CELEX: 31976R1708
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1708/76 of 15 July 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

16. 7 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 192/7
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1708/76
                                                           of 15 July 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, tbe , 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 1 976 (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 3320/75 (5) ; whereas the cif forward
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
O   OJ   No L 213,  1 1. 8 . 1975, p. .5 .                           of the premiums should be altered only if application
(>) OJ   No L 166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p . 30 .
 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                This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 July
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, 15 July 1976.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 15 July 1976 fixing the premiums to be added to the
                                           import levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                      (tt.it. / metric ton)
                 C CT                                                Current    1st period 2nd period       3rd period
               heading                 Description of goods
                  No                                                   7            «          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                 0
                                 II . Husked rice :
                                      a) Round grain                   0            0          0                 —
                                      b) Long grain                    0            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                 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