CELEX: 31974R2454
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-01
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2454/74 of the Commission of 30 September 1974 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

1 . 10 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 264/7
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 2454/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 30 September 1974
                    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/ EECC ) 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 1 1 29/74 (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                    Whereas the premium is equal to 0 units of account if
 expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ;              the cif price determined on the day on which the
 whereas this period of validity was laid down in                      scale of the premiums is fixed is equal to the cif
 Article 20 (2) of Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                     forward delivery price or exceeds that price by not
 2637/70 (3 ) of 23 December 1970 , as last amended by                  more than 0-025 units of account per 100 kilo­
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 454/ 74 (*);                                    grammes ;
 Whereas Council Regulation No 365/ 67/ EEC (5 ) of 25
 July 1967, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                    Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a
 2435/ 70 ( h), lays down rules for the advance fixing of               higher level in exceptional circumstances and within
 levies on rice and broken rice ;                                      certain specified limits ;
 Whereas under the terms of Regulation No 365 /                         Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 67/ EEC, where the cif price for husked rice for milled                levies should be calculated on the following basis :
  rice or for broken rice determined on the day on
 which the premiums arc fixed is higher than the cif                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
  forward delivery price for the same product, the                          relation to each other, at anv given moment,
  premium should as a general rule be equal to the                          within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
  difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif                     on their effective parity ;
  price is that determined in accordance with Article 16
  of Regulation No 359 / 67/ EEC on the day on which
  the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for               — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
  determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
  ( EEC) No 1613 /71 ( 7 ), as last amended by Regulation                   of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
                                                                             relation to the Community currencies referred to
  ( EEC ) No 1 057 / 73 ( s ); whereas the cif forward
  delivery price must also be determined in accordance                       m the previous subparagraph ;
  (') O ) No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967 , p. I.
  (-') 0"| No L I2X , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                            Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions
  (') O'l No L 283 , 29 . 12. 1970, p. 15.                              that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the
  (4 ) O | No I. 155 , 12 . 6 . 1974 , p. 10 .                           Table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the
  (s ) O'l No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 32 .                                amount of the premiums should be altered only if
  (") O ) No L 262 , 3 . 12 . 1970 , p. 3 .
  (") O'l No L 16X , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p. 2X .                            application of the abovementioned provisions entails a
  ( s ) O'l No I. 105 , 20 . 4 . 197 ^ p. | 0 .                         change of more than 0-025 unit of account ,
 ---pagebreak--- No L 264/8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                I. 10 . 74
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this
                                                                 Regulation .
                       Article 1                                                        Art ich 2
The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed               This Regulation shall enter into force on I October
in advance in respect of rice and broken rice are                 1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 September 1974.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1974 fixing the premiums to be added to
                                         the import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                        (u.a.HOO kg)
           CCT                                                  Current           1st:       2nd           3rd
          heading                Description of goods              10           period      period       period
            No                                                                     11         12             1
      10.06            Rice :
                       A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                           I. Paddy rice :
                               a) Round grained                    0               0          0             —
                               b) Long grained                     0               0          0              0
                          II . Husked rice :
                               a) Round grained                    0               0          0             —
                               b) Long grained                     0               0          0              0
                       B. Semi-milled or wholly milled
                          rice :
                           I. Semi-milled rice :
                               a) Round grained                    0               0          0             —
                               b) Long grained                     0               0          0              0
                          II. Wholly milled rice :
                               a) Round gçained                    0               0          0             —
                               b) Long grained                     0               0          0             0
                       C. Broken rice :                            0              0           0             0