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21 . 7. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201 /1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)'

REGULATION (EEC) No 1962/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 July 1973 determining for the 1973/74 marketing year the threshold prices for husked rice and broken rice and the protective amount to be included in the threshold price ~~ for milled rice

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC COMMUNITIES, provides that the threshold prices for milled rice are to be derived from the threshold prices of husked rice Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European to which an amount for the protection of the industry Economic Community ; is to be added ; whereas, in view of the situation of the Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ Community rice industry, it appears appropriate to 67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ maintain during the 1973/74 marketing year the tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act protective amount operative during 1972/73 ; of Accession (2), and in particular Articles 14 (4) and 1 5 (3) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Article 1 Whereas Article 14(2) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC provides that the threshold price for husked rice must This Regulation shall apply during the 1973/74 rice be fixed in such a way that the selling price of marketing year. imported husked rice on the Duisburg market corres­ ponds to the target price ; whereas this object can be Article 2 attained by deducting from the target price certain standard costs, in particular transhipment costs and The threshold price for round-grained husked rice transport costs between Rotterdam and Duisburg, shall be 20-90 units of account per 100 kilogrammes. which are usually incurred when the products are imported ; Article 3 Whereas Article 15(1 ) of Regulation No 359/67EEC The threshold price for broken rice shall be 13 085 provides that the threshold price for broken rice* must units of account per 100 kilogrammes. be fixed between a lower and an upper limit calcu­ lated in relation to the threshold price for maize ; Article 4 whereas, in view of that relationship and of the need to import broken rice in order to ensure supplies for The amount to be included in the threshold price for the Community, that threshold price should be fixed milled rice for the protection of the industry shall be at a level corresponding in round figures to the lower 0-55 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes of milled limit : rice .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 July 1973. For the Council The President lb FREDERIKSEN

(•) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.