31977R1832

No L 202/ 14 9 . 8 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1832/77 of 5 August 1977 determining, for the 1977/78 marketing year, the variety of long grain rice repre­ sentative of Community production , the difference in value between this variety and the variety of round grain rice corresponding to the standard quality and the threshold prices for long grain husked rice and for milled rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1639/77 of 18 July COMMUNITIES, 1977 fixing, for the marketing year 1977/78 , the thres­ hold prices for husked rice and broken rice (3) ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European whereas the protective amount has been fixed by Economic Community, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1161 /77 of 17 May 1977 fixing, for the marketing year 1977/78, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No protective amount to be included in the threshold 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ price for milled rice (4) ; whereas the variety of long grain rice representative of Community production tion of the market in rice ('), as amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1 158/77 (2), and in particular Article 14 and the difference in value between this variety and (5) thereof, the quality of round grain rice corresponding to the standard quality are determined in this Regulation ; whereas the components used to adjust the threshold Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (5) (a) of Regulation price for husked rice were fixed by Commission Regu­ (EEC) No 1418/76, the variety of long grain rice repre­ lation No 467/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 fixing the sentative of Community production and the differ­ conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of ence in value between this variety and the variety of th,e by-products for the various stages of rice round grain rice corresponding to the standard quality have to be determined ; processing (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1572/77(6); Whereas the 'Ribe' variety should be taken as the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation variety of rice representative of the average quality of are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ long grain rice harvested in the Community ; whereas, ment Committee for Cereals, in addition , the difference between the value of the 'Ribe' variety and that of round grain rice corres­ ponding to the standard quality should be fixed at an HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amount, expressed in value of husked rice, corres­ ponding to the average difference between the prices Article 1 of these qualities ; The provisions of this Regulation shall apply in Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (2) (b) of the aforesaid respect of the rice marketing year 1977/78 . Regulation, the threshold price for long grain husked rice is calculated by adjusting the threshold price for Article 2 round grain husked rice by application of a corrective The variety of long grain rice representative of amount representing the difference in value between Community production shall be the 'Ribe' variety. the variety of round grain rice corresponding to the standard quality and a variety of long grain rice repre­ sentative of Community production ; whereas, Article 3 pursuant to Article 14 (3) thereof, the threshold prices The difference in value between the 'Ribe' variety of for round grain and long grain wholly milled rice are long grain rice and the variety of round grain rice derived from the threshold prices for round grain and corresponding to the standard quality shall be 20 long grain husked rice respectively, taking into units of account per tonne of husked rice. account the monthly increases to which they are subject, by making adjustments for the conversion rate, for processing costs and for the value of Article 4 by-products and then by adding an amount for the The threshold prices for long grain husked rice, round protection of the industry ; grain milled rice and long grain milled rice shall be, in units Oi accpunt per tonne, as follows : Whereas, for the 1977/78 marketing year, the thres­ hold price for round grain husked rice has been fixed (3 ) OJ No L 183 , 22. 7. 1977, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 136, 2. 6. 1977, p. 17. (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 . (5 ) OJ No 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 136, 2. 6 . 1977, p. 13 . (b) OJ No L 174, 14. 7. 1977, p. 26 .

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Threshold price

Long grain Round grain Long grain husked rice milled rice milled rice

September 1977 311.53 387.62 446.99 October 1977 313.78 390.52 450.25 November 1977 316.03 393.42 453.51 December 1977 318.28 396.33 456.78 January 1978 320.53 399.23 460.04 February 1978 322.78 402.13 463.30 March 1978 325.03 405.04 466.56 April 1978 327.28 407.94 469.82 May 1978 329.53 410.84 473.08 June 1978 331.78 413.75 476.34 July, August 1978 334.03 416.65 479.60

Article5¶

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 August 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President