CELEX: 31973R0406
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 406/73 of the Commission of 15 February 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

No L 44/ 10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               16. 2 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 406/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 15 February 1973
                                            fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   on 13 February 1973 ;
pean Economic Community ;                                            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
Having regard to Council Regulation No                               other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                     247/73 to the offer prices and today's quotations
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended                    known to the Commission that the levies at pres­
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the                      ent in force should be altered as shown in the
Accession of new Member States to the European                       Table annexed to this Regulation ;
Economic Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1972, and in particular Article 11 (5 ) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                               Article 1
Committee ;
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice                    The import levies to be charged on the products
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 247/73 (4) and                     listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No
subsequent amending Regulations ;                                    359/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
                                                                     Table annexed to this Regulation.
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the basis of an
                                                                                               Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from                This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                    1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 15 February 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 (*) OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 {*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
 (•) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
(«)  OJ No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 7.
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                                                                       ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 15 February 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                 (u.a. /100 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                                              0.240               0
                                                  b) Long grained                                                   0                0
                                             II . Husked rice :
                                                  a) Round grained                                                0.300              0
                                                  b) Long grained                                                   0                0
                                          B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                               I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                  a) Round grained                                                3.211            1.112
                                                  b) Long grained                                                 4.011            1.554
                                              II. Wholly milled rice :
                                                   a) Round grained                                               3.420            1.189
                                                  b) Long grained                                                 4.300            1.673
                                          C. Broken rice                                                          1.010            0.336
       (') 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.
       (*) This levy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70.