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No L 204/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 7. 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1950/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 July 1974 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 ( 1 ) 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 13 (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 Whereas the premiums to be added to the import made ; 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 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 0025 units of account per 100 kilo­ Regulation ( EEC) No 128 /73 (5 ); grammes ;

Whereas Council Regulation No 365/67/ EECJ6) of 25 Whereas the premium may, however, be fixed at a July 1967, as last amended by Regulation (ETC) No higher level in exceptional circumstances and within 2435/70 ( 7), lays down rules for the advance fixing of 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 ( s), as last amended by Regulation of these currencies recorded for a given period , in ( EEC) No 363 /72 ('') ; 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 . (-) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. ( ; ) 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. I S. 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 ( b ) O ) No 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 32 . ( 7) O'j No L 262, 3 . 12. 1970, p. 3 . amount of the premiums should be altered only if (s) O'l No L 168 , 27. 7 . 1971 , p. 28 . application of the abovementioned provisions entails a (") O'l No L 46, 22 . 2 . 1972, p. 9 . change of more than 0-025 unit of account,

26. 7. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 204/23

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 26 July in advance in respect of rice and broken rice are 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 July 1974 fixing the premiums to be added to the levies on rice and broken rice <u.a.llQO kg) CCT Current 1st 2nd 3rd heading Description of goods 7 period period period No I 9 10

10.06 Rice :

A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :

I. Paddy rice : 0 0 0 — a) Round grained b ) Long grained 0 0 0 0 II . Husked rice : 0 0 0 — a ) Round grained b) Long grained 0 0 0 0

B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :

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

C. Broken rice : 0 0 0 0