20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
25.3.70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL68/1
REGULATION (EEC)No540/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of20March1970
onthetreatmenttobeaccordedtoriceandbrokenriceoriginatingintheAssociated
AfricanStatesandMadagascarorintheOverseasCountriesandTerritories
tioninthelevythusestablishedtofavourimportsof
riceandbrokenricefromthesesources;
Whereasitmustbepossibletoapplythosemeasures
until31January1975,thedateonwhichtheCon­
ventionof29July1969willexpireifitentersinto
forcenotlaterthan1January1971;
WhereastheAssociatedStateshavebeenconsulted,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelevyonimportsofriceorbrokenriceorigina­
tingintheAssociatedAfricanStatesandMadagas­
carorinthe,OverseasCountriesandTerritories
shallbeequal,per100kilogrammesofproduct,to
thelevyonimportsofriceorbrokenricefromthird
countries,reduced:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament1;
WhereastheConventionofAssociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheAssociated
AfricanStatesandMadagascar,signedon29July
1969,providesthat,forthoseagriculturalproducts
coveredbyacommonorganizationofthemarket
whichtheAssociatedStateshaveaneconomicin­
terest,inexporting,theCommunityshalldetermine
thetreatmenttobeaccordedtoimportsofproducts
originatingintheseStates,thistreatmenttobemore
favourablethanthegeneraltreatmentappliedtolike
productsoriginatinginthirdcountries;
WhereastheDecisiontobeadoptedbytheCouncil
ontheAssociationtotheOverseasCountriesand
TerritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity
mustmakeidenticalprovisionforagriculturalpro­
ductsoriginatinginthoseCountriesandTerritories;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo359/67/EEC2of25
July1967onthecommonorganizationofthemar­
ketinrice,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2463/693,introducedasystemofleviesonim­
portsintotheCommunity;
WhereastheCommunity'sobligationtowardsthe
AssociatedStates,CountriesandTerritoriesmaybe
fulfilledbyintroducingaspecialimportsystemun­
derwhichtheimportlevyonriceandbrokenrice
originatinginthoseStates,CountriesandTerritories
wouldbereducedincertaincircumstances ;whereas
provisionshouldalsobemadeforafurtherreduc­(a)forhuskedrice:
-by45%,and
-by0-30unitOfaccount;
(b)forpaddyrice:
-by45%,and
-by0-24unitofaccount;
(c)forfullymilledrice:
-bytheamountfortheprotectionoftheindus­
tryreferredtoinArticle14(3)ofRegulation
No359/67/EEC,
-by45%ofthelevythusreduced,and
-by0-39unitofaccount;
(d)forundermilledrice:
-bytheamountfortheprotectionoftheindus­
tryreferredtoinArticle14(3)ofRegulation
No359/67/EECconvertedonthebasisofthe
conversionratebetweenfully-milledriceand
undermilled ricereferredtointhethirdin­
dentofArticle19(a)ofthatRegulation,OJNoC139,28.10.1969,p.51.
OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
OJNoL312,12.12.1969,p.3.

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-by45%ofthelevythusreduced,and StatesandMadagascarortheOverseasCountries
andTerritories .
2.However,iftheapplicantsorequestswhenap­
plyingforthelicencereferredtoinArticle10(1)of
thatRegulation,thelevyapplicableonthedayof
exportationshallbeappliedtosuchimportseffected
duringtheperiodofvalidityofthelicence.-by0-37unitofaccount;
<e)forbrokenrice:
-by45%,and
-by0-22unitofaccount.
Article2
Article4
If,inanyoneyear,importsintotheCommunityof
riceandbrokenriceoriginatinginanassociated
State,countryorterritoryexceedannualaverageim­
portsintotheCommunityfromthatsourceoverthe
lastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,
plus5%,applicationoftheprovisonsofArticle1
shallbetotallyorpartiallysuspendedforproducts
fromthatsourceinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle26ofRegulationNo359/67/
EEC.Inthisevent,theCommissionshallsubmita
reporttotheCouncilwhichshall,actinginaccor­
dancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddowninAr­
ticle43(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromthe
Commission ,decideonthetreatmenttobeaccorded
totheimportsinquestion.1.TheprovisionsofArticle1shallnotapplyun­
less,atthetimeofexportation,thecifexportprice
foragivenlot,increasedbythelevyapplicableto
importsofriceorbrokenriceoriginatingintheAs­
sociatedAfricanStatesandMadagascarorinthe
OverseasCountriesandTerritories,isnotlessthan:
-forhuskedrice,milledriceandbrokenrice,the
thresholdpriceforeachoftheseproductsless
0-30,0-39and0-22unitofaccountrespectively;
-forpaddyrice,thethresholdpriceforhuskedrice
adjustedonthebasisoftheconversionrate,pro­
cessingcostsandthevalueoftheby-productsto
betakenintoconsiderationforthepurposeof
convertingfromthehuskedstagetothepaddy
stage,less0-24unitofaccount;
-forundermilledrice,thethresholdpriceformilled
riceadjustedonthebasisoftheconversionrate,
processingcostsandthevalueoftheby-products
tobetakenintoconsiderationforthepurposeof
convertingfromtheround-grained ,milledstage
totheround-grained ,undermilledstage,less0-37
unitofaccount.
2.Topermitthenecessarycontroltobeeffected,
thedocumentsaccompanying thegoodsmustindi­
catethecifpriceatwhichtheproductissold,the
dateofexportationandanyotherinformationwhich
willmakeitpossibletoidentifytheproduct.This
documentmustbecountersigned bythecompetent
authoritiesoftheexportingState,countryorterri­
tory.Article5
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle26ofRegulationNo359/67/
EEC.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June
1970.
Itshallapplyuntil31December1970.
Article3Itshall,however,continuetoapplyuntil31January
1975toproductsoriginatingintheAssociatedAfri­
canStatesandMadagascarorintheOverseasCoun­
triesandTerritories-if theConventionofAssociation
signedatYaoundeon29January1969andtheDe­
cisiontobesubstitutedfortheCouncilDecisionof
25February19641ontheAssociatiohoftheOver­
seasCountriesandTerritorieswiththeCommunity
enterintoforcenotlaterthan1January1971.1.TheprovisionsofArticle13(2)ofRegulation
No359/67/EECshallnotapplytotheleviesrefer­
redtoinArticle1tobechargedonimportsofrice
andbrokenriceoriginatingintheAssociatedAfrican
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20March1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.HARMEL
1OJNo93,11.6.1964,p.1472/64.