CELEX: 31972R1408
Language: en
Date: 1972-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1408/72 of the Council of 27 June 1972 fixing, for the 1972/73 marketing year, the threshold prices for husked rice and broken rice and the protective amount to be included in the threshold price for milled rice

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                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1408/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 27 June 1972
               fixing, for the 1972/73 marketing year, the threshold prices for husked rice and broken
               rice and the protective amount to be included in the threshold price for milled rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       Whereas, in accordance with Article 14 (3 ) of
                                                                Regulation No 359/67/EEC, threshold prices for
                                                                milled rice are derived from the threshold prices for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    husked rice and include an additional amount for the
European Economic Community ;                                    protection of the industry; whereas, taking into
                                                                account the situation in the Community rice milling
                                                                industry, it seems appropriate to retain for the
Having regard to Council                Regulation No            1972/73 marketing year the same protective amount
359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967            on the common            as for 1971 /72 :
organization of the market in rice,   as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2726/71 ,2         and in particular
Articles 14 (4) and 15 (3 ) thereof;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 14 (2) of
Regulation No 359/67/EEC, the threshold price for               The provisions of this Regulation shall apply for the
husked rice must be fixed in such a way that, on the            1972/73 marketing year.
Duisburg market, the selling price for imported
husked rice corresponds to the target price ; whereas
this objective can be attained by deducting from the
target price certain costs to be assessed at a flat rate,                               Article 2
in particular the costs of transhipment and of
transport between Rotterdam and Duisburg normally
incurred when products are imported ;                           The threshold price for round-grained husked rice
                                                                shall be 20-76 units of account per 100 kilogrammes . <
Whereas, in accordance with Article 15 ( 1 ) of
Regulation No 359/67/EEC, the threshold price for                                       Article 3
broken rice must be fixed within an upper and lower
limit calculated in relation to the threshold price for
maize ; whereas, taking into account the relationship           The threshold price for broken rice shall be 12-95
thus established and the need to import broken rice             units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
in order to ensure supplies for the Community, this
threshold price should be so fixed that, in round
figures, it corresponds to the lower limit;                                             Article 4
                                                                The amount for the protection of the industry to be
                                                                included in the threshold price for milled rice, shall
1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .                                  be 0-55 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 6.                               milled rice.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 1972.
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
                                                                      G. THORN