CELEX: 31974R0493
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 493/74 of the Commission of 28 February 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

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                            REGULATION (EEC) No 493/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 28 February 1974
                                                 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) No 1962/73 (4)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               and No 2024/73 (5) ;
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 1973 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 1 March
Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is                                  1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 28 February 1974.
                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                       ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1974 fixing the export levies on rice
                  CCT heading No                                     Description of goods                               u.· . /100 kg
            10.06 A I a)                  Round grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                          seeds ( 1 )                                                                      40-000
            10.06 A I b )                 Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                          seeds (*)                                                                        40-000
            10.06 A II a)                 Round grained husked rice                                                        40-000
            10.06 A II b)                 Long grained husked rice                                                         40-000
            10.06 B I a )                 Round grained semi-milled rice                                                   50-000
            10.06 B I b)                  Long grained semi-milled rice                                                    50-000
            10.06 B II a)                 Round grained wholly-milled rice                                                 50-000
            10.06 B II b)                 Long grained wholly-milled rice                                                  50-000
            10.06 C                       Broken rice                                                                      20-000
            11.01 F                       Rice flour                                                                          —
            11.02 A VI                    Rice groats and meal                                                             21-200
            11.02 E II e) 1               Flaked rice                                                                      28-000
            11.08 A II                    Rice starch
             I1) 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).