CELEX: 31981R0577
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 577/81 of 4 March 1981 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 58 /24                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               5. 3 . 81
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 577/81
                                                     of 4 March 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
                                                                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
                                                                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            — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 deteriorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to                  kept at any given moment whithin a band of
 disturb the Community market ;                                     2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                    parity ;
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 specifies that             — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
 the quotations or prices on the world market shall be
 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                 Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
 demand is established and where this imbalance is              above to the present situation on the market in rice,
 likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­        and in particular to quotations or prices for these
 tion and market price trends ;                                 products within the Community and on the world
                                                                market, that the export levies should be fixed as shown
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade        in the Annex to this Regulation,
 could impede importation of rice into the Community
 or provoke exportation from the Community ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
 exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
                                                                                          Article 1
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­
 duced for certain categories of rice ;                         The export levy referred to in the first indent of
                                                                Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 is hereby
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly            fixed as shown in the Annex for the products listed
 milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1980/81
                                                                therein .
 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /80 (4) ;
                                                                                          Article 2
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 39.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March
b) OJ No L 206, 8. 8. 1980, p. 23.                              1981 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 4 March 1981 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Poul DALSAGER
                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                      ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 4 March 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                                      24-80
                                    2. Long grain                                        12-00
                                 b) Husked rice :
                                    1 . Round grain                                      31-00
                                    2. Long grain                                        15-00
                            II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                  a) Semi-milled rice :
                                      1 . Round grain                                      9-39
                                      2. Long grain                                        —
                                  b) Wholly milled rice :
                                      1 . Round grain                                    10-00
                                      2. Long grain                                        —
                            III . Broken rice                                            24-00