Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of the Commission of 26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules for fixing c.i.f. prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts relating thereto

REGULATION (EEC) No 1613/71 OF THE COMMISSION  of 26 July 1971  laying down detailed rules for fixing c.i.f. prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts relating thereto
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC 1 of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation of the market in rice as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1553/71 2, and in particular Article 16 (5) thereof;
Whereas the c.i.f. prices used for the purpose of fixing the levy must be calculated for Rotterdam on the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market ; whereas, when the offer price used is operative for another port, the transport charges should be adjusted in relation to Rotterdam;
Whereas, in order to determine the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market, the Commission must take account of all the offers made on that market of which it is aware and all quotations on the main international commercial exchanges ; whereas, however, if it appears from information available to the Commission that certain offers do not correspond to the true trend of the market either because of the poor quality of the goods, limited quantities, or abnormal quality or presentation, or because the price at which the offers are made is not based upon normal conditions in the market, or because the forward offers do not correspond to the market situation for the current month, such offers must be disregarded;
Whereas, since the world market price for rice and broken rice changes regularly, the levies on these products should as a general rule be fixed weekly ; whereas, however, to avoid undue complication of the procedure, a minimum level under which variations in the c.i.f. or threshold prices would not result in any alteration in the levies should be fixed;
Whereas Article 16 (4) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC provides that differences in quality between the varieties of rice and broken rice offered and the standard qualities for which the threshold prices are fixed are expressed by corrective amounts, the evaluation of these differences being essential to the calculation of the c.i.f. prices ; whereas, if differences in quality between the various varieties of rice or between the various varieties of broken rice offered no longer correspond to the differences taken into account when the corrective amounts were determined or if new varieties, not mentioned in this Regulation, are offered on the world market, the Commission must be in a position to apply the different or new corrective amounts for a fixed period until this Regulation is updated;
Whereas quotations or prices on the world market in rice and broken rice must be adjusted for any differences in quality compared with the standard quality and also, with respect to long-grained rice, in line with the difference in value between that quality and the variety of long-grained rice representative of Community production ; whereas the detailed rules required to make these adjustments should therefore be laid down;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals;