CELEX: 31973R3519
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3519/73 of the Commission of 28 December 1973 fixing the export levies on rice

29 . 12 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 360 /21
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3519/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 28 December 1973
                                                   fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1973/74
                                                                       marketing year by Regulations (EEC) Nos 1 962/73 (4)
                                                                       and No 2024/73 (5) ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;
                                                                      Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
 67/ EEC ('), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  account must be taken of the existing situation and
 tion of the market in rice as last amended by the Act                 the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
 of Accession (-') ;                                                   of rice on the Community market on the one hand
                                                                       and prices for rice and products processed from it on
                                                                       the world market on the other ; whereas the same
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Article provides that it is also important to ensure
 2737/73 (3 ) of 8 October 1 973 laying down general
                                                                       equilibrium and the natural development of prices
 rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                   and trade on rice markets and furthermore , to take
 being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;            into account the economic aspect of the proposed
                                                                       exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          Community market ;
 Committee ;
                                                                       Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359 /67/ EEC                       Regulation No 359/67/ EEC the specific factors set out
 provides that the necessary measures may be taken if                  in Article 3 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 must
 the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                  also be taken into account ;
 higher than the threshold price and if that situation is
 likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to
 disturb the Community market ;                                        Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
                                                                       market situation or the specific requirements of
 Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that                   certain markets make this necessary ;
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
 than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least
 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
 likely to continue where an imbalance between supply                  following should be used to calculate the levies :
 and demand is established and where this imbalance
 is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­            — for currencies the exchange rates for which arc
 tion and market price trends ;                                            kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                           2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                           parity ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
could impede importation of rice into the Commu­
 nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                     — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
                                                                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
                                                                           of these currencies against the Community curren­
                                                                           cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                     specified period ;
in the Community on export levy should be intro­
duced for this product ;
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice                  above to the present situation on the market in rice,
and products processed from it and given the market                   and in particular to quotations or prices for these
situation for these products, an export levy must also                products within the Community and on the world
be fixed for all products processed from rice ;                       market, that the export levies should be fixed as
                                                                      shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
(' OJ No L 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
(-) O J No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1 972, p. 1 4 .                            {*) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 1 .
(3 ) O'j No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13,                             (*) OJ No L 206, 27 . 7 . 1973 , p. 30 .
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  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                 listed therein .
  ment Committee for Cereals,
' HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                          Article 2
                            Article 1
  The export levy referred to in the first indent of                This Regulation shall enter into           force on 29
  Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is                   December 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 28 December 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1973 fixing the export levies on rice
                   CCT heading N·                         Description of goods                     u.a./100 kg
               10.06 A I a)            Round grained paddy rice                                      40-000
               10.06 A I b)            Long grained paddy rice                                       40-000
               10.06 A II a )          Round grained husked rice                                     40-000
               10.06 A II b)           Long grained husked rice                                      40-000
               10.06 B I a)            Round grained semi-milled rice                                50-000
               10.06 B I b)            Long grained semi-milled rice                                 50-000
               10.06 B II a)           Round grained wholly-milled rice                              50-000
               10.06 B II b)           Long grained wholly-milled rice                               50-000
               10.06 C                 Broken rice                                                   20-000
               11.01 F                 Rice flour                                                      —
               11.02 A VI              Rice groats and meal                                          21-200
               11.02 E II e) 1         Flaked rice                                                   28-000
               11.08 A II              Rice starch