CELEX: 31974R2291
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2291/74 of the Commission of 5 September 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 244/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               6 . 9 . 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2291 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 5 September 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 No 359/                         and trade on rice markets and furthermore , to take
67/ EEC ('), 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 Regula­               exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
tion ( EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (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
                                                                    following should be used to calculate the levies :
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to
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
                                                                          2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
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                        of these currencies against the Community curren­
is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­                 cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
tion and market price trends ;                                            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,
                                                                    and in particular to quotations or prices for these
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
                                                                     products within the Community and on the world
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies               market, that the export levies should be fixed as
in the Community an export levy should be intro­                    shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
duced for this product ;
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
                                                                     ment Committee for Cereals ,
situation for these products, an export levy must also
be fixed for all products processed from rice ;
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974/ 75
marketing year by Regulations ( EEC) No 1718 /74 (4)
                                                                                              Article 1
and (EEC) No 1 935/74 (5) ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73                    The export levy referred to in the first indent of
specifies that when the export levy is being fixed                   Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/ 73 is
account must be taken of the existing situation and                  hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities            listed therein .
(')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .                                                        Article 2
(2 ) OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
(4 ) OJ No  L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p. 7 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 September
(5 ) OJ No  L 203 , 25 . 7 . 1974, p. 22.                            1974 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .     '
           Done at Brussels, 5 September 1974.
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                                      ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 5 September 1974 fixing the export levies on rice
                f C "T heading No                                    Desti ifiioii o ! goods                                  u. J. / UK) kj,
           10.06 A 1 a )                 Round grained paddy rice , excluding officially certified
                                                                                                                                 12-000
                                         seeds (')
           10.06 A 1 b )                 Long grained paddy rice , excluding officially certified
                                         seeds (')                                                                                  8-000
           10.06 A II a )                Round grained husked rice                                                                I 2-000
           10.06 Λ 11 b )                Long grained husked rice                                                                   S-- 000
           10.06 B I a )                 Round grained semi - nulled rice                                                         12-000
           [0.06 B 1 b )                 Long grained scnn-n\il!cd riet                                                           12-000
           10.06 B 11 a )                Round grained w holly-milled rice                                                        12-000
           10.06 B 11 b )                Long grained wholly-milled rice                                                         1 2 - 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 11 e) 1               Flaked rice                                                                              12-000
           11.02 F VI                    Pellets of rice                                                                          12 - 000
           (') Officially certified seeds arc understood to he those »ei-d » coin ,lined in the packages official !) sealed ind
               officially labelled as ' basic seed ', ' certified seed . first .neneration '. ' certified seed , H-COIH I wnerat'on ' confor­
               ming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal vu-u ; OJ No
                125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 197 J on the equivalence of seed
               produced in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106, 20. 1 . 1973 , p 12 !.