CELEX: 31981R1072
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1072/81 of 22 April 1981 fixing the export levies on rice

23 . 4. 81                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 111 /39
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1072/81
                                                        of 22 April 1981
                                                fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
COMMUNITIES,                                                       specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                                   account must be taken of the existing situation and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Economic Community,                                                of rice on the Community market on the one hand,
                                                                   and prices for rice and products processed from it on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       the world market on the other ; whereas the same
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                Article provides that it is also important to ensure
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of           equilibrium of supplies and trade on rice markets and
Accession of Greece (2),                                            furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
                                                                   of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
Having regard to          Council Regulation (EEC) No              bances on the Community market ;
1432/76 of 21 June       1976 laying down general rules to
be applied in the        event of the rice market being            Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
disturbed (3), and in     particular Article 4 (3) thereof,         Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 the specific factors set
                                                                    out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
                                                                    must also be taken into account ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                          Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
                                                                    market situation or the specific requirements of
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   certain markets make this necessary ;
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
tions or prices on the world market for one or more                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
products reach the level of Community prices ;                      following should be used to calculate the levies :
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to
                                                                    — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
deteriorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to
                                                                         kept at any given moment whithin a band of
disturb the Community market ;                                           2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                         parity,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 specifies that
                                                                    — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be
 regarded as having reached the level of Community                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
 prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                       of these currencies against the Community curren­
 price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration                  cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
 of that situation may be regarded as being likely to                    specified period ;
 continue where an imbalance between supply and                     Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
 demand is established and where this imbalance is
                                                                    above to the present situation on the market in rice,
 likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­            and in particular to quotations or prices for these
 tion and market price trends ;                                      products within the Community and on the world
                                                                     market, that the export levies should be fixed as shown
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade             in the Annex to this Regulation,
 could impede importation of rice into the Community
 or provoke exportation from the Community ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas the situation described above can be said to
 exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­                                              Article 1
 duced for certain categories of rice ;
                                                                     The export levy referred to in the first indent of
 Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 is hereby
 milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1980 /81             fixed as shown in the Annex for the products listed
                                                                     therein .
 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /80 (4) ;
                                                                                               Article 2
 (') OJ  No L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976, p . 1 .
 i2) OJ  No L  291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p . 17.
 o   OJ  No L  166,  25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 39 .                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 April
 (4  OJ  No L  206,  8 . 8 . 1980 , p . 23 .                          1981 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 22 April 1981 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 22 April 1981 fixing the export levies on rice
                                                                                             (ECU/tonne)
                CCT
               heading                                    Description                         Levies
                 No
           ex 10.06       Rice :
                          B. Other :
                             I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                   a) Paddy rice :
                                       1 . Round grain                                        28-94
                                       2. Long grain                                           4·58
                                   b) Husked rice :
                                       1 . Round grain                                        3618
                                       2. Long grain                                           5-73
                             II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                     a) Semi-milled rice :
                                          1 . Round grain                                      —
                                         2. Long grain                                         —
                                     b) Wholly milled rice :
                                          1 . Round grain                                      —
                                         2 . Long grain                                        —
                              III . Broken rice                                                5-35