CELEX: 31973R3300
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3300/73 of the Commission of 6 December 1973 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 338 /28                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            7. 12. 73
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 3300/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 6 December 1973
                                              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 1973 /74
                                                                 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) Nos 1962/73 (4)
                                                                 and No 2024/73 (5) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                      specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
67/EEC (!), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­              account must be taken of the existing situation and
tion of the market in rice as last amended by the Act            the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
of Accession (2) ;                                               of rice on the Community market on the one hand
                                                                 and prices for rice and products processed from it on
                                                                 the world market on the other ; whereas the same
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Article provides that it is also important to ensure
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1 973 laying down general               equilibrium and the natural development of prices
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market              and trade on rice markets and furthermore, to take
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;       into account the economic aspect of the proposed
                                                                 exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                     Community market ;
Committee ;
                                                                 Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                   Regulation No 359/67/EEC the specific factors set out
provides that the necessary measures may be taken if             in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 must
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably             also be taken into account ;
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to
disturb the Community market ;                                   Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
                                                                 market situation or the specific requirements of
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that               certain markets make this necessary ;
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher
than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least
2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
likely to continue where an imbalance between supply              following should be used to calculate the levies :
and demand is established and where this imbalance
 is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­       — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
tion and market price trends ;                                        kept at any given moment within a band of
                                                                      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
 nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
                                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
                                                                      of these currencies against the Community curren­
                                                                      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 this product ;
                                                                  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 all products processed from rice ;                  market, that the export levies should be fixed as
                                                                  shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 (' OJ No L 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                              (4) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7. 1973, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No L 282, 9. 10. 1973, p. 13.                             (5) OJ No L 206, 27. 7. 1973, p. 30.
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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 7 December
Article 2 (1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is                    1973 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels, 6 December 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 6 December 1973 fixing the export levies on rice
                CCT heading No                          Description of goods                       u.a. / 100 kg
            10.06 A I a)             Round grained paddy rice                                        35.000
            10.06 Alb )              Long grained paddy rice                                         35.000
            10.06 A II a)            Round grained husked rice                                       35.000
            10.06 A II b)            Long grained husked rice                                        35.000
            10.06 B I a )            Round grained semi-milled rice                                  45.000
            10.06 B I b )            Long grained semi-milled rice                                   45.000
            10.06 B II a)            Round grained wholly-milled rice                                45.000
            10.06 B II b)            Long grained wholly-milled rice                                 45.000
            10.06 C                  Broken rice                                                     15.000
            11.01 F                  Rice flour                                                           0
            11.02 A VI               Rice groats and meal                                            15.900
            11.02 E II e) 1          Flaked rice                                                     21.000
            11.08 A II               Rice starch                                                          0