31978R3107

30 . 12. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 370/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3107/78 of 29 December 1978 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 but on the COMMUNITIES, basis of offers at North Sea ports ; whereas this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month in which the import licence is issued in the case of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European imports to be effected during that month ; whereas Economic Community, this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month in which importation is expected to take place in the case of imports to be effected during the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No month following the month in which the import 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ licence is issued ; whereas this price must be the cif tion of the market in rice f1), as last amended by Regu­ price for shipment during the month preceding the lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (2), and in particular Article month in which importation is expected to take place 13 (6) thereof, in the case of imports to be effected during the remaining months for which the import licence is Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary valid ; whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made Committee, for shipment during a given month, this price should 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 shall be 0 unit of account if expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ; the cif forward delivery price is equal to the cif price whereas this period of validity was laid down in or lower by an amount not exceeding 0-25 unit of Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No account per tonne ; 2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /78 (4) ; (EEC) No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76 of 21 and within certain specified limits ; June 1976 (5) lays down rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and broken rice ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76, where the cif price for husked rice, for milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day — in the case of currencies which are maintained in on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the relation to each other at any given moment within cif forward delivery price for the same product, the a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on premium should as a general rule be equal to the their effective parity ; difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif price is that determined in accordance with Article 16 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the day on which arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for of these currencies recorded for a given period in determining cif prices were laid down in Regulation relation to the Community currencies referred to (EEC) No 1613/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation in the previous subparagraph ; (EEC) No 59/78 (7) ; whereas the cif forward delivery price must also be determined in accordance with

(1) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 11 . that the premiums should be fixed as shown in the (') OJ No L 213, 11 . 8 . 1975, p. 5. table annexed to this Regulation ; whereas the amount (<) OJ No L 359, 22. 12. 1978 , p. 23. of the premiums should be altered only if application (s) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30. (') OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . of the abovementioned provisions entails a change of (0 OJ No 1 L 10, 13 . 1 . 1978, p. 11 . more than 0-25 unit of account,

No L 370/8 30 . 12. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

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 1 January 1979 . in advance in respect of rice and broken rice are

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 December 1978 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

(u.a. / tonne)

OCT Current 1st period 2nd period 3rd period heading Description No 1 2 3 4

10.06 Rice :

' A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : I. Paddy rice : 0 0 0 — a) Round grain 0 0 0 — b) Long grain II . Husked rice : 0 0 0 — a) Round grain 0 0 0 b) Long grain

B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : 0 0 0 — a) Round grain 0 0 0 — b) Long grain II . Wholly milled rice : 0 0 0 — a) Round grain b) Long grain 0 0 0

C. Broken rice 0 0 0 0