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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,29April 1975
PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
determining forthe1975/76marketing year thethreshold prices
for husked rice and broken rice and the
protective amount tobeIncluded inthethreshold prioe formilled rice
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
fixing ,forthe1975/76marketing year ,themonthly prioe
increases forpaddy andhusked rice
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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MEMORANDUM
1.Council Regulation No359/67/EECof25July 1967 onthecommon organisation
ofthemarket inrice (l),asrlast amended byRegulation (EEC)No668/75(2)
provides inArticle 7»paragraph 2that 'theCouncil ,acting inaccordance
with thevoting procedure laid down inArticle 43(2)oftheTreaty ona
proposal from theCommission ,shall "before 1Mayeach year fixforthe
following marketing year thenumber andamount ofthemonthly increases
andtheir phasing over themarketing year *
2.Forthe1975/76marketing year itisproposed toraise thenumber of
monthly increases from 8to9andtofixtheamount at0,172 ua/lOOkgfor
paddy rice representing anincrease of27,3f<>compared with theprevious
marketing year .This increase isinpercentage terms equal tothat granted
forcereals forthesame marketing year .Forhusked rice attention hasbeen
paid tothecosts ofprocessing from paddy rice tohusked rice inarriving
at0,215 ua/lOOkg.
Because oftheincrease inthenumber ofmonthly increments ,their phasing
ischanged ,thefirst increment being brought forward byonemonth (November /
July instead ofDecember /July ).
Themove from 8to9monthly increments isproposed ontheonehand to "beanalogous
with cereals andontheother tospread ,thecosts ofstocking andfinanoing rioe
intheCommunity sore wvenly over themarketing year *
Asregards theincrease inthecosts ofstocking finaaoe ,itisalmost the
same forrioe asforcereals *
u;OJNo174 ,31.7.67 ,-p1
(2)OJNoL72,20.3.75 ,-p.18

REGULATION (EEC )No /75OF*THECOUNCIL
of
determining forthe1975/76marketing year thethreshold prices forhusked
rice andbroken rice andtheprotective amount tobeincluded inthethreshold
price formilled rice
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economio Community }
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No359/67/EEC^^of25July1967onthe
common organisation ofthemarket inrice ,aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)
No668/752\andinparticular Articles 14(4)and15(3)thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas Article 14(2)ofRegulation No359/67/EECprovides that thethreshold
price forhusked rice must befixed insuch awaythat theselling price of
imported husked rice ontheDuisburg market corresponds tothetarget price j"
whereas this object canbeattained bydeducting from thetarget price
certain standard costs ,inparticular transhipment costs andtransport oosts
between Rotterdam andDuisburg ,which areusually incurred when the "products
areimported ;
Whereas Article 15(l)ofRegulation No359/67/EECprovides that thethreshold
price forbroken rice must befixed between alower andanupper limit calcu­
lated inrelation tothethreshold price formaize ;whereas ,inview ofthat
relationship andoftheneed toimport broken rice inorder toensure supplies
fortheCommunity ,that threshold price should befixed atalevel corresponding
inround figures tothelower limit ;
Whereas Article 14(3)ofRegulation^No 359/67/EECprovides thatthethreshold
prices formilled rice aretobederived from thethreshold prices forhusked
rice towhioh anamount fortheprotection oftheindustry istobeadded ;
whereas ,inview ofthesituation oftheCommunity rioe industry ,itappears
appropriate toretain forthe1975/76 1marketing year theprotective amount
applicable in1974/75,
U;OJNo174 ,31.7.1967 ,p.1
(2)OJNo72,20.3.1975 ,p.18

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Ρ ■
Article 1
ThiB Regulation shall apply during the1975/76rice marketing year .
Article 2
Thethreshold price forround-grained husked rice shall be2$.62units
ofaccount per100kilogrammes .
Thethreshold price forbroken rice shall be16.045 units ofaccount
per100kilogrammes .
Theamount tobeincluded inthethreshold price formilled rice for
theprotection oftheindustry shall be0.70 unit ofaccount per100
kilogrammes .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .
Done atBrussels . For the CounoilArticle 3
Article 4
The President

MEMORANDUM
1.Articles14and15ofRegulation359/67/EECprovidethattheCouncil
shallfixeachyear,before1May,actinginaccordancewiththevoting
procedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreaty
-thethresholdpriceforhuskedroundgrainrice
-anamountfortheprotectionoftheindustryto"beinoludedinthe
thresholdpriceofmilledrice.
-thethresholdpricefor"brokenrice
2.Thethresholdpriceforhuskedroundgrainriceshall "befixedinBuch
awaythatthesellingpriceoftheimportedproductcorrespondstothe
targetpriceofthesameproduct.Toachievethis,accounthasbeen
taken,inthepresentdraftRegulation,.ofthetransportcostsbybarge
of250to$00tonsofricefromRotterdamtoDuisburg,oftheunloading
costsatRotterdamandofimportingmarginswhichhavebeendeductedfrom
thetargetprice
3.Nochangecomparedwiththepreviousmarketingyearisproposedinthe
amountfortheprotectionoftheindustrytobeincludedinthethreshold
priceformilledrice.
4«AstheCommunityhasadeficitofbrokenrice,athresholdpriceforthis
productisproposedwhichisatthelowerleveloftherangefixedinArticle
'15(1)ofRégulation359/67/SEC
UTCouncilRegulationof25July19^7ontheCommonorganisationofthe
ricemarket(OJ.No174,31«7«I967,p«l)aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No668(OJ.NoL72,20.3.75,P-18)

REGULATION (EEC )NO /75OFTHECOUNCIL
of .
fixing ,forthe1975/76marketing year ,themonthly prioe increases for
paddy 'andhusked rice
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ;
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No359/67/EEC^of25July1967onthe
common organisation ofthemarket inrice ,aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)
No668/75 ,andinparticular Article 7(2)thereof )
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,infixing thenumber andtheamount ofthemonthly increases and
deciding onthefirst month inwhich theincreases aretoapply ,both the '
costs ofstoring andfinancing rioe intheCommunity andtheneed toensure
that thedisposal ofstocks ofrice conforms tomarket requirements should bet
taken into account ;
Whereas ,tothis end ,forthe1975/76marketing year ,thestart ofmonthly
increases should befixed at1November andtheir number atnine and ata
level equal tothestorage costs nowprevalent intherice-producing regions
oftheCommunity ,theamount being expressed inround figures ,andthe
monthly increases forhusked rice should befixed atalevel which takes account
oftheincreases forpaddy rice andtheratio between thetwostages inquestion ,
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION ,:
t
Sole Article
1.Forthe1975/76marketing year ,theamount ofeach ofthemonthly increases
provided for"in Articles 7(l)and14(2)ofRegulation No359/67/EECshall be:
Cl)OJNo 174 ,31.7.1967 ,p.1.
(2)OJNoL72,20.3.1975 ,p.18.

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-0.172 unit ofaccount per100kilogrammes ofpaddy rice ;.
-0.215 unit ofaccount £dr100kilogrammes ofhusked rice .
2.These monthly increases shall apply from 1November 1975 to
1July 197^.Theprices thus obtained forthemonth ofJuly 1976 shall
remain valid until 31August 1976 .
r
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .
Done at For the Council
The President
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