CELEX: 31974R1956
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1956/74 of the Commission of 25 July 1974 fixing for the 1974/75 marketing year the amounts by which import levies and export refunds fixed in advance for rice are to be adjusted

26 . 7 . 74                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 204/35
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 1956/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                               of 25 July 1974
                  fixing for the 1974/75 marketing years the amounts by which import levies and
                                  export refunds fixed in advance for rice are to be adjusted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            were included in the threshold prices for such rice,
COMMUNITIES,                                                              such prices being calculated for a variety of round­
                                                                          grained and for a variety of long-grained milled rice ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     whereas the conversion rates to be taken into account
Economic Community ;                                                      were fixed by Commission Regulation No 467/
                                                                          67/EEC (9j of 21 August 1967, as last amended by
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                               Regulation (EEC) No 1 808/74 (> °) ;
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market rice, as last amended by Regulation                    Whereas for each stage of processing concerned appli­
(EEC) No 11 29/74 (2 ), and in particular Articles 13 (5)                 cation of the relevant conversion rate to the amounts
and 17 (6) thereof ;                                                      of the monthly price increases results in the amounts
                                                                          shown in the Tables annexed to this Regulation ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 365/                               whereas the amount of the levy or refund applicable
67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on rules for the advance                      for the month of importation or exportation will thus
fixing of levies on rice and broken rice, as last                         be obtained by adding those amounts to the amount
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2435/70 (4), and in                        of the levy or refund in force during the month of
particular Article 9a (2) thereof ;                                       advance fixing ;
Whereas the aforesaid Regulation No 365/67/ EEC                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
and Council Regulation No 366/67/ EEC (5) of 25 July                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 1967 laying down general rules for granting export                       ment Committee for Cereals ,
refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds, as amended by Regulation No 1019/
67/ EEC (b), provide that when the import levy or the
export refund on rice is fixed in advance, adjustments                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereto are to be made on the basis of the conversion
rates for the various stages of processing ; whereas it
follows from this provision that the monthly price                                                    Article 1
increases for paddy rice are to be calculated by
applying the relevant conversion rate to the amounts                      Where the import levy or the export refund on paddy
of such increases in respect of husked rice and that                      rice or semi-milled rice is fixed in advance, the adjust­
the like increases for semi-milled rice are to be calcu­
                                                                          ment to such levy or refund on the basis of the
lated by applying the relevant conversion rate to the                     threshold price shall for the 1 974/75 marketing year
amounts of such increases in respect of milled rice ;                     be made as shown in the Tables annexed to this Regu­
                                                                          lation .
Whereas for the 1974/75 marketing year the monthly
increases applicable to the threshold price for husked
rice were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC) No                                                       Article 2
 171 9/74 ( 7 ) of 27 June 1974 ; whereas, under Commis­
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1 935/74 (8) of 24 July 1974
specifying for the 1974/ 75 marketing year the variety                    Where such advance fixing shall have taken place :
of long-grained rice representative of Community
production , the difference in value between this rice                     1 . before 1 July 1974 in respect of a transaction to be
and the variety of round-grained rice corresponding to                         effected on or after 1 September 1974, the adjust­
the standard quality, the threshold prices for husked                           ment on the basis of the threshold price shall be
                                                                                made as follows :
long-grained rice and the threshold prices for milled
 rice, the monthly increases applicable to milled rice
                                                                               (a) add to the amount of the levy or refund as fixed
(')  OJ  No    174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. I.                                          in advance the amount shown in the July/
(2)  OJ  No    L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20.                                       August 1974 column against the month of
(J)  OJ  No    174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 32 .                                         advance fixing in the Tables annexed to Regula­
(4 ) OJ  No    I. 262 , 3 . 12 . 1970 , p. 3 .                                     tion ( EEC) No 2038 /73 .
(5 ) OJ  No    174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 34 .
(")  OJ  No   31 1,21 . 12 . 1967, p. 13 .
( 7) OJ  No    I. 181 , 4 . 7. 1974, p. 8 .                               (") O ) No 204 , 24 . 8 . 1967 , p. I.
(*)  OJ  No    L 203 , 25 . 7 . 1974, p. 22 .                             (> o) 6 ) No I. 188, 12. 7. 1974, p. 34.
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  (b) increase the amount obtained :                               corresponding to the month in which the trans­
                                                                   action is affected ;
      — in the case of paddy rice, by 0-082 unit of
          account per 100 kilogrammes ;
      — in the case of round-grained semi-milled
          rice, by 0-537 unit of account per 100 kilo­      2. in July or August 1974 in respect of a transaction
          grammes ;
                                                               to be effected on or after 1 September 1974, the
                                                               adjustment on the basis of the threshold price
      — in the case of long-grained semi-milled rice,          shall, for paddy rice and for semi-milled rice, be
          by 0-488 unit of account per 100 kilo­               made by increasing the amount of the levy or
          grammes ;                                            refund as fixed in advance by the relevant amount
  (c) add the amount, if any, shown in the Tables              shown in paragraph 1 (b) and, where appropriate,
      annexed to this Regulation in the columm                 the amount referred to in paragraph 1 (c).
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 July 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                                Table 1
                                                            PADDY RICE
                                                                                                                           ,(ti.a. /lOO kg)
                              Amount to be added to the levy or refund in force on the day of advance fixing for a
                               transaction effected , subject to the limits on the period of validity of the relevant licence as laid
                                                              down in Regulation ( EEC ) No 2637/70 , in :
            Month of advance
                  fixing
                             December       January        February      March    !    April         May           lune           July/
                                 1974         1975           1975          1975         1975          1975        1975          August
                                                                                                                                   1975
        September, October,
        November 1974         0-135          0-270          0-405       0-540         0-675        0-810         0-945           1-080
        December 1974            —
                                             0-135          0-270        0-405        0-540        0-675        0-810            0-945
        January 1975            —              —
                                                            0-135       0-270        0-405         0-540         0-675           0-810
        February 1975            —             —             —          0-135        0-270         0-405         0-540           0-675
        March 1975               —
                                              — .            —             —
                                                                                     0-135         0-270         0-405           0-540
        April 1975               —             —             —             —            —
                                                                                                   0-135         0-270           0-405
        May 1975                 —                           —             —            —             —          0-135           0-270
        June 1975                —                           —             —            —             —             —
                                                                                                                                 0-135
                                                                Table 2
                                         ROUND-GRAINED SEMI-MILLED RICE
                                                                                                                            (u.a.'lOO kg)
                              Amount to be added to the levy or refund in force on the day of advance fixing for a
                              transaction effected , subject to the limits on the period of validity of the relevant licence as laid
                                                              down in Regulation (EEC ) No 2637/70 , in :
            Month of advance
                 fixing
                             December       January       February      March          April         May          June            July /
                                1974          1975           1975         1975          1975         1975         1975          August
                                                                                                                                  1975
       September, October,
       November 1974          0-204         0-409           0-613       0-818        1-023         1-229        1-433            1-638
       December 1974            —
                                            0-205           0-409       0-614        0-819         1-025        1-229            1-434
       January 1975             —             —
                                                            0-204       0-409         0-614        0-820        1-024            1-229
       February 1975            —             —              —          0-205         0-410        0-616        0-820            1-024
       March 1975               —             —              —
                                                                                     0-205         0-411        0-615           0-820
       April 1975                             —               —            —            —
                                                                                                   0-206        0-410           0-615
       May 1975                 —             —               —            —            —             —
                                                                                                                0-204           0-409
       June 1975                —             —              —                          —             —            —            0-205
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                                                              Table 3
                                       LONG-GRAINED SEMI-MILLED RICE
                                                                                                                         'u.a.1100 kg)
                             Amount to be added to the levy or refund in force on the day of advance fixing for a
                             transaction effected , subject to the limits on the period of validity of the relevant licence as laid
                                                            down in Regulation ( EEC) No 2637/70, in :
           Month of advance
                fixing
                            December      January       February       March        April          May          June          July /
                               1974         1975           1975          1975        1975          1975         1975         August
                                                                                                                              1975
     September, October,
     November 1974           0-229         0-457          0-686        0-914        1-142         1-370        1-598         1-827
     December 1974              —
                                           0-228          0-457        0-685        0-913         1-141        1-369         1-598
     January 1975              —             —
                                                          0-229     .  0-457        0-685         0-913        1-141         1-370
     February 1975             —             —              —          0-228        0-456        0-684        0-912          1-141
     March 1975                —            —
                                                            —             —         0-228        0-456        0-684          0-913
     April 1975                —            —               —             —           —          0-228        0-456          0-685
     May 1975                  —            —
                                                            —     ,       —           —             —         0-228          0-457
     June 1975                 —            —               _____                                                —           0-229