CELEX: 31975R0789
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 789/75 of the Commission of 26 March 1975 fixing the export levies on rice

27. 3 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 78 / 19
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 789/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 26 March 1975
                                                 fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974/ 75
                                                                    marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 171 8/74 (5)
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              and (EEC) No 1935/74 (6), as amended by Regulation
 Economic Community ;                                               (EEC) No 25 1 8 /74 (7) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
 67/EEC ( 1 ), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­              Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­             specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
 tion (EEC) No 476/75 (2) ;                                         account must be taken of the existing situation and
                                                                    the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       of rice on the Community market on the one hand
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                   and prices for rice and products processed from it on
 rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                the world market on the other ; whereas the same
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  Article provides that it is also important to ensure
477/75 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;               equilibrium and the natural development of prices
                                                                    and trade on rice markets and furthermore, to take
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       into account the economic aspect of the proposed
 Committee ;                                                        exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
                                                                    Community market ;
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359 /67/ EEC
 provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
 tions or prices on the world market for one or more                Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
products reach the level of Community prices ;                      Regulation No 359/67/ EEC the specific factors set out
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­           in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 must
                                                                    also be taken into account ;
riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb
the Community market ;
                                                                    Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that                  market situation or the specific requirements of
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be               certain markets make this necessary ;
regarded as having reached the level of Community
prices when they approach or exceed the threshold
price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to                following should be used to calculate the levies :
continue where an imbalance between supply and
demand is established and where this imbalance is                   — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­                  kept at any given moment within a band of
tion and market price trends ;                                           2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                         parity ;
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
could impede importation of rice into the Commu­                    — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
                                                                         of these currencies against the Community curren­
Whereas the situation described above can be said to                     cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                   specified period ;
in the Community an export levy should be intro­
duced for certain categories of rice ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice                above to the present situation on the market in rice,
and products processed from it and given the market                 and in particular to quotations or prices for these
situation for these products, an export levy must also              products within the Community and on the world
be fixed for products processed from rice ;                         market, that the export levies should be fixed as
                                                                    shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
(')  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No   L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 31 .                           (5) OJ No L 181 , 4 . 7. 1974, p. 7.
(3 ) OJ No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .                         (6) OJ No L 203 , 25 . 7. 1974, p. 22.
(4)  OJ No  L 52, 28 . 2. 1975 , p. 33 .                             7) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                          hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                                             listed therein .
ment Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                                                Article 2
                               Article 1
The export levy referred to in the first indent of                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 March
Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is                                               1975 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 26 March 1975 .
                                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                                   ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1975 fixing the export levies on rice
                                                                                                                                               (u.a. / 100 kg)
                 CCT heading No                                                   Description of goods                                          Levies
              10.06 A I a)                       Round grain paddy rice, excluding officially certified seeds (')                               2.000
              10.06 Alb)                         Long grain paddy rice, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                  —
              10.06 A II a)                      Round grain husked rice                                                                        2.000
              10.06 A lib)                       Long grain husked rice                                                                           —
              10.06 B I a)                       Round grain semi-milled rice                                                                     —
              10.06 Bib)                         Long grain semi-milled rice                                                                      —
              10.06 B II a)                      Round grain wholly milled rice                                                                   —
              10.06 B lib)                       Long grain wholly milled rice                                                                    —
              10.06 C                            Broken rice                                                                                    1.500
              11.01 F                            Rice flour                                                                                       —
              11.02 A VI                         Rice groats and meal                                                                           1.500
              1 1.02 E II e) 1                   Flaked rice                                                                                    1-500
              1 1 .02 F VI                       Pellets of rice                                                                                1.500
             (') 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' conforming 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).