CELEX: 31974R1421
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1421/74 of the Commission of 6 June 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

7. 6. 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 150/31
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1421 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 6 June 1974
                                               fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    of rice on the Community market on the one hand
COMMUNITIES,                                                      and prices for rice and products processed from it on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the world market on the other ; whereas the same
Economic Community ;                                              Article provides that it is also important to ensure
                                                                  equilibrium and the natural development of prices
Having regard to Council Regulation l^o 359/                      and trade on rice markets and furthermore, to take
67/EEC (1), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­               into account the economic aspect of the proposed
tion of the market in rice as last amended by the Act             exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
of Accession (2) ;                                                Community market ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                 Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market               Regulation No 359/67/EEC the specific factors set out
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;        in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 must
                                                                  also be taken into account ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                       Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                    market situation or the specific requirements of
provides that the necessary measures may be taken if              certain markets make this necessary ;
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is          Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to           following should be used to calculate the levies :
disturb the Community market ;                                    — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that                     kept at any given moment within a band of
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                    2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least                parity ;
2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
likely to continue where an imbalance between supply                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
and demand is established and where this imbalance
is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­              of these currencies against the Community curren­
tion and market price trends ;
                                                                       cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
                                                                       specified period ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
could impede importation of rice into the Commu­                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                  above to the present situation on the market in rice,
Whereas the situation described above can be said to              and in particular to quotations or prices for these
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies            products within the Community and on the world
in the Community an export levy should be intro­                  market, that the export levies should be fixed as
duced for this product ;                                          shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
and products processed from it and given the market               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
situation for these products, an export levy must also            ment Committee for Cereals,
be fixed for all products processed from rice ;
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly
milled rice and broken , rice were fixed for the 1973/74          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 1962/73 (4)
and No 2024/73 (5) ;                                                                       Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73
specifies that when the export levy is being fixed                The export levy referred to in the first indent of
account must be taken of the existing situation and               Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is
the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities         hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                  listed therein .
(») OJ No L 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
ft OJ No L 282, 9. 10. 1973, p. 13.                                                        Article 2
(♦) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 1 .
(») OJ No L 206, 27. 7. 1973, p. 30.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 June 1974.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 6 June 1974.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                           P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 6 June 1974 fixing the export levies on rice
               CCT heading No                                     Description of goods                               u.a./100 kg
          10.06 A I a)                  Round grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                                                                                                        8·000
                                        seeds (*)
          10.06 Alb)                    Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                        seeds (*)                                                                      10·000
          10.06 A II a)                Round grained husked rice                                                       12·000
          10.06 A II b)                Long grained husked rice                                                         8·000
          10.06 B I a)                 Round grained semi-milled rice                                                  15·000
          10.06 B I b)                 Long grained semi-milled rice                                                   10·000
          10.06 B II a)                Round grained wholly-milled rice                                                15·000
          10.06 B II b)                Long grained wholly-milled rice                                                 10·000
          10.06 C                      Broken rice                                                                     12·000
          11.01 F                      Rice flour
          11.02 A VI                   Rice groats and meal                                                            12·000
          11.02 E II e) 1              Flaked rice                                                                     12·000
          11.08;A II                   Rice starch
          (') Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and
              officially labelled as 'basic seed', 'certified seed, first generation', 'certified seed, second generation' confor­
              ming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ No
              125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed
              produced in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973, p. 12).