31972R1500

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14.7.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 158 /23

REGULATION (EEC) No 1500/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 July 1972 fixing, for the 1972/73 marketing year, the variety of long-grained rice representative of Community production, the difference in value between this variety and the variety of round-grained rice corresponding to standard quality, the threshold price for long­ grained husked rice and the threshold prices for milled rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ from the threshold prices for round husked rice and . MUNITIES, long husked rice respectively, taking into account the monthly increases to which they are subject, by Having regard to the Treaty establishing the making adjustments for the conversion rate, for European Economic Community ; processing costs and for the value of by-products and then by adding an amount for the protection of the industry; Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the common Whereas for the 1972/73 marketing year the organization of the market in rice, as last amended by threshold price for round husked rice and the Regulation ( EEC) No 2726/71 ,2 and in particular protective amount were fixed by Council Regulation Article 14 (5 ) thereof; ( EEC ) No 1408 /723 of 27 June 1972 fixing for the 1972/73 marketing year the threshold prices for Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (5 ) ( a) of Regulation husked rice and broken rice and the protective No 359/67/EEC, the variety of long-grained rice amount to be included in the threshold price for representative of Community production and the milled rice ; whereas the variety of long rice difference in value between this variety and the representative of Community production and the variety of round-grained rice corresponding to difference in value between this variety and the standard quality have to be determined ; quality of round rice corresponding to the standard quality are determined in this Regulation ; whereas Whereas the 'Ribe' quality should be taken as the the components used to adjust the threshold price for variety of rice representative of the average quality of husked rice were fixed by Commission Regulation long rice harvested in the Community; whereas in No 467/67/EEC4 of 21 August 1967 fixing the addition the difference in value between the 'Ribe' conversion rates, the processing costs and the value quality and the value of round rice corresponding to of the by-products for the various stages of rice the standard quality should be fixed at an amount, processing, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No expressed in value of husked rice, corresponding to 1499/725 ; the difference in average value between the prices of these qualities ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (2) ( b), the threshold Management Committee for Cereals ; price for long-grained husked rice is calculated by adjusting the threshold price for round-grained HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : husked rice by application of a corrective amount representing the difference in value between the Article 1 round rice variety corresponding to the standard quality and a long rice variety representative of Community production ; whereas, pursuant to Article The provisions of this Regulation shall apply for the 1972/73 rice marketing year. 14 (3 ), the threshold price for round milled rice and the threshold price for long milled rice are derived

3 OJ No L 150, 4.7.1972, p . 10. 1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 . 4 OJ No 204, 24.8.67, p . 1 . 2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p . 6. 5 OJ No L 158, 14.7.72, p . 22.

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Article 2 rice corresponding to the standard quality shall be 2 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of husked rice. The variety of long-grained rice representative of Community production shall be the 'Ribe' variety. Article 4

Article 3 The threshold price for long-grained husked rice, the threshold price for round-grained milled rice, and the The difference in value between the 'Ribe' variety of threshold price for long-grained milled rice shall be, long-grained rice and the variety of round-grained in units of account per 100 kilogrammes :

Threshold price

Long-grained Round-grained Long-grained husked rice milled rice milled rice

September, October, November 22-76 27-05 31-87 December 22-91 27-24 32-09 January 23-06 27-43 32-31 February 23-21 27-62 32-53 March 23-36 27-81 32-75 April 23-51 28-00 32-97 May 23-66 28-19 33-19 June 23-81 28-38 33-41 July, August 23-96 28-57 33-63

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 July 1972.

For the Commission

The President

S. L. MANSHOLT