CELEX: 31976R1755
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1755/76 of 22 July 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

23 . 7. 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 197/7
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1755/76
                                                     of 22 July 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 (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
                                                               take place in the case of imports to be effected during
                                                               the month following the month in which the import
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                price for shipment during the month preceding the
tion of the market in rice ('), and in particular Article      month in which importation is expected to take place
13 (6) thereof,
                                                               in the case of imports to be effected during the
                                                               remaining months for which the import licence is
                                                               valid ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                   for shipment during a given month, this price should
Committee,                                                     be the price ruling for shipment during the last
                                                               month in which an offer for forward delivery was
                                                               made ;
Whereas the premiums to be added to the import
levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must
include a premium for the current month and a                   whereas the premium shall be 0 unit of account if
premium for each of the following months until the             the cif forward delivery price is equal to the cif price
expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;       or lower by an amount not exceeding 0-25 unit of
whereas this period of validity was laid down in               account per metric ton ;
Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export             Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
licences for cereals and rice (2) ;                            (EEC) No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be
                                                                fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances
                                                               and within certain specified limits ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76 of 21
June 1976 (3) lays down rules for the advance fixing of
levies on rice and broken rice ;                               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 1428/76, where the cif price for husked rice, for
milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day                relation to each other, at any given moment,
on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the                  within a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based
cif forward delivery price for the same product, the                on their effective parity ;
premium should as a general rule be equal to the
difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif          — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
price is that determined in accordance with Article 1 6             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the day on which                  of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for             relation to the Community currencies referred to
determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation                 in the previous subparagraph ;
(EEC) No 1613/71 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3320/75 (5) ; whereas the cif forward
delivery price must also be determined in accordance            Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
                                                                that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the
(!) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                            table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount
I1) OJ No L 213, 11 . 8. 1975, p. 5.                            of the premiums should be altered only if application
O OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30.
(«) OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28.                           of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of
(5) 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 23 July
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, 22 July 1976.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 22 July 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                                                   7             8         9              10
           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