31979R1917

I No L 222/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 9 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1917/79 of 31 August 1979 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 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 in the case of imports to be effected during the month following the month in which the import licence is Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No issued, this price must be the cif price for shipment 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ during the month in which importation is expected to tion of the market in rice (!), as last amended by Regu­ take place ; whereas in the case of imports to be lation (EEC) No 1 552/79 (2), and in particular Article effected during the remaining months for which the 13 (6) thereof, import licence is valid, this price must be the cif price for shipment during the month preceding the month Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary in which importation is expected to take place ; Committee, whereas, if no offer for forward delivery is made for shipment during a given month, this price should be Whereas the premiums to be added to the import the price ruling for shipment during the last month levies fixed in advance for rice and broken rice must in which an offer for forward delivery was made ; include a premium for the current month and a premium for each of the following months until the Whereas the premium shall be 0 ECU if the cif expiry of the period of validity of the import licence ; forward delivery price is equal to the cif price or lower whereas this period of validity was laid down in by an amount not exceeding 0-30 ECU per tonne ; Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export Whereas by virtue of Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation licences for cereals and rice (3), as last amended by (EEC) No 1428/76 the premium may, however, be Regulation (EEC) No 296/79 («) ; fixed at a higher level in exceptional circumstances and within certain specified limits ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1428/76 of 21 June 1976 (5) lays down rules for the advance fixing of Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies on rice and broken rice ; levies should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas under the terms of Regulation (EEC) No — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 1428/76, where the cif price for husked rice, for relation to each other at any given moment within milled rice or for broken rice determined on the day a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on on which the premiums are fixed is higher than the their effective parity ; cif forward delivery price for the same product, the premium should as a general rule be equal to the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the difference between these two prices ; whereas the cif arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each price is that determined in accordance with Article 16 of these currencies recorded for a given period in of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the day on which relation to the Community currencies referred to the premiums are fixed ; whereas the detailed rules for in the previous indent ; determining cif prices were laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July 1971 laying Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and levies on March 1979 (8) laid down the coefficient for rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in relating thereto (6), as last amended by Regulation ECU ; (EEC) No 1776/79 (7); whereas the cif forward delivery price is also determined in accordance with Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions that the premiums should be as set out in the Annex ») OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 2) OJ No L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 9. hereto ; whereas the amount of the premiums should 3) OJ No L 213, 11 . 8. 1975, p. 5. be altered only if application of the abovementioned «) OJ No L 41 , 16. 2. 1979, p. 34. provisions entails a change of more than 0-30 ECU, 5) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30. ') OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 . J) OJ No L 203, 11 . 8 . 1979, p. 15. («) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

1 . 9 . 79 No L 222/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article 1 The premiums to be added to the import levies fixed in advance in respect of rice and broken rice shall be This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September as set out in the Annex hereto. 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1979 fixing the premiums to be added to the import levies on rice and broken rice

(ECU / tonne)

CCT Current 1st period 2nd period •3rd period heading Description No 9 10 11 12

10.06 Rice : I

A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : l

I. Paddy rice : \ 0 0 0 — a) Round grain 0 0 0 — b) Long grain II . Husked rice : I l 0 0 0 — a) Round grain 0 0 0 — b) Long grain B. Semi-milled or wholly l

milled rice : I 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 0 0 0 — b) Long grain

C. Broken rice 0 0 0 0