11. 8. 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 203/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1776/79 of 10 August 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 laying down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective amounts relating thereto THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza- tion of the market in rice (!), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 1552/79 (), and in particular Article 16 (5) thereof, Whereas pursuant to Article 16 (2) and (3) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1418/76 corrective amounts for long grain rice should be fixed so as to cover the difference in value between the standard quality fixed in respect of round grain rice and the long grain variety represen- tative of Community production ; whereas this differ- ence in value was fixed at 20 units of account per tonne by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1626/78 (3) ; Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1773/79 (%), the said difference in value was reduced by half; whereas this reduction must therefore be taken into account in adjusting the corrective amounts for long grain rice set out in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2309/78 (¢); Whereas certain types of broken rice set out in Annex HI to Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 have proved to be of a quality not justifying their inclusion ; whereas the corrective amount to be added to the prices of these types of broken rice should accordingly be increased from 10 units of account (1209 ECU) to 15 units of account (18:13 ECU); Whereas medium and long grain rice from the United States of America are most often offered under the description ‘USA medium’ and ‘USA long grain’ respectively without the variety being specified; whereas it is advisable to include these descriptions in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 and to clas- OJ No L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 9. O] No L 190, 13. 7. 1978, p. 18. OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971, p. 28. O] No L 278, 3. 10. 1978, p. 25. sify ‘USA medium’ rice under type S and ‘USA long grain’ under type 12; Whereas, since the description ‘USA long grain’ may refer to rice both of type 12 and type 13, it is neces- sary to omit type 13 and, under type 12, the words ‘South American’ after ‘Blue Bonnet ; Whereas ‘Egyptian medium’ rice, ‘Cangi¢ao’ broken rice from Brazil and ‘Second heads’ broken rice from the United States of America are sometimes offered on the world market ; whereas it is therefore advisable to include these qualities in the Annexes to the afore- said Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 (%) fixed the coefficient for the conversion into ECU of amounts fixed in units of account; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) the expression ‘6 units of account per tonne is replaced by 7-25 ECU per tonne’. 2. In Article 5 (2) the expression ‘0-10 unit of account per 100 kilograms’ is replaced by ‘1-21 ECU per tonne’. 3. Annexes I, II and III are replaced by the Annexes to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1979. () OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1.