CELEX: 31976R0132
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 132/76 of 22 January 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 132/76
                                                       of 22 January 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 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 Regu­           licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif
lation (EEC) No 668/75 (2), and in particular Article              price for shipment during the month preceding the
 13 (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 unit 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
Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        scale of the premiums is fixed is equal to the cif
2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for              forward delivery price or exceeds that price by not
the application of the system of import and export                 more than 0-25 unit of account per metric ton ;
licences for cereals and rice (3) ;
                                                                   Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a
Whereas Council Regulation No 365/67/ EEC of 25                    higher level in exceptional circumstances and within
July 1967 (4), 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
(o) OJ   No L 168 , 27. 7 . 1971 , p . 28 .                        of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of
(7) 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 23 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, 22 January 1976.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 January 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                             import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                          (ii.ti. / metric ton)
                  CCT                                                   Current     1st period 2nd period       3rd period
                 heading                  Description of goods
                   No                                                      I             2         i                  4
            10.06               Rice :
                                A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                     I. Paddy rice :
                                         a) Round grain                    0            0          0                 —
                                         b) Long grain                     0            0          0                 0
                                    II . Husked rice :
                                         a) Round grain                    0            0          0                 —
                                         b) Long grain                     0            0          0                 0
                                B. Semi-milled           or    wholly
                                    milled rice :
                                     L Semi-milled rice :
                                         a) Round grain                    0            0          0                 —
                          ,
                                         b) Long grain                     0            0          0                 0
                                    II . Wholly milled rice :
                                         a) Round grain                    0            0          0                 —
                                         b) Long grain                     0            0          0                 0
                                C. Broken rice                            .0            0          0                 0