CELEX: 31979R1771
Language: en
Date: 1979-08-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1771/79 of 10 August 1979 amending Regulation No 467/67/EEC fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing

No L 203/ 6                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              11 . 8 . 79
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1771 /79
                                                            of 10 August 1979
                amending Regulation No 467/67/ EEC fixing the conversion rates, the processing
                  costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              3.     The processing costs for the conversion of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                               semi-milled rice into milled rice shall not be taken
                                                                             into consideration .'
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,
                                                                        2 . Article 3 is amended to read as follows :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                              'Article 3
  1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1 552/79 (2), and in particular Article                      1 . The value of the by-products obtained from
  19 thereof,                                                               processing paddy rice into husked rice shall be
                                                                            considered to be nil .
 Whereas Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Commission Regula­
 tion No 467/67/ EEC (3), as last amended by Regula­                        2. The value of the by-products obtained from
 tion ( EEC) No 1 572/77 (4), fixed the processing costs,
                                                                            processing husked rice into milled rice shall be :
 the value of the by-products and the value of broken
 rice for the various stages of processing ; whereas, as a
 result of the general increase in prices, the processing                   (a) 35-35 ECU per tonne of husked round grain
                                                                                  rice ;
 costs and the value of the by-products have increased ;
 whereas the said costs and value should be set at a                        (b) 48-65 ECU per tonne of husked long grain rice .
 representative level for the whole of the Community ;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 (5) laid                        3 . The value of the by-products obtained from
 down the coefficient for expressing amounts fixed in                       processing semi-milled rice into milled rice shall
 units of account in ECU ;                                                  be :
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                       (a) 10-88 ECU per tonne of semi-milled round
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                                grain rice ;
 ment Committee for Cereals,
                                                                            (b) 13.15 ECU per tonne of semi-milled long grain
                                                                                  rice .'
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                        3 . Article 4 is amended to read as follows :
                               Article 1                                     'Article 4
 Regulation No 467/67/ EEC is hereby amended as                             The conversion of the value of a quantity of
 follows :                                                                  husked rice into the value of the same quantity of
                                                                            rice at another stage of processing shall be effected
 1 . Article 2 is amended to read as follows :                              on the basis of husked rice containing 3 % broken
                                                                            rice . If the husked rice contains more than 3 %
     'Article 2                                                             broken rice, the conversion shall be effected after
     1 . The processing costs to be taken into consid­                      an adjustment made on the basis of a value of 110
     eration when paddy rice is converted into husked                       ECU per tonne of broken rice.
     rice shall be 35.30 ECU per tonne of paddy rice .
                                                                            The conversion of the value of a quantity of semi-
     2.    The processing costs to be taken into consid­                    milled rice or milled rice into the value of the
     eration when husked rice is converted into milled                      same quantity of rice at another stage of processing
     rice shall be 35-30 ECU per tonne of husked rice .                     shall be effected on the basis of semi-milled or
                                                                            milled rice containing no broken rice. If any semi-
(!)  OJ  No  L 166, 25 .   6 . 1976,  p. 1 .                                milled or milled rice contains broken rice, the
(2 ) OJ  No  L 188 , 26 .  7. 1979,   p. 9 .
(3)  OJ  No  204, 24 . 8 .  1967, p .  1.                                   conversion shall be effected after an adjustment
(4)  OJ  No  L 174, 14 .   7 . 1977,  p. 26 .                               made on the basis of a value of 150 ECU per tonne
(5 ) OJ  No  L 84, 4. 4 .   1979, p.   1.                                   of broken rice .
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    The adjustments provided for in the preceding para­                              Article 2
    graphs shall not be effected when the prices of
    husked rice and the prices of semi-milled or milled
    rice taken into consideration for fixing the levies
    and export refunds are lower than :
    — 110 ECU per tonne of husked rice,
    — 150 ECU per tonne of semi-milled or milled               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
         rice.'                                                1979 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 10 August 1979.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President