31973R1430

31 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 144/ 11

REGULATION (EEC) No 1430/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 May 1973 fixing the premiums to be added to the levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 16 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC but on the COMMUNITIES , basis of offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in which the import licence is issued in the case of Economic Community ; imports to be effected during that month ; whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment during Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ the month in which importation is expected to take 67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ place in the case of imports to be effected during the tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the month following the month in which the import Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif new Member States to the European Economic price for shipment during the month preceding the Community and the European Atomic Energy month in which importation is expected to take place Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, in the case of imports to be effected during the and in particular Article 1 3 (6) thereof ; 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 be added to the import levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must include a premium for the current month and a premium for each of the following months until the expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ; Whereas the premium is equal to 0 units of account if whereas this period of validity was laid down in the cif price determined on the day on which the Article 20 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No scale of the premiums is fixed is equal to the cif 2637/70 (4) of 23 December 1970, as last amended by forward delivery price or exceeds that price by not Regulation (EEC) No 128 /73 (5) ; more than 0·025 units of account per 100 kilo­ grammes ; Whereas Council Regulation No 365/67/EEC (6) of 25 July 1967, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2435/70 (7), lays down rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and broken rice ; Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances and within Whereas under the terms of Regulation No 365/ certain specified limits ; 67/EEC, where the cif price for husked rice for milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif forward delivery price for the same product, the premium should as a general rule be equal to the Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif levies should be calculated on the basis of an price is that determined in accordance with Article 16 exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC on the day on which which are floating or whose central rate differs from the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for the official parity, on the effective rate or the central determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US (EEC) No 1613/71 (8), as last amended by Regulation dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 (EEC) No 363/72 (9) ; whereas the cif forward delivery February 1973 ; price must also be determined in accordance with

(') OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . (J) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions («) OJ No L 283 , 29 . 12. 1970 , p. 15 . that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the (5) OJ No L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973 , p. 16 . Table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the (6) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 32. amount of the premiums should be altered only if (7) OJ No L 262, 3 . 12. 1970 , p. 3 . (8) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7. 1971 , p. 28 . application of the abovementioned provisions entails a (9) OJ No L 46, 22. 2. 1972, p. 9 . change of more than 0·025 unit of account ;

No L 144/ 12 31 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : arehereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . Article 1 Article 2 The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed in advance in respect of rice and broken rice This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1973 fixing the premiums to be added to the levies on rice and broken rice (*)

(u.a. /100 kg) CCT 1st 2nd 3rd heading Description of goods Current period period period No 6 7 8 9

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 b) Long grained 0 0 0 0

B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :

I. Semi-milled rice : a) Round grained 0 0 0 b) Long grained 0 0 0 0

II. Wholly milled rice : a) Round grained 0 0 0 b) Long grained 0 0 0 0

C. Broken rice : 0 0 0 0

(*) 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 . 7 "