CELEX: 31973R1285
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1285/73 of the Commission of 17 May 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

No L 131 / 10                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              18 . 5 . 73
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1285/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 17 May 1973
                                        fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
COMMUNITIES,                                                     rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
                                                                 dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             February 1973 ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                 Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1121 /73
359/67/EEC (J) of 25 July 1967 on the common organ­              to the offer prices and today's quotations known to
ization of the market in rice, as last amended by the            the Commission that the levies at present in force
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of             should be altered as shown in the Table annexed to
new Member States to the European Economic                        this Regulation ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and in particular Article 1 1 (5) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                              Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice                 in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359 /
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 121 /73 (4) and               67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
subsequent amending Regulations ;                                 annexed to this Regulation .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                                       Article 2
levies  should   be    calculated    on   the   basis of  an
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies          This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May
which are floating or whose central rate differs from             1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 17 May 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(3)  OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
 4)  OJ No L 115, 1 . 5. 1973, p. 7.
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                                                                       ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                  (u.a.1100 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
                                           B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                               I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                   a ) Round grained                                                0                 0
                                                   b ) Long grained                                              3-871             1-477
                                              II . Wholly milled rice :
                                                   a) Round grained                                                 0                 0
                                                   b ) Long grained                                              4-150             1-590
                                           C. Broken rice                                                           0                 0
        (M 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 .
        W Thi« leyy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70.