31976R1778

24 . 7 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 199/7

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1778 /76 of 20 July 1976 determining for the 1976/77 marketing year the threshold prices for husked rice and broken rice

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN whereas, so that imports of broken rice do not restrict COMMUNITIES, the normal flow of production over the Community market as a whole, the threshold price for broken rice Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European should be fixed between these limits, Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice ('), and in particular Articles Article 1 14 (4) and 15 (3) thereof, This Regulation shall apply during the 1976/77 rice Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, marketing year.

Whereas Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Article 2 1418 /76 provides that the threshold price for husked rice must be fixed in such a way that the selling price The threshold price for round grain husked rice shall of imported husked rice on the Duisburg market be 280-60 units of account per metric ton . corresponds to the target price ; whereas this object can be attained by deducting from the target price Article 3 certain standard costs, in particular transhipment costs and transport costs between Rotterdam and Duisburg, The threshold price for broken rice shall be 182-40 which are usually incurred when the products are units of account per metric ton . imported ; Article 4 Whereas Article 15 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 provides that the threshold price for broken This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day rice must be fixed between a lower and an upper limit following its publication in the Official Journal of calculated in relation to the threshold price for maize ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1976. For the Council

The President A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE

(') OJ No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 1 .