CELEX: 31975R3387
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3387/75 of the Commission of 30 December 1975 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

31 . 12. 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 334/ 13
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 3387/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 30 December 1975
                 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 No 359/67/EEC but on
COMMUNITIES,                                                     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
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                      take place in the case of imports to be effected during
67/EEC (^ of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­               the month following the month in which the import
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­          licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif
tion (EEC) No 668/75 (2), and in particular Article 13          price for shipment during the month preceding the
(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
expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;        Whereas the premium is equal to 0 unit of account if
whereas this period of validity was laid down in                the cif price determined on the day on which the
Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                     scale of the premiums is fixed is equal to the cif
2042/75 (3) of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules           forward delivery price or exceeds that price by not
for the application of the system of import and export          more than 0-25 unit of account per metric ton ;
licences for cereals and rice ;
                                                                Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a
Whereas Council Regulation No 365/67/EEC (4) of 25              higher level in exceptional circumstances and within
July 1967, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No               certain specified limits ;
2435/70 (5), lays down rules for the advance fixing of
levies on rice and broken rice ;
                                                                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas under the terms of Regulation No 365/                   levies should be calculated on the following basis :
67/EEC, where the cif price for husked rice for milled
rice or for broken rice determined on the day on                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif                  relation to each other, at any given moment,
forward delivery price for the same product, the                     within a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based
premium should as a general rule be equal to the                     on their effective parity ;
difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif
price is that determined in accordance with Article 16
of Regulation No 359/67/EEC on the day on which                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation                  of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
(EEC) No 1613/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
(EEC) No 3320/75 (7) ; whereas the cif forward                       in the previous subparagraph ;
delivery price must also be determined in accordance
(') OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                           Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
(2) OJ No  L 72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 18.                            that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the
(3) OJ No  L 213, 11 . 8. 1975, p. 5.                           table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount
(<) OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 32.
(5) OJ No  L 262, 3 . 12. 1970, p. 3.                           of the premiums should be altered only if application
(') OJ No  L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28.                          of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of
O   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 1 January
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, 30 December 1975 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               C. P. DRIESPRONG
                                                                                       Director
                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1975 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                                                    1            2           3                4
            10.06              Rice :                               I
                               A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :        l
                                    I. Paddy rice :                 \
                                        a) Round grain                  0            0            0               —
                                        b) Long grain                   0            0            0                0
                                  II . Husked rice :                l                       \
                                        a) Round grain                  0            0            0               —
                                        b) Long grain                   0            0            0                0
                               B. Semi-milled          or    wholly l
                                   milled rice :                    l             '
                                    I. Semi-milled rice :                      \II
                                        a) Round grain                  0            0            0               —
                                        b) Long grain                   0            0            0                0
                                   II . Wholly milled rice :        Il                      Il
                                        a) Round grain                  0             0           0               —
                                        b) Long grain                   0             0           0                0
                               C. Broken rice                         '  0            0           0                0