31973R2024

No L 206/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 7. 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2024/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 July 1973 fixing, for the 1973/74 marketing year, the variety of long-grained rice repre­ sentative of Community production, the difference in value between this variety and the variety of round-grained rice corresponding to standard quality, the threshold price for long-grained husked rice and the threshold prices for milled rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN then by adding an amount for the protection of the COMMUNITIES, industry ;

Whereas for the 1973/74 marketing year the threshold Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European price for round husked rice and the protective amount Economic Community ; were fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1962/73 (3) of 17 July 1973 fixing for the 1973/74 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ marketing year the threshold prices for husked rice 67/EEC (! ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ and broken rice and the protective amount to be tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the included in the threshold price for milled rice ; Act (2) annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new whereas the variety of long rice representative of Member States to the European Economic Commu­ Community production and the difference in value nity and to the European Atomic Energy Community, between this variety and the quality of round rice signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in parti­ corresponding to the standard quality are determined cular Article 14(5) thereof ; in this Regulation ; whereas the components used to adjust the threshold price for husked rice were fixed Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (5) (a) of Regulation by Commission Regulation No 467/67/EEC (4) of 21 No 359/ 67/ EEC, the variety of long-grained rice repre­ August 1967 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for sentative of Community production and the differ­ ence in value between this variety and the variety of the various stages of rice processing, as last amended round-grained rice corresponding to standard quality by Regulation (EEC) No 1 499/ 72 (5) ; have to be determined ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas the 'Ribe' quality should be taken as the ment Committee for Cereals ; variety of rice representative of the average quality of long rice harvested in the Community ; whereas in addition the difference in value between the ' Ribe ' HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : quality and the value of round rice corresponding to the standard quality should be fixed at an amount, expressed in value of husked rice, corresponding to Article 1 the difference in average value between the prices of these qualities ; The variety of long-grained rice representative of Community production shall be the 'Ribe' variety. Whereas, pursuant to Article 14(2)(b), the threshold price for long-grained husked rice is calculated by Article 2 adjusting the threshold price for round-grained husked rice by application of a corrective amount The difference in value between the 'Ribe variety of representing the difference in value between the long-grained rice and the variety of round-grained rice round-rice variety corresponding to the standard corresponding to the standard quality shall be 2 units quality and a long-rice variety representative of of account per 100 kilogrammes of husked rice . Community production ; whereas, pursuant to Article 14(3), the threshold price for round milled rice and Article 3 the threshold price for long milled rice are derived from the threshold prices for round husked rice and The threshold price for long-grained husked rice, the long husked rice respectively, taking into account the threshold price for round-grained milled rice and the monthly increases to which they are subject, by threshold price for long-grained rice shall be in units making adjustments for the conversion rate, for of account per 100 kilogrammes : processing costs and for the value of by-products and (3 ) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p . 1 . (!) OJ No L 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 . (4) OJ No L 204, 24 . 8 . 1967, p . 1 . 2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14. (5 OJ No L 158 , 14. 7 . 1972, p . 22.

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Threshold price

Long-grained Round-grained Long-grained husked rice milled rice milled rice

September, October, November 22-900 27-234 32-072 December 23-056 27-435 32-298 January 23-212 27-636 32-524 February 23-368 27-838 32-750 March 23-524 28-039 32-976 April 23-680 28-240 33-202 May 23-836 28-442 33-428 June 23-992 28-643 33-654 July, August 24-148 28-844 33-880

Article4¶

The provisions of this Regulation shall apply for the 1973/74 rice marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI