CELEX: 31973R2857
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2857/73 of the Commission of 19 October 1973 fixing the export levies on rice

20 . 10 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 293/25
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2857/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 19 October 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)
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             and No 2024/73 (5) ;
 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/EEC0, 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 (2) ;                                                 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
 2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1 973 laying down general                Article provides that it is also important to ensure
 rules to be applied in the event of the rice market               equilibrium and the natural development of prices
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2)                   and trade on rice markets and furthermore, to take
 thereof ;                                                         into account the economic aspect of the proposed
                                                                   exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
                                                                    Community market ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 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
                                                                   certain markets make this necessary ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
 than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                 following should be used to calculate the levies :
 likely to continue where an imbalance between supply
and demand is established and where this imbalance
 is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­         — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 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                   — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
 nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;
                                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
                                                                        of these currencies against the Community curren­
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
                                                                        cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                  specified period ;
in the Community an 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 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.                             (4) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13                            (5) 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 20 October
Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is            1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 October 1973 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      François-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                 ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 19 October 1973 fixing the export levies on rice
                                         Tariff No                   u . a . / 100 kg
                       10.06 A I a)                                      25.000
                       10.06 Alb)                                       25.000
                       10.06 A II a )                                   25.000
                       10.06 A II b)                                    25.000
                       10.06 B I a)                                     35.000
                       10.06 B I b )                                     35.000
                       10.06 B II a)                                    35.000
                       10.06 B II b )                                   35.000
                       10.06 C                                           15.000
                       11.01 F                                           15.900
                       11.02 A IV                                        15.900
                       11.02 E II e) 1                                  21.000
                       11.02 F VI                                        15.300
                       11.08 A II                                       22.800