CELEX: 31967R0365
Language: en
Date: 1967-07-25
Title: Regulation No 365/67/EEC of the Council of 25 July 1967 on rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and broken rice

210                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
No 174/32                       OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                      31.7.67
                                 REGULATION No 365 /67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL '
                                                      of 25 July 1967
                            on rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and broken rice
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       Whereas the importer should be induced by means of
                                                                 the premiums system to respect the period indicated
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    by him when applying for the advance fixing of a
 European Economic Community ;                                   levy in accordance with Article 13 (2) of Regulation
                                                                 No 359/67/EEC, although allowance should be made
Having regard to Council Regulation No                           for the fact that the conditions of purchase customary
 359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the common                       in international trade in rice and the uncertainty
 organisation of the market in rice, and in particular           about delivery time often prevent the import from
 Article 13 (4) thereof;                                         being effected during the month indicated on the
                                                                 licence ;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                   i
Whereas      the   common       threshold   price  is  the       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Community market's sole protection and whereas if
 imported goods were to enter this market at prices
 below the threshold price, the normal disposal of                                       Article 1
home-grown rice in accordance with the
regionalisation rules would be seriously threatened ;            1 . The amount of the premiums provided for in
 whereas where the levy is fixed in advance the                  Article 13 (2) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC shall be
premium provided for in Article 13 (2) of Regulation             fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in this
No 359/67/EEC must therefore be fixed in such a
                                                                 Regulation .
way that products imported under this procedure
enter the Community market under conditions which
 cannot disturb its balance ;                                    2. A premium shall be fixed for the current month
                                                                 and a premium shall be fixed for each subsequent
Whereas to this end it is necessary that this premium            month until the licence expires .
should cover the difference between the c.i.f. price
and the c.i.f. forward delivery price, where the latter          The amount of the premiums, expressed in units of
is lower than the former, determined on the basis of             account per 100 kilogrammes, shall be the same for
offers reflecting the real trend of the future market;           the whole Community.
Whereas there are exceptional cases where
extraneous factors cause substantial price fluctuations                                  Article 2
on the rice market; whereas in order to prevent such
fluctuations from adversely affecting the Community              When the c.i.f. price for husked rice, for milled rice
market in rice, provision should be made in such a               or for broken rice is higher than the c.i.f. forward
case fixing the premium at a higher level than that              delivery price for the same product, the amount of
resulting from application of the usual rule so as to            premium shall, subject to the provisions of the
cover the difference between the c.i.f. price and the            following Articles, be equal :
c.i.f. forward delivery price, or for suspending
temporarily the advance fixing of the levy or for                ( a) for husked rice, milled rice and broken rice, to
reducing the period for which it is possible to obtain                the difference between those prices ;
advance fixing of the levy ;
                                                                 (b) for paddy rice, to the premium applicable to
                                                                      husked rice, adjusted on the basis of the
                                                                      conversion rate determined in accordance with
1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p . 1 .                                       Article 19 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;
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(c) for semi-milled rice, to the premium applicable to         product in question, the amount of the premium may
     milled rice, adjusted on the basis of the                 temporarily be fixed, except for the month during
     conversion rate determined in accordance with             which the licence was issued, at a level higher than
     that Article .                                            the level resulting from the preceding Articles.
                        Article 3                              2.     The amount of the premium may not exceed
                                                               the amount resulting from the preceding Articles by
1.     The c.i.f. price for each product shall be that         more than :
determined, in accordance with Article 16 of                   ( a) 0-050 units of account for the first month
Regulation No 359/67/EEC, on the day the premium                     following that in which the licence was issued ;
is fixed .
                                                               (b ) 0-075 units of account for the second month ;
2. The c.i.f. forward delivery price for each                  (c) 0-125 units of account for the third month.
product shall be the c.i.f. price determined in
accordance with Article 16 of Regulation No
359/67/EEC, but calculated on the basis of offers at           The amount laid down in (c) shall be increased by
North Sea ports valid as follows :                             0-025 units of account for each subsequent month.
( a) In the case of imports to be effected during the
     month in which the licence was issued, that price                                 Article 7
     shall be the price ruling for shipment during that
     month ;
                                                               1 . In exceptional cases where factors extraneous to
(b) In the case of imports to be effected during the           the rice market cause substantial price fluctuations on
     month following the month in which the licence            this market which could not be foreseen in the light
     was issued, that price shall be the price ruling for      of the supply and demand situation on the world
     shipment during the intended month of                     market, the amount of the premium may be fixed at
     importation ;                                             a level higher than that resulting from the preceding
                                                               Articles .
(c) In the case of imports to be effected during      the
     remaining months of the period of validity of    the
     licence, that price shall be the price ruling    for      2. The amount of the premium may not be
     shipment during the month preceding              the      increased by more than the difference between the
     intended month of importation ;                           c.i.f. price determined for each product and the last
(d) If there are no forward offers for shipment                c.i.f. price determined for each product before prices
     during a given month, that price shall be the             began to be affected by the factors mentioned in
     price ruling for shipment during the last month           paragraph 1 .
     for which a forward offer was made .
                                                                                       Article 8
                        Article 4
                                                               In the cases mentioned in Article 7, the advance
If the c.i.f. forward delivery price is equal to the c.i.f.    fixing of the levy in accordance with Article 13 (2) of
price or lower by an amount not exceeding 0-025                Regulation No 359/67/EEC may be suspended, or
units of account per 100 kilogrammes, the premium              the period for which it is possible to obtain advance
shall be 0 units of account.                                   fixing of the levy may be reduced, in accordance with
                                                               the procedure provided for in Article 26 of that
                         Article 5
                                                               Regulation.
The amount of premium in force for a particular
                                                                                       Article 9
product and period shall be adjusted where
application of the rules laid down in the preceding
Articles entails a change in the amount of more than           If importation is not effected during the month
0-025 units of account per 100 kilogrammes .                   indicated at the time of application and subject to
                                                               exceptions the definition and details of which shall be
                                                               determined in accordance with the procedure laid
                         Article 6                             down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC :
1 . If, in view of prospective imports, serious                (a) the levy applicable on the day on which the
difficulties threaten the Community market in the                    application for a licence was submitted shall be
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     adjusted in accordance with the threshold price          amount of the premium valid at the time of
     in force on the day of importation ; and                 submission of the application for the month during
                                                              which importation is effected, the latter amount shall
(b ) the premium applicable shall be the premium laid         be applied.
     down on the day on which the application for a
     licence was submitted for the product in question
     and for the indicated month of importation .                                   Article 10
However, if the amount of the premium valid for the           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
indicated month of importation is less than the               1967.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 25 July 1967.
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                        H. HOECHERL