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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels/f9August1979.
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation No1418/76onthecommonorganization ofthemarket
inrice
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(79)376final

EXPLANTATORÏ MEMORANDUM
Subject :Draft proposal foraCouncil Regulation amending Regulation (EEC)
No1418/76onthecommon organization ofthemarket inrice
Asfrom the1979/8°rice marketing year certain amendments toRegulation (EEC)
No1418/76will benecessary :
1.Rice seed ,hitherto included under tariff heading "10.06 AIpaddy rice "is
henceforth subject tothecommon organization ofthemarket inseeds governed
byCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2835/71.Itisthus nolonger included inthe
list ofproducts subject tothecommon organization ofthemarket inrice
governed byRegulation No1418/76.Consequently ,anewheading inthe
Common Customs Tariff hashadtobecreated forrice seed through anamendment
t
toRegulation (EEC)NO95*V68 ontheCommon Customs Tariff ,Since this amendment
entailed anentire series ofchanges totheCCTinrespect ofalltheother
"rice "products referred toatheading 10.06 ,amendments which arise from it
have hadtobemade toArticles 1and 3ofRegulation No1418/76.
2.Each year ,following consultation with theMember States inaccordance with
theManagement Committee procedure ,theintervention centres were fixed for
rice .This procedure has ,however ,proved superfluous inthat changes incentres
didnotoccur every year between onemarketing year andanother .Asexperience
hadalso shown that changes incentres were fairly rare ,itwasmore reasonable
toprovide that thefixing ,orrather ,thechange inthecentres fixed ,should
bemade asandwhen changes were necessary .
3.Article 18ofRegulation No1418/76makes provision forprohibiting inwhole
orinpart theuse ofinward processing arrangements exclusively forthepro­
ducts referred toinArticle 1intended forthemanufacture ofproducts listed
inArticle 1(l)(c).
Thescope ofthat Article islimited ,since products intended forthemanufacture
oftheproducts listed inArticle 1(l)(a)arenotcovered bythis provision .
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Ithas ,however been found themarket cansometimes bedisturbed bytheuseofin­
ward processing arrangements ,particularly forthemanufacture ofproducts referred
toinArticle 1(l)(a).
Itwastherefore necessary toamend thetext ofArticle 18byextending itsscope .

PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
* amending Regulation No 1U18/76onthecommon organization ofthe
market inrice
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Articles 42and 1»3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament (1),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No1418/76^,aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)
No1260/78^,covers inparticular products falling within heading No10.06 of
theCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas rice andseed falls amongst these products ;
Whereas rice seed has ,since 1979 ,been subject toCouncil
Regulation (EEC )No2358 /71of26October 1971 onthecommon organization of
themarkfet inseeds (1),aslast amended byRegulation (EEC )No (5);
whereas this newprovision necessitated anamendment toCouncil Regulation
(EEC )No950/68of28June 1968 ontheCommon Customs Tariff (6),aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC )No - •(7);whereas itistherefore necessary
totake account ,inRegulation (EEC )No1t18/76,ofthesaid amendment ;
Whereas theintervention centres forrice aredetermined each year ,after
consultation with theMember States concerned ,inaccordance with the
Management Committee procedure ;whereas theexperience gained hasshown that
itisnolonger necessary todetermine those centres annually butthat this
can bedone asandwhen changes arenecessary ; ...
Whereas Article 18ofRegulation (EEC)No1418/76makes itpossible to
prohibit ,inwhole orinpart ,theuseofinward processing arrangements for
theproducts listed inArticle 1ofthesaid Regulation andintended for
themanufacture ofproducts listed inArticle 1(1)(c );whereas thesaid
(1)0JNoL
(2)0JNoL166 ,25.06.1976 ,p. 1
(3)OJNoL156 ,11».06.1978 ,p.11
(U)OJNoL2H6 ,5.11.1971 ,
(5)OJNoL
(6)0JNoL172,22.7.1968 ,p.1
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provision "isinadequate inview oftherice market situation ;whereas
theproper functioning ofthecommon organization ofthemarket maybe
prejudiced ,particularly bythemanufacture ofproducts listed inArticle
1(1>(a);whereas thescope ofthesaid Article 18should accordingly be
widened ,
•HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1 »
Regulation (EEC )No1418 /76ishereby amended asfollows :
1.Article 1(1)shall bereplaced bythefollowing text : . ,
"1.Thecommon organization ofthemarket inrice shall comprise aprice and
trading system and cover thefollowing products :
ICCT Heading No I Description ofGoods I
a)10.06 B.I ! Paddy rice I
10.06 BII Husked rice I
10.06 C Semi-milled orwholly-milled rice I
b)10.06 D Broken rice I
c)11.01 F Rice flour I
11.02 AVI * Ricegroats andmeal j
11.02 SIId)1 Flaked rice
11.02 FVI.Rice pellets
{11.08 AII _][_ Ricestarch |
2.Article 4(5)shall bereplaced bythefollowing text :
w5.Theintervention centres referred tointhepreceding paragraph shall be
determined inaccordance with theprocedure provided forinArticle 27after
consultation with the Member States concerned ."
3.Article 11a(2 ),(3)and (4)shall bereplaced bythefollowing text :
"2.Bywayofderogation from Article11(1Ha),(b),(c),(d)and (i),nolevy
shall becharged onimport oftheproducts falling under subheadings 10.06 B
andDinto theFrench overseas department ofReunion .

BywayofderogationfromArticle11(1)(e),(f),(g)and(h),thelevytobe
chargedonimportsofproductsfallingwithinsubheading10.06CintotheFrench
overseasdepartmentofReunionshallbeequaltotheamountfortheprotection
oftheindustryreferredtoinArticleIt(3).
Forconsignments totheFrenchoverseasdepartmentofReunionofproducts
fallingwithinheadingNo10.06,withtheexceptionofsubheading10.06A,
originating intheMemberStatesandinoneofthesituationsreferredtoin
Article9(2)oftheTreaty,asubsidyshallbegranted,onapplication bythe
partyconcerned,equaltothelevyinforcefortheproductconcerned.
However,inrespectofproductsfallingwithinsubheading10.06C,sucfV
subsidyshallbereducedbytheamountfortheprotectionoftheindustry
referredtoinparagraph3."
Article18shallbereplacedbythefollowingtext:
"Totheextentnecessaryfortheproperworkingofthecommonorganization of
themarketinrice,theCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposal
fromtheCommission,mayprohibitinwholeorinparttheuseofinward
processingarrangements inrespectoftheproductslistedinArticle 1."
ArticleZ
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil