CELEX: 31976R0355
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 355/76 of 19 February 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

20 . 2. 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 44/7
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 355 /76
                                                        of 19 February 1976
                 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 No 359/67/ EEC but on
COMMUNITIES,                                                        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 No 359/                         take place in the case of imports to be effected during
67/EEC of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                      the month following the month in which the import
tion of the market in rice          as last amended by Regu­        licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif
lation (EEC) No 668 /75 (2), and in particular Article              price for shipment during the month preceding the
 13 (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 is equal to 0 unit of account if
expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;
                                                                    the cif price determined on the day on which the
whereas this period of validity was laid down in
Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         scale of the premiums is fixed is equal to the cif
 2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for              forward delivery price or exceeds that price by not
                                                                    more than 0-25 unit of account per metric. ton ;
 the application of the system of import and export
 licences for cereals and rice (3) ;
                                                                    Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a
Whereas Council Regulation No 365/ 67/ EEC of 25                    higher level in exceptional circumstances and within
July 1967 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               certain specified limits ;
 2435/70 (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 No 365/                       levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 67/EEC, where the cif price for husked rice for milled
 rice or for broken rice determined on the day on                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
 forward delivery price for the same product, the                        within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
 premium should as a general rule be equal to the                        on their effective parity ;
 difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif
 price is that determined in accordance with Article 16
 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC 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 3320/75 (7) ; whereas the cif forward                          in the previous subparagraph ;
 delivery price must also be determined in accordance
(')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .                              Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
( 2) OJ No  L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 18 .                             that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the
(J)  OJ No  L 213 , 11 . 8 . 1975, p. 5.                             table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount
(4 ) OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 32 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 262, 3 . 12. 1970, p. 3 .                              of the premiums should be altered only if application
(<•) OJ No  L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p . 28 .                        of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of
(7)  OJ No  L 328, 20. 12. 1975, p. 32.                              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 20 February
in advance in respect of rice and broken rice are                   1976 .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 19 February 1976.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 19 February 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                            import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                        (u.a. / metric ton)
                  CCT                                                 Current     1st period 2nd period     3rd period
                heading                 Description of goods                                                    «
                   No                                                   2              3         4                5
            10.06              Rice :
                               A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                    I. Paddy rice :
                                        a) Round grain                  0             0          0                —
                                        b) Long grain                   0             0          0                0
                                   II . Husked rice :
                                        a) Round grain                  0             0          0                —
                                        b) Long grain                   0             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                0
                                   II . Wholly milled rice :
                                        a) Round grain                  0             0          0                —
                                        b) Long grain                   0              0         0                0
                               C. Broken rice                            0             0         0                0