommunity market
asawhole ,thethreshold price should befixed between these limits ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
This Regulation shall apply during the1976 /77rice marketing year .
Article 2
Thethreshold price forround grain .husked rice shall be280.60 units ofaccount
per metric ton .
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U)OJNo 174 ,31.7.1967 ,p.1"
(2)OJNoL72,20.3.1975 ,P-18.•

-2-
/rticle3
Thethresholdpricefor"brokenriceshallbe182.40unitsofaccountper
metricton.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallhebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
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