31973R0604

2. 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 57/ 17

REGULATION (EEC) No 604/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 1 March 1973

fixing the premiums to be added to the levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN on which the premiums are fixed ; whereas the de­ COMMUNITIES, tailed rules for determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1613 /71 (8 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 363/72 (9 ) ; where­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ as the cif forward delivery price must also be pean Economic Community ; determined in accordance with Article 16 of Regula­ tion No 359/67/EEC but on the basis of offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be the Having regard to Council Regulation No cif price for shipment during the month in which 359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ the import licence is issued in the case of imports to ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by be effected during that month ; whereas this price the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (8) on the Accession must be the cif price for shipment during the of new Member States to the European Economic month in which importation is expected to take Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­ place in the case of imports to be effected during munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and the month following the month in which the import in particular Article 13 (6 ) thereof ; licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month preceding the month in which importation is expected to take Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary place in the case of imports to be effected during Committee ; the remaining months for which the import licence is valid ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made for shipment during a given month, this price Whereas the premiums to be added to the import should be the price ruling for shipment during the levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice last month in which an offer for forward delivery must include a premium for the current month and was made ; a premium for each of the following months until the expiry of the period of validity of the import Whereas the premium is equal to 0 units of account licence ; whereas this period of validity was laid if the cif price determined on the day on which down in Article 20 (2) of Commission Regulation the scale of the premiums is fixed is equal to the (EEC ) No 2637/70 (4 ) of 23 December 1970, as last cif forward delivery price or exceeds that price by amended by Regulation (EEC) No 128 /73 (5 ) ; not more than 0·025 unit of account per 100 kilo­

grammes ; Whereas Council Regulation No 365 /67/EEC (6) of Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a 25 July 1967, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) higher level in exceptional circumstances and within No 2435/70 (7 ), lays down rules for the advance fix­ certain specified limits ; ing of levies on rice and broken rice ;

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the basis of an Whereas under the terms of Regulation No exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies 365/67/EEC, where the cif price for husked rice, which are floating or whose central rate differs from for milled rice or for broken rice determined on the the official parity, on the effective rate or the day on which the premiums are fixed is higher than central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the cif forward delivery price for the same prod­ the US dollar, on the change in parity announced uct, the premium should as a general rule be equal on 13 February 1973 ; to the difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif price is that determined in accordance with Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­ Article 16 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC on the day sions that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount of the premiums should be altered only if application of the abovementioned provisions (*) OJ No 174, 31.7. 1967, p. 1 . (l) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14 . entails a change of more than 0·025 unit of account; (») OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (4) OJ No L 283 , 29. 12 . 1970, p. 15 . (') OJ No L 17, 20. 1 . 1973 , p. 16 . (•) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 32. (8) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . (7) OJ No L 262 , 3 . 12. 1970, p. 3 . ( 9 ) OJ No L 46, 22 . 2 . 1972, p. 9.

No L 57/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 2 . 3 . 73

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : art hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation .

Article1¶

The premiums to be added to the import levies This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March fixed in advance in respect of rice and broken rice 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 1 March 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 1 March 1973 fixing the premiums to be added to the levies on rice and broken rice (*)

(u.a. /100 kg)

CCT 1st 2nd 3rd Description of goods Current period heading period period No 3 4 5 6

10.06 Rice :

A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :

I. Paddy rice : a ) Round grained 0 0 0 b) Long grained 0 0 0 0

II . Husked rice : a) Round grained 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 b) Long grained

B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :

I. Semi-milled rice :

a) Round grained 0 0 0 b) Long grained 0 4·720 4·720 4·720

II. Wholly milled rice :

a) Round grained 0 0 0

b ) Long grained 0 5·060 5·060 5·060

C. Broken rice : 0 0 0 0

(l) The period of validity of the licence is limited in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2196/71 , as last amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 538/73 .