CELEX: 31981R0891
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891/81 of 2 April 1981 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 89/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              3 . 4. 81
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 891 /81
                                                         of 2 April 1981
                                                fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
COMMUNITIES,                                                       specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                                   account must be taken of the existing situation and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Economic Community,                                                of rice on the Community market on the one hand,
                                                                   and prices for rice and products processed from it on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       the world market on the other ; whereas the same
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                 Article provides that it is also important to ensure
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of           equilibrium of supplies and trade on rice markets and
Accession of Greece (2),                                           furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
                                                                   of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
Having regard to           Council Regulation (EEC) No             bances on the Community market ;
1432/76 of 21 June        1976 laying down general rules to
be applied in the         event of the rice market being           Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
disturbed (3), and in       particular Article 4 (3) thereof,      Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 the specific factors set
                                                                   out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       must also be taken into account ;
Committee,
                                                                   Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
                                                                   market situation or the specific requirements of
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  certain markets make this necessary ;
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
tions or prices on the world market for one or more                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
products reach the level of Community prices ;                     following should be used to calculate the levies :
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to
deteriorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to                  — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
disturb the Community market ;                                         kept at any given moment whithin a band of
                                                                       2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 specifies that                     parity ;
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be              — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
regarded as having reached the level of Community                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                      of these currencies against the Community curren­
price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration                 cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to                   specified period ;
continue where an imbalance between supply and
demand is established and where this imbalance is                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­            above to the present situation on the market in rice,
tion and market price trends ;                                     and in particular to quotations or prices for these
                                                                   products within the Community and on the world
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade            market, that the export levies should be fixed as shown
could impede importation of rice into the Community                in the Annex to this Regulation,
or provoke exportation from the Community ;
Whereas the situation described above can be said to               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
in the Community an export levy should be intro­                                             Article 1
duced for certain categories of rice ;
                                                                   The export levy referred to in the first indent of
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly               Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 is hereby
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1980/81
                                                                   fixed as shown in the Annex for the products listed
marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /80 (4) ;               therein .
(') OJ  No L   166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
                                                                                             Article 2
 2  OJ  No L   291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No L   166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 39 .
(4) OJ  No L   206,  8 . 8 . 1980, p. 23 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 1981 .
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 2 April 1981 .
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                       ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 2 April 1981 fixing the export levies on rice
                                                                                          (ECU/tonne)
               CCT
             heading                                   Description                         Levies
                No
          ex 10.06      Rice :
                        B. Other :
                           I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                a) Paddy rice :
                                    1 . Round grain                                         14-99
                                    2. Long grain                                            —
                                b) Husked rice :
                                    1 . Round grain                                         18-74
                                    2. Long grain                                            —
                            II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                  a) Semi-milled rice :
                                       1 . Round grain                                       —
                                       2. Long grain                                         —
                                  b) Wholly milled rice :
                                       1 . Round grain                                       —
                                       2. Long grain                                         —
                            III. Broken rice                                                 8-48