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Date: 1979-08-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                         Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      amending Regulation No 1418 / 76 on the common organization of the market
                                           in rice
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(79 ) 376 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANTATORÏ MEMORANDUM
Subject : Draft proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC )
           No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice
As from the 1979/8° rice marketing year certain amendments to Regulation ( EEC )
No 1418/76 will be necessary:
1 . Rice seed , hitherto included under tariff heading " 10.06 A I paddy rice" is
    henceforth subject to the common organization of the market in seeds governed
    by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2835/71 . It is thus no longer included in the
    list of products subject to the common organization of the market in rice
    governed by Regulation No 1418/76 . Consequently , a new heading in the
    Common Customs Tariff has had to be created for rice seed through an amendment
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    to Regulation ( EEC ) NO 95*V68 on the Common Customs Tariff , Since this amendment
    entailed an entire series of changes to the CCT in respect of all the other
    " rice" products referred to at heading 10.06 , amendments which arise from it
    have had to be made to Articles 1 and 3 of Regulation No 1418/76 .
2 . Each year , following consultation with the Member States in accordance with
    the Management Committee procedure , the intervention centres were fixed for
    rice . This procedure has , however , proved superfluous in that changes in centres
    did not occur every     year between one marketing year and another . As experience
    had also shown that     changes in centres were fairly rare , it was more reasonable
    to provide that the     fixing , or rather , the change in the centres fixed , should
    be made as and when     changes were necessary .
3 . Article 18 of Regulation No 1418/76 makes provision for prohibiting in whole
    or in part the use of inward processing arrangements exclusively for the pro­
    ducts referred to in Article 1 intended for the manufacture of products listed
    in Article 1 ( l ) ( c ).
The scope of that Article is limited , since products intended for the manufacture
of the products listed in Article 1 ( l ) ( a ) are not covered by this provision .
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It has , however been found the market can sometimes be disturbed by the use of in­
ward processing arrangements , particularly for the manufacture of products referred
to in Article 1 ( l ) ( a ).
It was therefore necessary to amend the text of Article 18 by extending its scope .
 ---pagebreak---                   PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   *         amending     Regulation No 1 U 1 8/76 on the common organization of the
                                         market in rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Articles 42 and 1»3 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 1 ),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 ^, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )
No 1260/ 78^, covers in particular products falling within heading No 10.06 of
the Common Customs Tariff ;         whereas rice and seed falls amongst these products ;
Whereas rice seed has , since                          1979 , been subject to Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2358 /71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of
the markfet in seeds ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No            ( 5 );
whereas this new provision necessitated an amendment to Council Regulation
( EEC ) No 950 /68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff ( 6 ), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No -            • ( 7 ); whereas it is therefore necessary
to take account , in Regulation ( EEC ) No 1t 18 /76 , of the said amendment ;
Whereas the intervention centres for rice are determined each year , after
consultation with the Member States concerned , in accordance with the
Management Committee procedure ; whereas the experience gained has shown that
it is no longer necessary to determine those centres annually but that this
can be done as and when changes             are necessary ;                            . ..
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1418 /76 makes it possible to
prohibit , in whole or in part , the use of inward processing arrangements for
the products listed in Article 1 of the said Regulation and intended for
 the manufacture of products listed in Article 1(1)(c ); whereas the said
 ( 1 ) 0J No L
( 2 ) 0J No L 166 , 25.06.1976 , p. 1
( 3 ) OJ No L 156 , 11». 06 . 1978 , p . 11
( U ) OJ No L 2H6 ,   5.11.1971 ,
( 5 ) OJ No L
 ( 6 ) 0J No L 172 , 22.7.1968 , p.1
 (7)
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      provision " is inadequate in view of the rice market situation ; whereas
      the proper functioning of the common organization of the market may be
       prejudiced , particularly by the manufacture of products listed in Article
       1(1 > ( a ) ; whereas the scope of the said Article 18 should accordingly be
       widened ,
   • HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                               Article 1     »
      Regulation ( EEC ) No 1418 / 76 is hereby amended as follows :
 1 . Article 1(1 ) shall be replaced by the following text :          .              ,
    " 1.     The common organization of the market in rice shall comprise a price and
              trading system and cover the following products :
            ICCT Heading No                  I       Description of Goods               I
                a ) 10.06 B.I               !        Paddy rice                         I
                    10.06 B II                       Husked rice                        I
                    10.06 C                          Semi-milled or wholly-milled rice I
               b ) 10.06 D                           Broken rice                        I
                c ) 11.01 F                          Rice flour                         I
                    11.02 A VI    *                  Rice groats and meal               j
                    11.02 S II d ) 1                 Flaked rice
                    11.02 F VI                     . Rice pellets
            {       11.08 A II            _][_       Rice starch                        |
  2 . Article 4(5 ) shall be replaced by the following text :
w 5 . The intervention centres referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be
       determined in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 27 after
       consultation with the Member States concerned ."
  3 . Article 11a(2 ), ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) shall be replaced by the following text :
  " 2 . By way of derogation from Article 11(1 Ha ), (b ), ( c ), ( d ) and ( i ), no levy
       shall be charged on import of the products falling under subheadings 10.06 B
       and D into the French overseas department of Reunion .
 ---pagebreak--- By way of derogation from Article 11(1)(e ), ( f ), ( g ) and ( h ), the levy to be
charged on imports of products falling within subheading 10.06 C into the French
overseas department of Reunion shall be equal to the amount for the protection
of the industry referred to in Article It ( 3 ).
For consignments to the French overseas department of Reunion of products
falling within heading No 10.06 , with the exception of subheading 10.06 A ,
originating in the Member States and in one of the situations referred to in
Article 9(2 ) of the Treaty , a subsidy shall be granted , on application by the
party concerned , equal to the levy in force for the product concerned .
However , in respect of products falling within subheading 10.06 C , sucfV
subsidy shall be reduced by the amount for the protection of the industry
referred to in paragraph 3 ."
Article 18 shall be replaced by the following text :
"To the extent necessary for the proper working of the common organization of
the market in rice , the Council , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal
from the Commission , may prohibit in whole or in part the use of inward
processing arrangements in respect of the products listed in Article 1 ."
                                      Article Z
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                        For the Council