CELEX: 31977R1954
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1954/77 of 31 August 1977 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 223/8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 9 . 77
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1954/77
                                                         of 31 August 1977
                 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       with Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 but
COMMUNITIES,                                                         on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this
                                                                      price must be the cif price for shipment during the
                                                                     month in which the import licence is issued in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                case of imports to be effected during that month ;
Economic Community,                                                  whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment
                                                                     during the month in which importation is expected to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         take place in the case of imports to be effected during
 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                     the month following the month in which the import
tion of the market in rice ('), as amended by Regula­                licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif
tion (EEC) No 1158/77 (2), and in particular Article 13              price for shipment during the month preceding the
(6) thereof,                                                         month in which importation is expected to take place
                                                                     in the case of imports to be effected during the
                                                                     remaining months for which the import licence is
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         valid ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made
Committee,                                                           for shipment during a given month, this price should
                                                                     be the price ruling for shipment during the last
                                                                      month in which an offer for forward delivery was
Whereas the premiums to be added to the import                       made :
levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must
include a premium for the current month and a
premium for each of the following months until the
                                                                     Whereas the premium shall be 0 unit of account if
expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;
                                                                     the cif forward delivery price is equal to the cif price
whereas this period of validity was laid down in
                                                                     or lower by an amount not exceeding 0-25 unit of
Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     account per tonne ;
2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export
licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 505/77 («);                                    Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be
                                                                     fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76 of 21                    and within certain specified limits ;
June 1976 (5) lays down rules for the advance fixing of
levies on rice and broken rice ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No                       levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 1428/76, where the cif price for husked rice, for
milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the                        relation to each other at any given moment within
cif forward delivery price for the same product, the                      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
premium should as a general rule be equal to the                          their effective parity ;
difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif
price is that determined in accordance with Article 16
of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the day on which                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation                       of these currencies recorded for a given period in
(EEC) No 1613/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
(EEC) No 1 204/77 (7) ; whereas the cif forward                           in the previous subparagraph ;
delivery price must also be determined in accordance
(•) OJ  No L  166,  25. 6. 1976, p . 1 .                             Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
(2) OJ  No L  136,  2. 6. 1977, p. 13 .                              that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the
(3) OJ  No L  213,  11 . 8 . 1975, p. 5.                             table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount
(4) OJ  No L  234,  25 . 8 . 1976, p . 9 .
(5) OJ  No L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p. 30 .                           of the premiums should be altered only if application
(0) OJ  No L  168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .                            of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of
(7) OJ  No L  139,  7. 6. 1977, p. 30 .                              more than 0-25 unit of account,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     hereby fixed as shown in the table annexed to this
                                                                  Regulation .
                       Article 1
                                                                                           Article 2
The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
in advance in respect of rice and broken rice are                 1977 .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 31 August 1977.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1977 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                         import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                      (u.a. / tonne)
                 CCT                                                Current    1st period 2nd period 3rd period
               heading                Description of goods
                  No                                                  9            10         1 )         12
           10.06             Rice :
                             A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                  I. Paddy rice :
                                      a) Round grain                  0            0          0          —
                                      b) Long grain                   0            0          0          —
                                 II . Husked rice :
                                      a) Round grain                  0            0           0         —
                                      b) Long grain                   0            0           0         —
                              B. Semi-milled         or    wholly
                                 milled rice :
                                  I. Semi-milled rice :
                                      a) Round grain                  0            0           0         —
                                      b) Long grain                   0            0           0         —
                                 II . Wholly milled rice :
                                      a) Round grain                  0            0           0         —
                                      b) Long grain                   0            0           0         —
                              C. Broken rice                          0            0           0          0