NoL139/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.5.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1405/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of25May1973
layingdownthesafeguardmeasuresapplicabletotheexportofriceandbrokenrice
fromtheCommunity
isseriouslydisturbed;whereasbyexportingthem
theobjectiveofArticle39(1)oftheTreaty,sub­
paragraphs (c),(d)and(e)inparticular,areen­
dangered;whereasinparticularitwillbeimpossible
toensuredeliverytoconsumersatreasonableprices
ifexportsarecontinued;whereas,moreover,thecon­
tinuationofexportscouldprejudicetheCommunity's
ownsuppliesduringthecomingmonths;
Whereasitisthusnecessarytopassspecialmeasures,
havingimmediateeffect,whichwillallowthein­
terestsoftheCommunitytobesafeguarded ;whereas
thesemeasuresmustbetakenintheframeworkof
theprovisionsofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2592/69(4)of18December1969,definingthecon­
ditionsforapplyingthesafeguardmeasuresinthe
ricesector;whereastheconditionsnowgoverning
themarketaresuchthatonlytheendingofthe
issueofexportcertificatesiscapableofimproving
thesituation;
WhereasCommunityobligationsinrelationtofood
aidrequiretheexclusionfromthesafeguardmea­
suresofexportsundertakenforthatpurpose;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/67/EEC
(1),of25July1967,onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinrice,aslastamendedbytheAct(2),
annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAccessionofnew
MemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,
signedatBrusselson22January1973,andinpar­
ticularArticle22(2)thereof;
Whereasthepresentsituationinthemarketforrice
andbrokenriceischaracterizedbyamovetohigher
prices,bothontheworldmarketandwithinthe
Community ;whereasthisriseinprices,begun
severalmonthsago,hasledtoapricelevelonthe
worldmarketwhichconsiderablyexceeeds,atthe
presenttimeandforalmostallproducts,thelevel
atwhich,onaverage,importsintotheCommunity
areaffectedundernormalconditions ;whereasin
particularthepricelevelontheworldmarkethas
ledtothediscontinuance ,fromFebruary1973,of
exportrefunds;
Whereasnotwithstanding theabsenceofthesere­
fundsexportsofricehavecontinuedinconsiderable
quantities;
Whereastheavailablequantitiesofriceandbroken
riceonCommunitymarketshavebecomeextremely
low;whereastheavailablequantitiesmustbe
increasedhavingregardtotheobligationsofthe
Communityinrelationtofoodaidwhichinvolve
considerableexportsinthenearfuture;
Whereas,moreover,ontheCommunitymarketthe
priceisnow,foralltheproductsconcerned,ata
levelexceedingthethresholdpricebyfrom25°/oto
35%;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
FortheproductsinArticle1(1)(a)and1(1)(b)of
RegulationNo359/67/EEC,exportcertificatesshall
nolongerbeissued.Thisprovisionshallapplyto
requestsforcertificatesofwhichthedateoflodge­
mentwithinthemeaningofArticle6ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1373/70(5),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No571/73(6),isafter25May
1973.
Article2
mTheprovisionsofArticle1shallnotapplytopro­
ductsrequiredforthepurposeoffoodaidinfurther­
anceofArticle23(a)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC.
Article3Whereashavingregardtothemeteorological condi­
tionsintheCommunityatthetimeofplanting,itis
tobeexpectedthattheCommunityharvestwillbe
late;
Whereasalloftheaboveelementsleadtothecon­
clusionthattheCommunitymarketfortheseproductsThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26May
1973.
í1)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(«)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.(*)OJNoL324,27.12.1969,p.3.
(«)OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.
(«)OJNoL56,1.3.1973,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25May1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI