CELEX: 31973R0603
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 603/73 of the Commission of 1 March 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

2 . 3 . 73                               Official Journal ol the European Communities                               No L 57/ 15
                                       REGULATION (EEC) No 603/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 1 March 1973
                                                 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
   COMMUNITIES,                                                           the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                      on 13 February 1973 ;
   pean Economic Community ;                                               Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
   Having regard to Council Regulation No                                  other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
   359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                       247/73 to the offer prices and today's quotations
   ganization of the market in rice, as last amended                       known to the Commission that the levies at pres­
' by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the                         ent in force should be altered as shown in the
   Accession of new Member States to the European                         Table annexed to this Regulation ;
   Economic Community and the European Atomic
   Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   1972, and in particular Article 11 (5 ) thereof ;
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                                    Article 1
   Committee ;
  Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice                      The import levies to be charged on the products
   were fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 247/73 (4 ) and                     listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) and (b ) of Regulation No
   subsequent amending Regulations ;                                      359/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the
                                                                          Table annexed to this Regulation .
  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  levies should be calculated on the basis of an
                                                                                                    Article 2
  exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
  which are floating or whose central rate differs from                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March
  the official parity, on the effective rate or the                       1973 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 1 March 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
  [})  OJ   No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
  (2)  OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
 (3)   OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
 (4)   OJ   No I. 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 7.
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                                                                      ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 1 March 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                 (u.a. /100 kg)
            CCT                                                                                                  Third           AASM /
           heading                                        Description of goods                                 countries      OCT (») (»)
             No
      10.06                              Rice :
                                         A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                             I. Paddy rice :
                                                 a) Round grained                                                  0                 0
                                                 b) Long grained                                                   0                 0
                                            II . Husked rice :
                                                 a) Round grained                                                 0                  0
                                                 b) Long grained                                                   0                 0
                                         B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                             I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                 a ) Round grained                                              2·573             0·761
                                                 b ) Long grained                                               2·220             0·569
                                            II. Wholly milled rice :
                                                 a) Round grained                                               2·740             0·815
                                                 b ) Long grained                                               2·380             0·617
                                        C. Broken rice                                                          0·900             0·275
     (') Regulation (EEC) No 521/70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of
         products originating in the AASM and OCT .
     (') This levy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70.