31973R1476

5 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 148/ 13

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1476/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 June 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 in which the import licence is issued in the case of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European imports to be effected during that month ; whereas Economic Community ; this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month in which importation is expected to take place in the case of imports to be effected during the Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ month following the month in which the import licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif tion of the market in rice , as last amended by the price for shipment during the month preceding the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic month in which importation is expected to take place in the case of imports to be effected during the Community and the European Atomic Energy remaining months for which the import licence is Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, valid ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made and in particular Article 1 3 (6) thereof ; for shipment during a given month, this price should be the price ruling for shipment during the last Whereas the premiums to be added to the import month in which an offer for forward delivery was levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must made ; 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 1 28 /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 Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a 2435/70 (7), lays down rules for the advance fixing of higher level in exceptional circumstances and within levies on rice and broken rice ; certain specified limits ;

Whereas under the terms of Regulation No 365/ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, 67/EEC, where the cif price for husked rice for milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day on levies should be calculated on the following basis : which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif forward delivery price for the same product, the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in premium should as a general rule be equal to the relation to each other, at any given moment, difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based price is that determined in accordance with Article 16 on their effective parity ; of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC on the day on which the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each (EEC) No 1613/71 (8), as last amended by Regulation of these currencies recorded for a given period, in (EEC) No 363/72 (9) ; whereas the cif forward delivery relation to the Community currencies referred to price must also be determined in accordance with in the previous subparagraph ;

(') OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. 3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions 4 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 . (») OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p . 28 . application of the abovementioned provisions entails a H OJ No L 46, 22. 2. 1972, p . 9 . change of more than 0-025 unit of account ;

No L 148 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 6 . 73

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 5 June 1973.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 June 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to ithe Commission Regulation of 4 June fixing the premiums to be added to the levies on rice and broken rice (*)

(M.a.1100 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 : J 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.