31973R1646

No L 165/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 6 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1646/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 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 ( 1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ month following the month in which the import tion of the market in rice , as last amended by the licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of price for shipment during the month preceding the new Member States to the European Economic month in which importation is expected to take place Community and the European Atomic Energy in the case of imports to be effected during the Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, remaining months for which the import licence is and in particular Article 1 3 (6) thereof ; valid ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made 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 Whereas the premium is equal to 0 units of account if expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ; the cif price determined on the day on which the whereas this period of validity was laid down in scale of the premiums is fixed is equal to the cif Article 20 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No forward delivery price or exceeds that price by not 2637/70 (4) of 23 December 1970, as last amended by more than 0-025 units of account per 100 kilo­ Regulation (EEC) No 128 / 73 (5) ; grammes ;

Whereas Council Regulation No 365/67/EEC (6) of 25 Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a July 1967, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No higher level in exceptional circumstances and within 2435/70 (7), lays down rules for the advance fixing of certain specified limits ; levies on rice and broken rice ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Whereas under the terms of Regulation No 365/ levies should be calculated on the following basis : 67/EEC, where the cif price for husked rice for milled — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rice or for broken rice determined on the day on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the cif relation to each other, at any given moment, forward delivery price for the same product, the within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based premium should as a general rule be equal to the on their effective parity ; difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif price is that determined in accordance with Article 16 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC on the day on which the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation in the previous subparagraph ; (EEC) No 1613/71 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 363/ 72 (9) ; whereas the cif forward delivery price must also be determined in accordance with Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was requested ; (') 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 i nit of account ;

22 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 165/ 19

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : hereby fixed as shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation . Article 1 Article 2 The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 June in advance in respect of rice and broken rice are 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 June 1973 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 21 June 1973 fixing the premiums to be added to the levies on rice and broken rice (l)

(MM.ItOO 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 late amended by tion (EEC) No 538/73.