CELEX: 31973R0725
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 725/73 of the Commission of 15 March 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

No L 69 / 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  16 . 3 . 73
                                      REGULATION (EEC) No 725/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 15 March 1973
                                              fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
  COMMUNITIES,                                                         the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    on 13 February 1973 ;
 pean Economic Community ;                                             Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
 Having regard to Council Regulation No                                other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC ) No
 359/67/EEC ( 1 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                    247/73 to the offer prices and today's quotations
 ganization of the market in rice, as last amended                     known to the Commission that the levies at pres­
 by the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the                     ent in force should be altered as shown in the
 Accession of new Member States to the European                        Table annexed to this Regulation ;
 Economic Community and the European Atomic
 Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1972, and in particular Article 11 (5 ) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                                 Article 1
 Committee ;
 Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice                     The import levies to be charged on the products
  were fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 247/73 (4 ) and                   listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a ) and ( b) of Regulation No
 subsequent amending Regulations ;                                     359/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
                                                                       Table annexed to this Regulation .
 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally ,
 levies should be calculated on the basis of an
                                                                                                 Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                      1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 15 March 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 174, 31.7. 1967, p. 1 .
(! ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
(8) O I No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .
( 4 ) OJ No 1 . 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 7.
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                                                                        ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 15 March 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                  (u .a . 1 100 kg)
              CCT                                                                                                  Third          AASM /
             heading                                        Description of goods                                 countries      OCT {«) («)
               No
        10.06                              Rice :
                                           A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                               I. Paddy rice :
                                                   a) Round grained                                                  0                 0
                                                   b ) Long grained                                                  0                 0
                                              II . Husked rice :
                                                   a) Round' grained                                                 0                  0
                                                   b) Long grained                                                   0                  0
                                           R. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                                I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                   a ) Round grained                                               0·516                0
                                                   b) Long grained                                                 1·138                0
                                               II. Wholly milled rice :
                                                   a) Round grained                                                0·550                0
                                                   b) Long grained                                                 1·220                0
                                           C. Broken rice                                                            0                  0
        (') Regulation (EEC) No 521/70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of
            products originating in the AASM and OCT.
        (') This levy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70.