CELEX: 31973R2737
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 of the Council of 8 October 1973 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the rice market being disturbed

9 . 10 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 282/ 13
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2737/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 8 October 1973
              laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the rice market being
                                                             disturbed
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC when it
COMMUNITIES,                                                         exceeds it by at least 2 % .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                 2. This excess shall be regarded as being likely to
                                                                     continue where an imbalance between supply and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          demand is established and where this imbalance is
67/EEC ( 1 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act               tion and market price trends.
of Accession (2), and in particular the second para­
graph of Article 21 (2) thereof ;
                                                                     3 . The Community market shall be regarded as
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  being disturbed or threatened with disturbance, as a
                                                                     result of the situation referred to in paragraphs 1 and
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                       2, where international trade prices are so high as to
provides that, when the cif price of one or more of the              impede importation of products mentioned in Article
products mentioned in Article 16 ( 1 ) of that Regula­               1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC into
tion is appreciably higher than the threshold price,                 the Community, or provoke exportation of such
and that situation is likely to continue, thereby                    products from the Community, either of which situa­
disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community                   tions would jeopardize supplies within the Commu­
market, the necessary measures may be taken ;                        nity.
Whereas the general rules for applying these provi­
sions, and in particular the criteria for establishing
that the cif price is appreciably higher than the                                             Article 2
threshold price and for deciding whether the situation
is likely to continue, should be laid down ;
                                                                     1 . Where the conditions specified in Article 21 of
Whereas, to avoid disturbances on the Community                      Regulation No 359/67/EEC are met, in accordance
market, it is necessary to ensure an adequate supply of              with the criteria laid down in Article 1 , the following
rice ; whereas, to this end, levies could be charged on              measures may be taken :
exports and the issue of export licences totally or
partially suspended ;
                                                                     — application of an export levy ; furthermore a
Whereas it is also necessary to establish criteria for                    special levy for an export may be the subject of a
calculating the export levy having regard to the                          tendering procedure in respect of a fixed quantity,
economic situation ; whereas consequently in order to                — fixing of a time limit for the issue of export
continue an export policy which will be adequate in                       licences,
this situation and will be in accordance with market
 requirements, it is necessary that the levy should be               — total or partial suspension of the issue of export
subject solely to the criteria governing export arrange­                  licences,
 ments ;
Whereas Community obligations to supply food aid                     — total or partial rejection of outstanding applica­
are such that exports oif products for that purpose                       tions for the issue of export licences.
should be excluded from this Regulation ,
                                                                     2. The measures provided for in paragraph 1 may
                                                                     be taken in respect of one or more of the products
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     listed in Article 1 of Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC,
                                                                     where this is made necessary by the market situation
                            A rt ide 1                               and the relationship between those products .
 1 . The cif price shall be regarded as appreciably
 higher than the threshold price within the meaning of               3.      The measures referred to  in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                     abrogated at the latest as soon   as it is found that, for a
(') OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .                                period of three consecutive        weeks, the condition
(-') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                            referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) is no longer fulfilled .
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                            Article J                           5. No levy shall be applied to exports effected by
                                                                way of food aid under Article 23a of Regulation No
1 . The following shall be taken into account when              359/67/ EEC.
an export levy is being fixed for products listed in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC :
(a) situation and trends :                                                                   Article 4
    — for rice prices and available quantities on the            1 . Detailed rules for the application of this Regula­
        Community market,                                       tion shall be adopted in accordance with the proce­
    — for rice prices and for products processed from           dure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/
        rice on the world market ;                              67/ EEC.
(b) the objectives of the common organization of the            2. Following the same procedure and for each
    market in rice, namely to balance that market               product :
    both as regards supplies and as regards trade ;
                                                                — the Decision to institute the measures provided for
(c) the need to avoid disturbances of the Community                  in Article 2 and to discontinue the measures
    market ;
                                                                     provided for in the second and third indents of
(d) the economic aspect of the exports.                              Article . 2 ( 1 ) shall be taken ;
2. The factors referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply           — the export levy shall be fixed at regular intervals.
when fixing an export levy for the products referred to
in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC. In          3 . If necessary, the Commission may institute or
addition, the following specific factors shall be taken         modify the export levy.
into account
                                                                                             Article 5
(a) prices paid for broken rice on the various Commu­
    nity markets ;                                              In an emergency the Commission may take the
                                                                measures referred to in the third and fourth indents of
(b) amount of broken rice required to manufacture
    those products and, where appropriate, the value            Article 2 ( 1 ). It shall notify its Decision to the
    of by-products,                                             Member States and shall publish it on the notice
                                                                boards at its Headquarters.
(c) possibilities and conditions of sale on the world
    market of those products.                                   The measures shall, by virtue of such a Decision, be
3.    Where the situation on the world market or the
                                                                applied to the relevant products from the date speci­
                                                                fied to this end ; this day shall be subsequent to that
specific requirements of certain markets so require,            of notification .
the export levy may be differentiated .
                                                                The Decision on the measures referred to in the third
4. The export levy to be charged shall be that in
force on the day of exportation .                               indent of Article 2 ( 1 ) shall be applicable for a period
                                                                not exceeding 7 days.
However, the export levy in force on the day on
which the licence is applied for may, on application                                         Article 6
from the interested party be lodged at the same time
as the application for a licence, and before 1 p.m . be         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
applied to exports to be effected during the period of          following that of its publication in the Official
validity of that licence .                                       Journal of the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 8 October 1973 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                             Ib FREDERIKSEN