CELEX: 31976R2138
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2138/76 of 31 August 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 240/ 8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 9 . 76
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2138 /76
                                                           of 31 August 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 months
 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         the month following the month in which the import
 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                      licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif
tion of the market in rice ('), 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 shall be 0 unit of account if
expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;               the cif forward delivery price is equal to the cif price
whereas this period of validity was laid down in                       or lower by an amount not exceeding 0-25 unit of
Article 8 of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                           account per metric ton ;
 2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for
 the application of the system of import and export
 licences for cereals and rice (2 ), as amended by Regula­
                                                                       Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
 tion (EEC) No 2088 /76 (3 ) ;
                                                                       ( 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 1 976 (4) 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
 1428 /76, where the cif price for husked rice, for                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 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
 price is that determined in accordance with Article 16                — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1418 / 76 on the day on which                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for                   of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
 ( EEC) Noi613/71 (5), as last amended by Regulation                       in the previous subparagraph ;
 ( EEC) No 3320 / 75 (6) ; whereas the cif forward
 delivery price must also be determined in accordance
                                                                       Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
(')  OJ No  L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p . 1 .                            that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the
(2)  OJ No  L 213 ,  1 1. 8 . 1975 , p . 5 .                           table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount
(3 ) OJ No  L 234,   25 . 8 . 1976, p . 9 .
(4)  OJ No  L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p . 30 .
                                                                       of the premiums should be altered only if application
(5 ) OJ No  L  168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p . 28 .                          of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of
(6)  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
                                                                                               Artie e 2
The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
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, 31 August 1976.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                            import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                         (u.ii. / nu tm / Oil)
                  CCT                                                  Current     1st period 2nd period        ? rd period
                heading                  Description of goods
                   No                                                    9             1»         I I                12
            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