CELEX: 31974R2582
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2582/74 of the Commission of 10 October 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 276/20                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             11 . 10 . 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2582/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 10 October 1974
                                                   fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        of rice on the Community market on the one hand
COMMUNITIES,                                                          and prices for rice and products processed from it on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 the world market on the other ; whereas the same
Economic Community ;                                                  Article provides that it is also important to ensure
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           equilibrium and the natural development of prices
67/EEC ( x), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  and trade on rice markets and furthermore, to take
tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­                 into account the economic aspect of the proposed
tion (EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (2) ;                                         exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Community market ;
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                     Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                   Regulation No 359/67/ EEC the specific factors set out
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;            in Article 3 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 must
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          also be taken into account ;
Committee ;
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                       Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
provides that the necessary measures may be taken if                  market situation or the specific requirements of
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                  certain markets make this necessary ;
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to                following should be used to calculate the levies :
disturb the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that                    — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                          kept at any given moment within a band of
than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least                      2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                          parity ;
 likely to continue where an imbalance between supply                  — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
 and demand is established and where this imbalance                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
 is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­                   of these currencies against the Community curren­
 tion and market price trends ;                                              cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                     specified period ;
 could impede importation of rice into the Commu­
 nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                      Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
 Whereas the situation described above can be said to                  above to the present situation on the market in rice,
 exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                and in particular to quotations or prices for these
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­                      products within the Community and on the world
 duced for this product ;                                              market, that the export levies should be fixed as
                                                                       shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice
 and products processed from it and given the market                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 situation for these products, an export levy must also                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 be fixed for all products processed from rice ;                        ment Committee for Cereals,
 Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly
  milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974/ 75
  marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 171 8 /74 (4)                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  and (EEC) No 1935/74 (5 ) and amended by Regula­
  tion ( EEC) No 251 8 /74 (<>) ;                                                                Article 1
  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73
  specifies that when the export levy is being fixed                    The export levy referred to in the first indent of
  account must be taken of the existing situation and                   Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 is
  the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities             hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                        listed therein .
   ')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
   -') OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                                                      Article 2
   3)  OJ No  L 282, 9 . l (). 1973 , p. 13 .
   4)  OJ No  L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p. 7 .
   5)  OJ No  L 203 , 25 . 7 . 1974, p. 22 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 October
   h)  OJ No  L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974 , p. I.                              I 974 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 10 October 1974.
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                                       ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 10 October 1974 altering the export levies on rice
                   CCT heading No                                      Description of goods                                 u.a./100 kg
              10.06 A I a)                   Round grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified                          12-000
                                             seeds (*)
              10.06 Alb)                     Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                             seeds (*)                                                                          8-000
              i 0.06 A II a)                 Round grained husked rice                                                         12-000
             10.06 A II b )                  Long grained husked rice                                                           8-000
              10.06 B I a)                   Round grained semi-milled rice                                                    12-000
             10.06 B I b)                    Long grained semi-milled rice                                                     12-000
             10.06 B II a)                   Round grained wholly-mjiled rice                                                  12-000
             10.06 B II b)                   Long grained wholly-milled rice                                                   12-000
             10.06 C                         Broken rice                                                                       12-000
              11.01 F                        Rice flour
              11.02 A VI                     Rice groats and meal                                                              12-000
              11.02 E II e) 1                Flaked rice                                                                       12-000
              11.02 F VI                     Pellets of rice                                                                   12-000
               {') Officially  certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and
                   officially labelled as 'basic seed ', 'certified seed , first generation ', 'certified seed, second generation ' confor­
                   ming to    the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ No
                   125, 11 .  7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed
                   produced   in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973, p. 12).