CELEX: 31981R2481
Language: en
Date: 1981-08-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2481/81 of 26 August 1981 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 244/ 12                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 8 . 81
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2481 /81
                                                           of 26 August 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
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­                                                Article 1
 duced for certain, categories of rice ;
                                                                       The export levy referred to in the first indent of
 Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                  Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 is hereby
 milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1980 / 81              fixed as shown in the Annex for the products listed
                                                                       therein .
 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /80 (4) ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
(■) OJ  No  L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p . 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17.
(>) OJ  No  L  166,  25. 6 . 1976, p . 39 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August
(4) 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, 26 August 1981 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 26 August 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                                        55-37
                                      2. Long grain                                            —
                                  b) Husked rice :
                                      1 . Round grain                                        69-21
                                      2. Long grain                                            —
                              II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                    a) Semi-milled rice :
                                         1 . Round grain                                      36-22
                                        2. Long grain                                          —
                                    b) Wholly milled rice :
                                         1 . Round grain                                      38-57
                                        2. Long grain                                          —
                              III . Broken rice                                               13-73