CELEX: 31976R1558
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1558/76 of 30 June 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 172/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 7 . 76
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1558/76
                                                              of 30 June 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 month ;
   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
                                                                        the month following the month in which the import
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif
   1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                      price for shipment during the month preceding the
   tion of the market in rice ('), and in particular Article            month in which importation is expected to take place
   13 (6) thereof,                                                      in the case of imports to be effected during the
                                                                         remaining months for which the import licence is
                                                                        valid ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made
   Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         for shipment during a given month, this price should
   Committee,                                                           be the price ruling for shipment during the last
                                                                         month in which an offer for forward delivery was
                                                                         made ;
   Whereas the premiums to be added to the import
   levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must
   include a premium for the current month and a                        Whereas the premium shall be 0 unit of account if
   premium for each of the following months until the                   the cif forward delivery price is equal to the cif price
   expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;             or lower by an amount not exceeding 0-25 unit of
   whereas this period of validity was laid down in                     account per metric ton ;
   Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
   2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for
   the application of the system of import and export                   Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation
   licences for cereals and rice (2) ;                                  (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 1976 (3) 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                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
    1428 /76, where the cif price for husked rice, for
                                                                             relation to each other, at any given moment,
   milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day
                                                                             within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
   on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the
                                                                             on their effective parity ;
   cif forward delivery price for the same product, the
   premium should as a general rule be equal to the
   difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif                — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
   price is that determined in accordance with Article 16                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
   of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 on the day on which                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
   the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
   determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation                       in the previous subparagraph ;
   (EEC) No 1613/71 (4), as last amended by Regulation
   (EEC) No 3320/7 .') (5) ; whereas the cif forward
i1 delivery price must also be determined in accordance                  Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
                                                                         that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the
   (•)  OJ No L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p . 1 .                            table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount
   (2)  OJ No L  213,  11 . 8 . 1975, p . 5.                             of the premiums should be altered only if application
i  (3)  OJ No L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p. 30 .
i  (4 ) OJ No L  168 , 27.  7. 1971 , p . 28 .                           of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of
,  (5)  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
in advance in respect of rice and broken rice are                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 30 June 1976.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1976 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                                                   7              8         9               10
             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