CELEX: 31971R2726
Language: en
Date: 1971-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2726/71 of the Council of 20 December 1971 amending Regulation No 359/67/EEC on the common organisation of the market in rice

1008                                    Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 282/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                      . 23.12.71
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2726/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 20 December 1971
               amending Regulation No 359/67/EEC on the common organisation of the market in rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                                 Article 1
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;                                                The following shall be substituted for the list of
                                                                   products in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
                                                                   359/66/EEC :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
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Having regard to the Opinion of the European                                heading
                                                                              No
                                                                                                     Description of goods
Parliament;
                                                                   ( a ) 10.06 A I           Paddy rice
Whereas the description of rice in its various forms as                  10.06 A II          Husked rice
normally used in international trade has changed ;                       10.06 B             Semi-milled or wholly milled rice
whereas this was reflected in an amendment made to
the   definitions listed        in Annex ' A     to   Council      (b ) 10.06 C              Broken rice
Regulation No 359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the
common organisation of the market in rice, as last                  (c) 11.01 F               Rice flour
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1553 /71 2 ; whereas                      11.02 A VI           Rice groats and meal
                                                                         11.02 E II (e) 1     Flaked rice
consequently the description of the products listed in                   11.08 A II           Rice starch
Article 1 of that Regulation should be amended ;
Whereas      certain       difficulties  have     arisen    in
                                                                                             Article 2
distinguishing rolled grains from flaked grains ;
whereas, in order to solve these difficulties, these               The following shall be substituted for Article 20 ( 1 )
products should be grouped within a single                         of Regulation No 359/67/EEC :
sub-heading;
                                                                         'Without prejudice to the provisions of
Whereas, in view of these changes, the Common                            Regulation No 156/66/EEC,5 the general rules for
Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC)                       the interpretation of the Common Customs Tariff
No 950/683 of 28 June 1968, as last amended by                           and the special rules for its application shall apply
Regulation (EEC) No 1 /71 ,4 should be further                           to the tariff classification of products covered by
amended;                                                                 this Regulation; the tariff nomenclature resulting
                                                                         from application of this Regulation, including the
Whereas an error occurred in the drafting of Article                     definitions listed in Annex A, shall be
4 (6) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and the                                incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff.'
necessary correction should be made;
                                                                                              Article 3
                                                                    The description of goods falling within heading No
                                                                    10-06 of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 shall be amended to
1 OJ  No  174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .                                    read as follows :
2 OJ  No  L 164, 22.7.1971 , p . 5 .
3 OJ  No  L 172, 22.7.1968, p. 1 .
4 OJ  No  L 1 , 1.1.1971 , p . 1 .                                 5 OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3278/66.
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                          heading                Description of goods
                            No
                           10.06        Rice :
                                        A. Paddy rice; husked rice:
                                             I. Paddy rice:
                                                 (a) Round-grained
                                                 (b) Long-grained
                                            II . Husked rice :
                                                 (a) Round-grained
                                                 ( b ) Long-grained
                                         B. Semi-milled or wholly milled
                                            rice :
                                             I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                 (a) Round-grained
                                                 (b) Long-grained
                                            II. Wholly milled rice:
                                                 (a) Round-grained
                                                 (b) Long-grained
                                        C. Broken rice
                                        Article 4
In Article 4 (6) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, the words 'third subparagraph' shall be
substituted for the words 'second subparagraph'.
                                        Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1972.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 1971 .
                                                                      For the Council
                                                                       The President
                                                                         M. PEDINI